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Disregarding the blatant racial undertones in the OP, I will point out that amenities follow interest and interest follows amenities. If my kids like to swim competitively, I’m going to seek out a town with a robust program of youth swim teams and pools. I’m not going to plant myself in an area where I have to drive 30 minutes or more to get them to practice. Likewise, if I’m an aspiring jazz musician, I’m going to seek out an area that caters to pickup jam sessions, not a cabin in the mountains an hour from civilization.
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My big fear as I get older is being stuck in an assisted living facility and having to have dinner and lunch with a place full of people with opposing views on government. Archie Bunker types who worship a politician or party..
I have spent a lifetime surrounded by relatives, friends and neighbors who have different views. That's a blessing.
It's the people who believe the opposition is evil and hates America. I would rather die penniless and alone than live among them.
My two residences are in Northern NJ and The Hamptons, so being a republican, I clearly dont mind living around people who dont think like me. Though I am socially liberal, so maybe that makes it easier. A person’s religion makes no difference to me, though I tend to avoid people who talk about relgion a lot, even my own religion. Because of the socioeconomic realities, I tend to be around a lot of people “who look like me”. But at the same time, some of the people I consider to be my closest friends, do not.
So I think there is a difference between people I “live around” vs people I am friends with. I prefer to live around people with a similar socioeconomic status, and I prefer to be friends with people with similar interests as me.
I'm a white atheist female. If I was around only other white atheist females life would be boring. I love diverse cultures and all of the good eats that comes along with it. My only criteria would be that you not be a rectum. Haters belong in a corner with a dunce hat on. I have two really close friends of color, one is married to a white man. I have a whole Filipino family and we're the minority in their big family. Their parties are the best. I have an Hispanic family with three children being raised by an Aunt, Grandmother and single mother. There is more love in that house than there was in a lifetime when I was growing up. Our Catholic friends were over last night and we were at her father's funeral two weeks ago. They're very Italian and very Catholic, yet, we love each other and that was about the biggest family I've ever seen. Something I've always wanted and never had. One of my closet friends is a dwarf with a heart bigger than the whole outdoors. We've been friends for over 20 years. We've adopted a Hindu immigrant family with a 6 year old that we both adore. They celebrate all of the American holidays with us, and it was my great honor to light one of the candles opening their harvest (Indian Halloween) celebration. We were the only white people at the festival and the 6 year old was performing. It was important to her that we be there. We are the closest thing to family that they have here and we were treated with respect and felt very much welcomed at their celebration. I was thanked for lighting the candle. One of our friends is transitioning from male to female. She was worried that it would end our friendship. Um no. We are who we are on the inside, and everyone deserves to be treated as a human being regardless of skin color or belief systems. Yes even the haters, but they're soon banished to the outskirts of my universe. Would I feed them if they were hungry? Yes. Would I help them if they were cold and stranded on the side of the road? Yes, but they would not be allowed into my life.
My life has been infinitely richer because of the diversity. Did I mention the food? Love is love whether it's from this crazy black cat sitting next to me now that won't let me finish typing, or if it comes from the heart of a person with a different skin color. Why not embrace that?
Looking at a previous thread, Felt this was a good follow up to it.
Is it better to be around the same race? Or like minded people? For example, a geoup of people who enjoy cars or gaming, or music. But you might be a minority in terms of race within that group.
It's a false choice. People who think like me will be members of my race.
Looking at a previous thread, Felt this was a good follow up to it.
Is it better to be around the same race? Or like minded people? For example, a geoup of people who enjoy cars or gaming, or music. But you might be a minority in terms of race within that group.
Certainly don't care if they look like me
Not all that worried that they are like-minded (not in terms of cars, gaming and music at least).
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