Eastern and Southern accents are annoying. The normal accent that is mostly found in the west (although it's found all over the U.S) is ok. It's such a neutral way of speaking that it can't possibly be annoying like the country or "new yawk" accents.
I'm from NY so I really don't know what is a AMERICAN accent but I know some people who moved up from the south that have the southern accent. Is that THE AMERICAN accent we are talking about ooooor?