Help...looking for a liberal friendly small town (real estate, houses, tractors)

[kc2sweet4ne1]

Centralia, WA

[jeremiah47]

College town, tons of places to eat - that's about all I know. Good luck in your search!

[deportallofthem]

Malibu is definitly rural, but isn't very liberal by statistics. It seems that way because of a very vocal celeb crowd who toot liberal policy. It's actually closer to 50/50 than most of LA County. There's not too many small towns I can classify as liberal in SoCal, besides maybe Ojai.. which regulates chain stores and is pretty artsy.

I'm going to try to make rounds..


Bainbridge Island, WA
Port Townsend, WA
Humbult/Arcata, CA
Ojai, CA
Davis, CA
Boulder, CO
Durham, NH
Northhampton, MA
Amherst, MA
Ithaca, NY
Hanover, NH
Most places in VT

[OREGONRAIN]

Originally Posted by Nature Lover

I could have written your letter. We're in central Oregon, which is beautiful but far too conservative (how did conservatives get a monopoly on small towns?)

I'm considering a move to the Oregon coast - one of the most beautiful places in the world - but I'm not sure there is any town there where I'd fit in politically. I'm planning to check out Astoria, OR, where I'd have the ocean and an easy, relatively short trip over to Portland when needed. The best of both worlds?

Ashland is beautiful and with that beauty comes expensive. You need to be comfortable with some form of isolation there, it is 300 miles from Portland or the Bay area. If that is not important to you, or a large economic base for employment then it might be just right for you. It is in a beautiful region though and doesn't get all the rain that so much of western oregon gets.

[OREGONRAIN]

I guess I should have read your thread with glasses on, you were referring to Astoria not Ashland, excuse me.

[Nafster]

Did anyoe forget Bloomington, IN?

It's population is about 70,000. It has the feel of rural small town but has lots of nightlife, social and political events, and festivals weekly.

Theres a huge gay community and international community in the town as well.

[KateDaum]

We have lived in Ithaca and loved it. It is very liberal. People were great. We are in NH right now and find it very closed. We are moving to the Bayfield WI area. I hesitate to call it liberal. But they are very friendly and accomodating people. I would also vote for Madison WI. Great town.

[DisplacedBadger]

Easy, Madison Wisconsin. Madison is a great city with a large/diverse University. Also, it is the state capitol with numerous Fortune companies. The only downside, winter! Winters are cold (at times very cold) with a lot of snow. Otherwise, it definitely is a GREAT city.

[Katiana]

Madison is not what you would call a small town, however. Nor is Boulder, CO. I don't know about Madison, but Boulder is full of intolerant liberals of the type mentioned upthread a bit. "You MUST use alternative transportation, have ten dogs you take out to the open space and let run under 'voice control' ", etc. Anyone who disagrees even a bit is a bad person.

[Gypsy-Moth]

Originally Posted by Waterlily

If you pick out a liberal state like California there are lots of towns to choose from and many would be liberal. it may also be more expensive then you'd like.

I was born in California and lived there until my mid-40s. Outside of the Bay Area, Los Angeles and parts of Sacramento, you're not going to find a lot of liberal. Much of small town California is surprisingly redneck.