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Why are liberals so concerned with living around their own kind? I have noticed probably 300 threads that read "Looking for Nice Liberal Area"....
In my post above I mentioned that I live in one of the brightest red counties of one of the brightest red states (Wyoming). We get tons of inquiries on the Wyoming board from conservatives wanting to move to a conservative area. They're tired of fighting the liberals where they currently live. Many seem to be "way-out-there". I'd think they'd have to be to consider moving because of political beliefs.
I could see moving b/c of taxes going up or crime getting out of hand due to either conservative policies or liberal polices that have cause the effect but if you live where I live 100% liberal and very little problems then who cares. I'm with ya man.
I think some of you grant way to much weight to ‘parents indoctrinating their kids.’ We all know that parents are certainly an influence, but unless they are using some sort of brainwash/torture technique, kids absorb the info, digest it, and then decide for themselves. Personally, I share very little political/moral ideology with my parents. I played by their rules when I was growing up and then decided for myself after that. I think that’s what a functional person typically does.
Likewise, many of not most of you of the conservative persuasion grant way too much weight to the "indoctrination of the liberal agenda at the public schools". Like Chris has explained quite eloquently in his post about the limits of parent influence, the schools only have so much influence to bear given all of the other potential influences.
And this liberal will also admit that the same is true about students of conservative backgrounds who are homeschooled or attend private schools to "avoid" liberal influences.
To go back to your original question: What I want in a community is for it to be walkable, with bike paths and recreational opportunities like a community pool and fitness center, a nice variety of restaurants, farmers' market, coffeeshops, a smoke-free place to drink good microbrews, good bookstores, a variety of shopping outlets for reasonably priced quality items, and most of all, acceptance of others who haven't lived in this community all of their lives.
For whatever reasons, these tend to be in more liberal communities. If I could find a conservative community that would be one of this type I'd probably be very comfortable there.
For whatever reasons, these tend to be in more liberal communities. If I could find a conservative community that would be one of this type I'd probably be very comfortable there.
You see this is where I have to disagree, like I said earlier it might be just b/c I'm up north in Milwaukee but we have a lot of small towns/suburbs that have all that and are conservative as well. Cities have always been more liberal than conservative and small towns/suburbs are usually more conservative as well.
That's why I like Milwaukee b/c it's more of a mix than let's say an austin tx or madison wi or rural Texas.
You see this is where I have to disagree, like I said earlier it might be just b/c I'm up north in Milwaukee but we have a lot of small towns/suburbs that have all that and are conservative as well. Cities have always been more liberal than conservative and small towns/suburbs are usually more conservative as well.
That's why I like Milwaukee b/c it's more of a mix than let's say an austin tx or madison wi or rural Texas.
I live within 3 hours of Milwaukee. Where??? (I'm looking for possible places to retire....FYI I live in Dubuque)
And I do really enjoy Milwaukee. Especially the east side.
To go back to your original question: What I want in a community is for it to be walkable, with bike paths and recreational opportunities like a community pool and fitness center, a nice variety of restaurants, farmers' market, coffeeshops, a smoke-free place to drink good microbrews, good bookstores, a variety of shopping outlets for reasonably priced quality items, and most of all, acceptance of others who haven't lived in this community all of their lives.
For whatever reasons, these tend to be in more liberal communities. If I could find a conservative community that would be one of this type I'd probably be very comfortable there.
The shopping variety, including good bookstores, is a bit limited, but other than that, it seems you're describing my community. Ahhhhh, the one I just mentioned in which Obama stole 18% of our votes in the general election. I still can't figure how he got that many.
Location: On the "Left Coast", somewhere in "the Land of Fruits & Nuts"
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As a retired transplant from liberal Seattle to a rural, more laid back, but also more conservative part of Northern California (yes, Cali has those), I didn't intentionally seek a liberal place, although I can still sympathize with those who do.
It seems as though conservatives sort of 'assume' that everybody else is just like them (or ought to be), so they often have a tendency to tell jokes, send emails, bumperstickers and the like that take for granted everybody hates Obama, liberals, gays, blacks, aetheists, gun control, whatever. Liberals may have their own share of "prejudices", but they generally have enough courtesy (and common sense) not to go out of their way with obviously inflammatory material, especially in an unknown or mixed audience.
That just never seems to occur to most of the conservatives I've seen here. Worse, even when it's gently pointed out that something might be obviously offensive, they get kinda cranky about it and still behave like they're "entitled".
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