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Old 08-07-2010, 06:21 PM
 
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I like people that don't conform and go though life in a different direction. They have character and identity.
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Old 08-07-2010, 07:05 PM
 
Location: 30-40°N 90-100°W
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This might be nearly impossible to determine. Something called "The Daily Beast" has a list of what they term crazy cities. The ones they put tops in eccentricity (as I think that's the most relevant factor here of the four) are

New Orleans - 1
San Francisco - 2
Austin - 3
NYC - 4
Los Angeles - 5
Oakland - 6
Portland - 7
Seattle - 8
Las Vegas - 9
Memphis - 10

America's Craziest Cities - The Daily Beast

Although it seems a bit wacky of a list. I've heard Savannah, Georgia and Asheville, North Carolina listed as having a fair amount of non-conformists of various kinds.
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Old 08-07-2010, 08:09 PM
 
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I would agree that New Orleans would have to be at the top are pretty darn near it on this list.
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Old 08-07-2010, 08:16 PM
 
Location: St Paul, MN - NJ's Gold Coast
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Probably Anchorage, AK
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Old 08-07-2010, 08:30 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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This might be nearly impossible to determine. Something called "The Daily Beast" has a list of what they term crazy cities. The ones they put tops in eccentricity (as I think that's the most relevant factor here of the four) are

New Orleans - 1
San Francisco - 2
Austin - 3
NYC - 4
Los Angeles - 5
Oakland - 6
Portland - 7
Seattle - 8
Las Vegas - 9
Memphis - 10

America's Craziest Cities - The Daily Beast

Although it seems a bit wacky of a list. I've heard Savannah, Georgia and Asheville, North Carolina listed as having a fair amount of non-conformists of various kinds.
I love this and totally agree.
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Old 08-07-2010, 08:41 PM
 
Location: where my heart is
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Probably somewhere more liberal-leaning. I can't imagine most places down south being crazy misfit types.
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Old 08-07-2010, 09:12 PM
 
Location: 30-40°N 90-100°W
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Probably somewhere more liberal-leaning. I can't imagine most places down south being crazy misfit types.
Down in Arkansas they had plenty of misfits and non-conformists. The "Mountain South" kind of allowed for that as you could hide-away a bit. Although that wouldn't be cities I guess. Still I think I heard once Eureka Springs, Arkansas is fairly hippie and out there. Fayetteville is more moderate to conservative, but it's a college town with some variety. And I remember someone here mentioning Asheville, North Carolina which I think is in Appalachia or near it.

There are some fairly non-conformist *conservatives, but I admit I'm not sure I can think of a town or city of them. Auburn, Alabama apparently has the paleo-libertarian "Ludwig Van Mises Institute" and is a college town in a conservative voting county. Outside the South maybe Montana as I think they have some eccentric conservatives.

*Eccentric forms of conservatism I know of include: Medieval-type conservatism, modern Jacobites, American royalist conservatism in general, Traditionalist Catholicism, "Crunchy Conservatives" (into the environment, gardening, and liturgical religion), and paleo-libertarianism (Ron Paul movement).
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Old 08-07-2010, 09:42 PM
 
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I can't imagine most places down south being crazy misfit types.
You've obviously never been to New Orleans.
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Old 08-07-2010, 09:52 PM
 
Location: The Bay
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WTF? They put Oakland but no Berkeley? Oakland is normal compared to Frisco or Berkeley.
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Old 08-07-2010, 10:41 PM
 
Location: Out in the Badlands
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Wash. DC exactly 535 of the worse misfits.
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