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I’d guess some small rust belt cities in Ohio or PA, maybe. All large east coast cities that are truly urban of course are now filled with yuppies and minority groups who can be relied on to vote blue. Are there any cities with a distinctly urban character that still retain the working class (socially)conservative spirit of the 20th century? It seems like the cities often said to be the most conservative are the sprawling metros of Texas…not really urban in any traditional sense
Even the 'sprawling metros of Texas' vote majority blue with their city limits (I'm assuming you're referring to Dallas and Houston). Oklahoma City should be the answer here, and if you try to find a second choice, you're going to have to do a pretty deep dive into voting data. But even for OKC, there's this: 'Biden, however, came within 3,326 votes of winning Oklahoma's most populous county Oklahoma County'. That's OKC's county, population 718,633. The population of OKC is 681,054, so that means that the county is little more than the city itself.
Cincinnati was known for urbanity and conservatism, but I'm not sure how true that is anymore.
You're probably not going to find 'strongly conservative' and urban anymore. Even OKC is starting to shift. Reddish purple is the best you can find now.
The working class people OP are so nostalgic for are still there, but you'll find them in suburbs or rural areas. Most of them have negative opinions of the big city in their area and have no interest in living in one.
Are there 'conservative' amenities are were easily found in cities 100 years ago but are gone now? Even if there were they can likely find those in suburbs/rural areas.
Phoenix used to be a fairly conservative metro area and reliably republican. It’s more moderate these days but there’s still some conservative pockets like Mesa, AZ, Scottsdale, AZ, and Gilbert, AZ. On the whole though it’s really changed a lot over the last 20+ years.
It's kind of a contradiction in terms - most strong conservatives don't want to live in dense urban areas. And I think that's generally always been true really.
Sections of big cities that today maintain a conservative type character are typically more suburban in nature. Staten Island being an example.
The best bet for conservatives who wish to still have access to some urban amenities - but don't want to be part of a tiny political minority in their community - is blue collar suburbia and exurbia.
Oklahoma City lol. The whole metropolis leans conservative. Although, thats changing.
I think this might be the best answer, overall.
Oklahoma City is probably the most right leaning city and metro in the US, but I could be incorrect.
I also think Jacksonville, FL is way up there.
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