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1) Country where it is located and its social policies towards
a. Ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities
b. LGBT
c. Disabled
d. Women
e. The less affluent
2) Ethnic diversity
3) Size of LGBT population
4) Size of arts scene
5) Inclusiveness of minorities.
6) Social and economic equality
7) Size and diversity of nightlife
8) Drug policy
I've only lived in SF. The first half of my stay, was very tough because I was young and opinionated and was very much against the whole liberal philosophy. This was changed over the course of living and working there with very liberal people. It didn't draw me to be more "liberal" per se, but it made me realize how meaningless/harmful political ideology is.
In a world where you will encounter people day to day, there is always going to be something that you disagree on. When you box yourself into labels, such as "conservative", "liberal", "Democrat", "republican", "progressive" etc etc. . . The line is drawn right there, as far as if you think you will get along with someone or not. What a lie that is. Anyway, sorry for the rant
My guess would be that more people associate the labels of "liberal" and "progressive" with San Francisco, only because it is more well known as an area that champions such labels.
I would say Vancouver. San Francisco has a huge problem with economic inequality, I'd say it's more of a neoliberal than a progressive city. Seattle is corporate and Portland has been kind of retrograde in terms of being progressive in recent times.
Seattle is far more liberal than San Francisco. Not as diverse as SF, but it's a place where progressives are truly progressive, instead of your lip-service liberals in SF. On every topic.
I would say Vancouver. San Francisco has a huge problem with economic inequality, I'd say it's more of a neoliberal than a progressive city. Seattle is corporate and Portland has been kind of retrograde in terms of being progressive in recent times.
Vancouver is Canada's most unequal city. It has the largest gap between the rich and the poor in Canada as well as having the highest child poverty rate and second highest overall poverty rate. Vancouver is, by a long shot, Canada's most economically, politically, and socially stratified city.
Seattle is far more liberal than San Francisco. Not as diverse as SF, but it's a place where progressives are truly progressive, instead of your lip-service liberals in SF. On every topic.
Lip service liberal haha, that's a new one.
"Those" people may exist in SF, but overwhelmingly, it's a *real* progressive and liberal city. Unfortunately, it's insanely expensive.
In my 30 years of living in SF, I have never had a political conversation with a stranger. Maybe a handful with people I know.
People on this forum always comment on how 'in your face' liberal SF is, but that has never been my experience, outside of some picket signs around Market St. occasionally. Just to be clear, I think SF is very progressive in a lot of a ways, and obviously it's a liberal haven.. but other than some random proposed liberalism-gone-bad ordinance that becomes national news from time to time, the heavy lifting appears to be done behind the scenes and without much fanfare.
EDIT: Oh and for the record, I follow national / foreign politics very closely.
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I voted Vancouver since it's the city that feels most "connected to the Earth" and is in a progressive country. But honestly I would say none of them are truly progressive. The gap between the rich and the poor is so vast in all of those cities, for me to consider them progressive places.
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