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Really? Care to explain that? Miami has had a Human Rights Ordinance that protects Gays from discrimination in housing & employment since 1998. Miami also has a indegent healthcare sales tax since 1991 that covers the poor as well as a transit tax since 2002. Obama carried all three of the counties in the metro area. I don't understand the perception that somehow Miami is a conservative metro.
Did Obama carry every single county in the Dallas, Houston or Atlanta metros?
Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston all have ordinances that prohibit discrimination against gays by the same standard. I'm pretty sure Atlanta does too.
However since this thread is about metro areas I do agree with you. Dallas, Fulton, and Harris counties are islands of blue among a sea of red as far as the eye can see. That is especially dramatic in Dallas and Atlanta.
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Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston all have ordinances that prohibit discrimination against gays by the same standard. I'm pretty sure Atlanta does too.
However since this thread is about metro areas I do agree with you. Dallas, Fulton, and Harris counties are islands of blue among a sea of red as far as the eye can see.
Don't forget fort Bend they are trending Blue. Brazoria's black population increased by over 100% last decade, the hispanic pop there grew by a hella lot too, Brazoria's conservative streak should be diluted soon.
anyway, I would say Texas is leaning more on the Libertarian side than on the Conservative side.
Austin hasn't even elected it's first Afro-American Mayor yet it's not the most lib city in the south........
It will be a cold day in Hell when Austin elects its first black Mayor. You would think they would have at least elected a gay one by now. But thus far few major cities have done that. Off the top of my head I can think of Houston and Portand
It will be a cold day in Hell when Austin elects its first black Mayor. You would think they would have at least elected a gay one by now. But thus far few major cities have done that. Off the top of my head I can think of Houston and Portand
Atlanta and Houston are the south " two most gay friendly cities"
Sure, Austin has an "image" of itself...and people in other cities (esp. in TX) love to complain about the "Austitude". But most people here don't have it and are just livin', like you and me I will concede that on these forums, Houston and Dallas are often put down by Austin...I don't understand why that is the case. But this forum is hardly an accurate snapshot of reality.
Those 4 cities aren't the best comparison...ATL, DAL and HOU are all major metro areas and far bigger than Austin...so of course they are more well-rounded cities. Austin is currently in some awkward spot between college-town and semi-major metro area. A bit of an identity crisis. Grapico: you are correct. Just the number of liberal people in a place doesn't tell us if a place is liberal. Same goes for any measurement of a statistic in a city- you have to look at per capita.
The majority of liberal people vote Democrat...if you look at those numbers, Travis County has been more left politically in recent elections than say, Dallas or Harris County. You can't say that Austin is "just as conservative" as DAL/HOU without empirical evidence of that...unless we're operating under different definitions of liberal/conservative.
Yeah, all counties within the South Florida metro are have gone blue(meaning a good number of the suburbs). But the main reason for this is, South Florida in general has many larger cities in adjacent counties that are more than just mere suburbs of Miami. Broward County by it's self has a population of 1.8million people, and Palm Beach with 1.3million people. Miami isn't the only "inner-city" in South Florida, and most "inner-cities" tend to go blue.
Atlanta and Houston are the south " two most gay friendly cities"
New Orleans is the second "gayest" city in the US, behind San Francisco. Second largest parade as well, a whole festival.
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Atlanta...........
I will concede that on these forums, Houston and Dallas are often put down by Austin...I don't understand why that is the case. But this forum is hardly an accurate snapshot of reality. 
