u/Feeling-Escape6026

Boys would bully me for having a “mustache” in elementary school, and at 30 I’m plucking chin and boob hair. How to deal?

I’ve always had high self esteem about my looks since hitting my 20s (I’m 30 now). I was born and raised in the West Coast of the US, and throughout the last decade, it wasn’t uncommon for people to randomly approach me, compliment my appearance without knowing me, get flustered when talking to me, have people do random favors for me, get random opportunities based on my looks (modeling), learn that someone I am vaguely acquainted with has a crush on me, people strike up conversation, etc. I moved to the Deep South a couple of years back, and all of that abruptly stopped. I feel like if anything, strangers are actively more hostile to me here (people seem to speed up while I cross the road for example, bumping into me, letting doors slam in my face, etc), I no longer get random compliments, etc. It’s a glaring difference. I thought at first that maybe it was me approaching 30, but whenever I go back to my hometown to visit family and friends (which is a big city in and of itself) even at my current age, interactions revert back to how they were before. It’s honestly made my self esteem kinda shaky, as much as it sucks to admit. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this before?