Why do the Mannings sound like they have a Different accent ??

Pete, I'm not trying to say you don't have a right to your own opinion, or that you don't have a valid point. RJ was just stating the way he feels, and he went out of his way to say he wasn't trying to be critical of the Mannings.

I have run across the same sentiment. I went to high school in a very small town, and my parents continued to live in that same town when I went off to college, but I wasn't born there. At a get-together at college, I was asked where was I from, and I replied with the name of that small town. A girl who was my friend, who I attended HS with, responded quite vehemently, you aren't from there, you just lived there while you were in school. I was quite taken aback by her comment, who is she to decide what town I consider to be my home?

It's not worth being offended at someone's opinion of their hometown. And no matter what you do, there will be people who don't want to let you in. You can't worry about that. It's the same as the "bandwagon" fan comments - better to just let it go. :)