I have cycled mostly in and around the New England states and some in Missisippi, Arkansas and Kentucky. I found all were bicycle friendly with only occasional young punks yelling profanities at me. I now live, commute and ride in Maine where I was born and raised and its a very bike friendly place. We have a State bicycle coalition that is very active now and the infrastructure is improving in a few select towns and cities. It has traditionally been second to Oregon as the most bike friendly state but this year it has been said to have tied up or even surpassed it but not sure where the data was obtained to show that. At any rate, there is some recreational road cycling but much more mountain biking in Maine and hardly any commuting to work as far as I can tell.