I'm from the suburbs, and am frequently out and about in my kilts. The only place I haven't gone kilted yet is to work. I'm frequently in the Fox Valley Mall in Naperville (my toddler daughter has a SERIOUS addiction to the carousel in the food court there), and we tend to frequent quite a few of the stores along there and in the Bolingbrook area.

I've never heard any derogatory comments, and my wife says that most of the looks I get are similar to what I'd get wearing a tux and tails: out of the ordinary, but, once they figure out what's going on, nobody bats an eye.