Liberal Moving to Prescott? (Phoenix, Chandler: quality of life, to live, vs)

[BruinsAngelsKings]

Originally Posted by Granite60

yes, I do believe as you, let people live on their own accord but I get attacked because I am a Liberal and Progressive Democrat. Our government now wants to control the masses. We no longer have a Democracy, it is a Fascist Government. Libertarians believe in open borders and I am for that. And I disagree with you Conservatism does not believe in Live and Let Live =u should tolerate the opinions and behavior of others so that they will similarly tolerate your own. I have been asked to leave in a restaurant bar, in two house when I voiced my Liberal views. Recently, I belonged to two FB pages here in CV and I was attacked verbally. This area is like living in Alabama or Oklahoma. If you move here in the Prescott area, you are moving to an area that has Confederate flags and bumper stickers that read, "Liberals must be destroyed" or "I support NRA if you try to take my gun away you will be shot" or "I support Trump" That is not Conservative thinking, this is looney tune thinking, just like the creep that is in the White House.

Once you start calling people names, you lose all credibility in your argument/position. At least in my eyes, but that may not matter to you...just sayin.

[teddyearp]

Originally Posted by Granite60

<snip> or "I support Trump" That is not Conservative thinking, this is looney tune thinking,<snip>

Making statement like that is why you may get shunned, not solely because you are a liberal.

[Movn-on]

Originally Posted by BruinsAngelsKings

Once you start calling people names, you lose all credibility in your argument/position. At least in my eyes, but that may not matter to you...just sayin.

Agreed. The OP wanted to know if a liberal is welcome in Prescott. I think so absolutely if it is not their intention to “change” the place to fit their ideology, as Granite60 would like to do. Most people go about their business and are laid back and generally happy. We moved to Prescott for that reason. The politics around us in California changed to a point that we weren’t happy so we found a better place for us. This particular person seems miserable here in my opinion and would probably be happier in a place with like-minded people like most of California. But it is up to each of us to decide if we are better off moving on, or staying put and becoming increasingly unhappy in the place we live. Life’s too short for that in my opinion.

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by Movn-on

Agreed. The OP wanted to know if a liberal is welcome in Prescott. I think so absolutely if it is not their intention to “change” the place to fit their ideology, as Granite60 would like to do. Most people go about their business and are laid back and generally happy. We moved to Prescott for that reason. The politics around us in California changed to a point that we weren’t happy so we found a better place for us. This particular person seems miserable here in my opinion and would probably be happier in a place with like-minded people like most of California. But it is up to each of us to decide if we are better off moving on, or staying put and becoming increasingly unhappy in the place we live. Life’s too short for that in my opinion.

Nicely stated. I would add that no place or group of people are a monolith. California -- 40 million people -- has plenty of areas that are pretty conservative, and Arizona -- population 7 million -- has areas that are quite liberal. Unfortunately, discussions surrounding political views tend to get distilled into overly simplified and absolute terms that get used in broad-brush fashion and don't necessarily reflect reality. Coming back to the topic of the thread, I always found Prescott to be pretty tolerant of different views.

[Movn-on]

Originally Posted by Winston Smith

Nicely stated. I would add that no place or group of people are a monolith. California -- 40 million people -- has plenty of areas that are pretty conservative, and Arizona -- population 7 million -- has areas that are quite liberal. Unfortunately, discussions surrounding political views tend to get distilled into overly simplified and absolute terms that get used in broad-brush fashion and don't necessarily reflect reality. Coming back to the topic of the thread, I always found Prescott to be pretty tolerant of different views.

Very true. It would be a boring place if we all thought exactly alike!

[AZgarden]

Everyone is welcome in Prescott. But do remember, the majority of residents here are retirees. That may affect your decision.

[toosie]

Many posts have been deleted for being off topic, partisan politics - or orphaned responses to same. Please keep it local and on topic. Visit the Politics forum for more colorful debate about the nature of liberals and conservatives.

[suaz]

AZGarden, I’m the OP, and I’m a retiree too!

[HTY483]

Originally Posted by Obadno

That being said I think its totally stupid when people consider politics in moving decisions, especially since most areas are pretty close split, a "left wing" city like san Francisco still has like 25% people who claim to be conservative. I wouldn't let that enter into your moving decisions when far more is important things that take precedent.

Agreed. This isn't 1950's Mississippi. No one is going to care.

[6.7traveler]

Despite its "conservative" reputation, I actually think Prescott itself is quite liberal if anything. The outlying areas and yavapai county in general may be a different story but Prescott has seemed almost granola crunchy liberal as of late IMO. Maybe it's just me?