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Old 09-13-2021, 09:56 AM
 
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just saying that it's possible to co-exist with people that have different viewpoints on life. We don't need to silo ourselves - one could argue that is a major part of what is wrong with this country right now.
lol!

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i'll say that gilbert is still a very conservative city. A lot of trump supporters out here. So, based on some of your prior posts, i'll save you some time by telling you gilbert might not be a good fit.
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Old 09-13-2021, 10:39 AM
 
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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lol!
Yeah, I wrote that because the OP was very obvious in her disdain for conservative people. Just trying to be helpful. If she didn't like FH, she surely won't like Gilbert. I said "based on your prior posts."
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Old 09-13-2021, 10:48 AM
 
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Yeah, I wrote that because the OP was very obvious in her disdain for conservative people. Just trying to be helpful. If she didn't like FH, she surely won't like Gilbert. I said "based on your prior posts."
It's the same poster, yet when he/she acknowledged that in this post, you addressed it with disdain:

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I thought you people were supposed to be the tolerant ones. Now you won't even live in the same town as someone with differing political views? lol...sounds about right.

Make up your mind. Should she consider FH or Gilbert because silos are bad and we should all be "tolerant" or should she avoid those areas because of "her obvious in her disdain for conservative people"? You're arguing both sides of the coin. I don't think FH would be a fit, and that's fine. Gilbert may be alright as it's becoming more and more diverse.
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Old 09-13-2021, 11:41 AM
 
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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It's the same poster, yet when he/she acknowledged that in this post, you addressed it with disdain:




Make up your mind. Should she consider FH or Gilbert because silos are bad and we should all be "tolerant" or should she avoid those areas because of "her obvious in her disdain for conservative people"? You're arguing both sides of the coin. I don't think FH would be a fit, and that's fine. Gilbert may be alright as it's becoming more and more diverse.
I'm not arguing both sides of the coin. I'm saying "in reality" she should steer clear of FH and Gilbert based on her views of conservative people and publicly stating that she doesn't want to live by Trump supporters or Sherriff Joe. HOWEVER, "I think" it's foolish to silo where you live based on your political beliefs. I can have an opinion on something, yet still offer real-world advice that contradicts my opinion.
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Old 09-13-2021, 12:04 PM
 
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I'm not arguing both sides of the coin. I'm saying "in reality" she should steer clear of FH and Gilbert based on her views of conservative people and publicly stating that she doesn't want to live by Trump supporters or Sherriff Joe. HOWEVER, "I think" it's foolish to silo where you live based on your political beliefs. I can have an opinion on something, yet still offer real-world advice that contradicts my opinion.
If you need help moving to Seattle, Austin or San Francisco just let us know.
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Old 09-13-2021, 01:35 PM
 
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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If you need help moving to Seattle, Austin or San Francisco just let us know.
If I thought those were great places for a family and were even remotely affordable, sure why not? They are all beautiful places.

But I do think it's completely ridiculous to say Fountain Hills is as extreme to the Right as San Francisco is to the Left. Driving through FH is just like driving through Anytown USA. Driving through San Fran is anything but.
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Old 09-13-2021, 02:58 PM
 
Location: Chandler, AZ
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oh my lord. no way in H E double hockey sticks would I live where that man does. he was the sheriff when I lived in Arizona 25 years ago and he did nothing to make himself improve in my opinion over the years.
If one of your requirements is to be somewhere that leans more to the left, you probably won't like Chandler/Gilbert/Ahwatukee either.
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Old 09-13-2021, 03:58 PM
 
Location: Redwood City, CA
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What I like about FH is that unlike most of the metro it has terrain. The roads rise and fall over ridges and washes.
It would be amazing if Fountain Hills got snow. Can you imagine?

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The downside is that it is dated, both in the housing stock and the people who live there.
Concours in the Hills is a yearly event in Fountain Hills that brings spectators from all over to ooh and aah over the amazing cars. I worked the 2020 event as a volunteer and talked to quite a few local couples who were not infirm or doddering on their last legs. They seemed vital and energized to me.
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Old 09-13-2021, 05:02 PM
 
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Taffy is delicious.
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Old 09-13-2021, 05:25 PM
 
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Sorry, I've offended again. It's true, I shouldn't judge based on people being conservative. That was wrong of me.

We're moving out of Kentucky in part because we're living in a very conservative area of Louisville and it's not our cup of tea. Yes, we can handle it fine, but we would enjoy living in a more diverse area. We were looking at Tucson, Denver, Colorado Springs and Seattle until this opportunity came up to move to Phoenix. We even briefly toyed with Atlanta when another job opportunity was presenting itself (but then fell through.)

Our youngest son is Hispanic, with about 10% African heritage, too, and it would be nice to allow him to live in an area with more diversity than what we have in our area of Kentucky. One time when our son was 11 years old we walked into a restaurant with him and a table full of white people in their 70's looked at my husband and I (we are white) and then our son, and then back at us, and their faces drew up in disgust. It was very apparent that they were making judgments based on our son being with us. What they were assuming or thinking, I have no idea. but it was ugly. Luckily he didn't see what happened.

So it's not really the politics, when I get down to it, as much as the conservative nature and closed mindedness of some of the individuals when they see a mixed-race family. I'm a live and let live kind of person. My son goes to Catholic school, yet my husband is an atheist. I'm fine with whatever people what to believe. I just don't want them to make horrible faces at me and my family when we walk into a restaurant.
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