My most awesome hair sighting ever, was just recently at Walmart as well.

There was a lady at the other end of the isle, her back was turned to me. Her hair was blonde and alll the way down to her ankles (well it was very close to her ankles and it looked freshly trimmed).  I'd never seen hair that long in person so I was mesmerized.  It looked really great and healthy, which isn't something that I would've expected with blonde hair... unless of course it's natural.

Most of my long hair sightings are at grocery stores or Walmart and I believe I even saw a few at Home Depot.  

I'm pretty convinced that it's a southern thing.  Although, none of my immediate neighbors have long hair.  Actually, I don't think that any of my female neighbors have hair longer than shoulder length.  In fact, a lot of men that live around here are bald.