I too live in the suburbs and recently I've been out and about kilted very often. Just today I went to a local Ace hardware store to have my friend show me some knives I might use to make sgian dubhs. I saw a few people I knew who weren't phased but one guy in there couldn't stop staring. It seems like many people don't pay much attention to it around here, but I'm sure the city is another matter. I really haven't had many comments yet though; maybe I'll make a post about the past couple months' kilted exploits.