What is the most liberal city in the South (highest, state, largest)
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As a gay, liberal Jew, through my many conversations and encounters with people across the country and especially the south, I have never heard anyone mention how liberal Houston is. Of the cities in this thread, it's the only one. I have friends who tell me things about how liberal Atlanta is and how I would maybe like it there. Everyone agrees Miami would be a great place for me to live. Even Dallas has been mentioned, but just stick to downtown, uptown, and the inner core neighborhoods. This is from people who have lived in these cities before or have traveled extensively throughout the south. Southerners seem to tend to stick to the south for their travels. At least in Kentucky, they seem to rare go north for vacation or work, almost always heading south. I have friends in Mobile and New Orleans as well. The general consensus from all of them in their travels, encounters with people from these cities, and past living situations is that Atlanta is mostly great, Dallas is great in specific areas, and Miami is basically fine all over. Houston has never once been mentioned.
Can we also go ahead and agree that New Orleans should have been included in this? New Orleans would definitely be #1 most liberal, not just in the LGBT/minority rights standpoint. They vote blue, there is a large gay population, and for heaven's sake they have the loosest alcohol laws in the country. I'd say that's a big factor in the true definition of "liberal" as in less regulations and more freedoms to do as you please. Along with that, Miami's last call is the latest out of all of the cities mentioned in this thread and it's known for it's parties and nightlife. "Conservative" cities don't generally have the greatest nightlife.
What if I told you that I have 342 friends who all told me the exact opposite of what your friends told you?
So how's that whole Houston being liberal thing working out for ya today?
LOL, I was thinking about this thread when I read that. So much for Houston being "ingrained with tolerance." I'm not saying it's super-conservative but obviously some people were grossly overstating how liberal the city is.
LOL, I was thinking about this thread when I read that. So much for Houston being "ingrained with tolerance." I'm not saying it's super-conservative but obviously some people were grossly overstating how liberal the city is.
Exactly. Yeah the city elected a lesbian mayor. Yeah it's a big city and is bound to have a lot of liberals. But the city literally just voted to make it legal to discriminate against gays. I'd say that's pretty damn conservative! I don't have much room to talk from KY after this election, but I've never portrayed KY as some liberal haven like Houston boosters did here. Also, I'm in Louisville which is very different from KY. Louisville dislikes KY for being too conservative and racist. KY hates Louisville for being too diverse and educated and liberal. Nobody I know in Louisville is happy about this outcome. We voted with a 19.6% margin for the Democrat governor. Sadly, the dumb rednecks surrounding us overpowered us. But that's a different situation. Even as a big city, Houston just voted to allow homophobia. Even Louisville, Lexington, and a few other cities in KY have LGBT non-discrimination laws in housing and employment.
Yeah I saw that too. It absolutely took it down several notches as far as liberal cities go. I wonder if the opponents ran a fearful campaign behind it.
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Exactly. Yeah the city elected a lesbian mayor. Yeah it's a big city and is bound to have a lot of liberals. But the city literally just voted to make it legal to discriminate against gays. I'd say that's pretty damn conservative! I don't have much room to talk from KY after this election, but I've never portrayed KY as some liberal haven like Houston boosters did here. Also, I'm in Louisville which is very different from KY. Louisville dislikes KY for being too conservative and racist. KY hates Louisville for being too diverse and educated and liberal. Nobody I know in Louisville is happy about this outcome. We voted with a 19.6% margin for the Democrat governor. Sadly, the dumb rednecks surrounding us overpowered us. But that's a different situation. Even as a big city, Houston just voted to allow homophobia. Even Louisville, Lexington, and a few other cities in KY have LGBT non-discrimination laws in housing and employment.
As I understand it, Houston is the only city of size that does not have an anti-discrimination law on the books. Not just for gay folks, but for everyone. How did they get to 2015 and not have that happen yet?
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