I won ' t lie , you ' re not going to fit in with the norm . But there are plenty of people like you and you ' ll find themus ! Don ' t worry ! No UTK isn ' t very diverse culturally but I ' ve never encountered anyone being harassed . One time some weirdo bible thumpers were handing out bibles literally every twenty feet . After politely declining four or five times I started to get pissed and started saying hail satan instead just to be a jerk lol but that ' s the worst I ' ve encountered . There is a healthy comic bookboardgamescifi crowd in Knoxville . Knoxville is conservative and religious . But it ' s not Kansas . You ' ll be fine ! Edit why am I getting downvoted for this ? <| sep |> Here is my personal experience about Yemen . In December 2010 I was deployed with USS Bonhome Richard . We were about to go to Persian gulf and have a port call in Dubai . Over night ship severed comms with outside world we could receive emails , news , but couldn ' t send call anybody . My ship was directed to the gulf of Aiden . I saw planes take off with bombs and land without them . On the morning news I saw reports of bombs dropping on Yemen and no one took responsibility . When we accidentally dropped a bomb on a hospital , Robert Gates had to hold a press conference where he declined any US military involvement . Just mine 2 c .