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The list of liberal cities far outshines the list of conservative ones. With the exception of Huntington Beach, I wouldn't choose to live in any of the conservative cities listed for any controllable reason.
I was thinking the same thing, though I am surprised to not see Portland, Or on the list.
Conservative cities generally have the lowest unemployment and cost of living figures, so they would be the best places for someone poor and unemployed to get a decent job and get ahead.
Likewise, Liberal cities generally have the highest unemployment and cost of living, so they're not going to be your best option.
That is a generalized statement seeing one can easily find liberal cities that have a lower unemployment than conservative cities, and the kicker, it is even easier to find liberal cities with a lower unemployment than its more conservative state.
I'd take Detriot, I don't want to live around a bunch of Willard Romney mormon cult types.
Bigoted much? I'm sure you think all 14.5 million Mormons are exactly like Mitt Romney, but we're not. Some of us (me included) didn't even vote for him, and would actually make pretty decent neighbors, believe it or not.
avoiding utah and idaho is usually sufficient to avoid them in significant numbers.
Lots of LDS around the mountain west, e.g. Wyoming (I think the state with the next highest percentage, though WYO doesn't have a lot of people, Colorado (which I think is #8), Arizona, etc. Not an issue with me.
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Conservative cities generally have the lowest unemployment and cost of living figures, so they would be the best places for someone poor and unemployed to get a decent job and get ahead.
Likewise, Liberal cities generally have the highest unemployment and cost of living, so they're not going to be your best option. If you get a job, it has to pay more to accommodate for the higher COL in big Liberal cities. Here's an extreme example -- the average 1BR apartment in Omaha costs $638/mo, while the average 1BR. in San Francisco is almost $2,700. In addition, the unemployment rate in SF is almost double that of Omaha.
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think this research is confusing liberal/conservative with democrat/republican. The cities in the liberal list I think are cities with people tha vote democrat but dont consider themselves to libetral or progressive. These are voters that vote democrat because of their situation but are otherwise socially and culturally conservative...
I"d be willing to be Detroit and Gary, IN are more socially conservative than a lot of other cities.
Denver (not on list) has a better economy than Colorado Springs (one of the cons). The "top 50" city with the lowest UE rate is usually Omaha, Nebraska, neither liberal nor exceptionally conservative.
avoiding utah and idaho is usually sufficient to avoid them in significant numbers.
You don't have to avoid Utah or Idaho as a whole -- just parts of them. Salt Lake City is 50% Mormon. There are enough non-Mormons here that it's a nice mix. It's definitely more conservative than Detroit would be, but no where near as conservative as Provo, 40 miles to the south.
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I'm sure you think all 14.5 million Mormons are exactly like Mitt Romney, but we're not. Some of us (me included) didn't even vote for him, and would actually make pretty decent neighbors, believe it or not.
