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Colorado Springs should be on this conservative list. It is a military town that has a strong religious influence. Its nickname is the Evangelical Vatican.
Oklahoma City is very conservative! If you go to any restaurant that has a TV, chances are it will be on Fox news. Our governor would not even meet Obama when he first came to Oklahoma, she said she was having her hair done and couldn't change the appointment! The Oklahoma City newspaper, "The Daily Oklahoman" is known to be the most conservative newspaper in the United States. They are known for running editorials on the front page. I have never been in a city more conservative than Oklahoma City.
I would say when you take out its artificially inflated city population based on gigantic borders, and compare OKC to it's peers at a metro level. It's really inline with cities of like size.
True, but in terms of an actual urban environment, downtown OKC is way below comparable-sized cities like Memphis, Louisville, Richmond, etc. I think part of that is because of the conservative culture and how it tends to favor auto-centric suburbia.
By the time Oklahoma City was founded at the very end of the 19th century, these other cities were already well established as key regional urban centers. The lack of historic development prior to the automobile era probably has a lot of influence on the city's less urban form today relative to its peers.
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True, but in terms of an actual urban environment, downtown OKC is way below comparable-sized cities like Memphis, Louisville, Richmond, etc. I think part of that is because of the conservative culture and how it tends to favor auto-centric suburbia.
True, but in terms of an actual urban environment, downtown OKC is way below comparable-sized cities like Memphis, Louisville, Richmond, etc. I think part of that is because of the conservative culture and how it tends to favor auto-centric suburbia.
Yeah that has everything to do with cities that were built up and planned during the industrial revolution vs. Sun belt cities which were planned based on the automobile lifestyle. Politics are incidental.
By the time Oklahoma City was founded at the very end of the 19th century, these other cities were already well established as key regional urban centers. The lack of historic development prior to the automobile era probably has a lot of influence on the city's less urban form today relative to its peers.
True, but it doesn't help that what little urban fabric that Oklahoma City did have was demolished as part of an urban renewal plan in the 1970s. Oklahoma City is pretty similar in form to Bakersfield, California, which as another city founded in the late 19th century and developed similarly. Today its a sizable small metro area, like OKC, that lacks a vibrant urban core. Co-incidentally, Bakersfield is probably the most conservative city in California.
As a Floridian I would say Jacksonville. This was the only major city/metro in Florida that didn't vote for President Obama. I say we nudge them over the state line into redneck Southern Georgia!
As a Floridian I would say Jacksonville. This was the only major city/metro in Florida that didn't vote for President Obama. I say we nudge them over the state line into redneck Southern Georgia!
There are just as many rednecks in Florida as there are in South Georgia.
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