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Yeah, idiotic. Atlanta has always been a MAJOR center for LGBT life. Hardly one of the less-expected places..lol...
Well, hardly surprising given the The Advocate is one of those media outlets that's seemingly always stunned that anything of significance takes place between LA/SF and NYC.
I feel like the LGBT population could live in almost any big or mid-size city and be absolutely fine..
I mean besides from the obvious spots like San Fran, NYC, and LA, there's fort lauderdale, Palm Springs, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philly, Boston, DC, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Miami, Pittsburgh, and on and on....
I mean it begs the question....which city would be absolutely horrible toward the LGBT population?
Can't imagine there are many..
I feel like the LGBT population could live in almost any big or mid-size city and be absolutely fine..
I mean besides from the obvious spots like San Fran, NYC, and LA, there's fort lauderdale, Palm Springs, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philly, Boston, DC, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Miami, Pittsburgh, and on and on....
I mean it begs the question....which city would be absolutely horrible toward the LGBT population?
Can't imagine there are many..
The Villages metro area is less than 100,000. It's VERY small and caters to retirees. I can't imagine it would be a good place for LGBT people by any means.
But smaller doesn't mean less gay friendly. For example, the Ithaca, NY area is very small and very gay friendly. Or Burlington, VT or Portland, ME.
The Villages metro area is less than 100,000. It's VERY small and caters to retirees. I can't imagine it would be a good place for LGBT people by any means.
That's the point. I said it would be absolutely horrible place for LGBT people.
The Villages metro area is less than 100,000. It's VERY small and caters to retirees. I can't imagine it would be a good place for LGBT people by any means.
It's a part of the Orlando MSA, and it's not 'VERY small.' It's a massively sprawling suburb across 3 Counties now, and it is well over 100,000. It isn't a very good place for LGBT people though, but they are obviously there with population numbers like this.
You seem to have a habit of speaking with authority to places you have only read about, but obviously have never actually been to - in my opinion, of course.
It's a part of the Orlando MSA, and it's not 'VERY small.' It's a massively sprawling suburb across 3 Counties now, and it is well over 100,000. It isn't a very good place for LGBT people though, but they are obviously there with population numbers like this.
You seem to have a habit of speaking with authority to places you have only read about, but obviously have never actually been to - in my opinion, of course.
I feel like this topic of what areas are good for gay people is one of the most over analyzed topics of all time. On City-Data 2/3rds of the straight people name the icon cities of gay-ness New York, Chicago, LA and of course the mothership San Francisco. Then the Philly people will promote Philly as a bastion of tolerance, and the Boston people will scoff at Philly and say it has nothing on their great gay scene. Then the Denver people will chime in, and the Pac NW people will state their case, and of course we all know the sun rises, sets, and shines out of Austin's rear end. Then someone will say something disparaging about Detroit, Cleveland and Phoenix and the cycle will repeat itself.
The truth is in 2014 there aren't very many places that are not good for gays. I feel it's time we as gay people stop clammering to the overdone cliche places, and make the lesser thought of cities just as desireable. How will these other good cities ever become more "gay chic" if some of us don't stay there and make them that way?
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