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[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 131 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

This is the way.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Republican governor still, not as solid as you'd think.

[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 67 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He may be a member of the Republican party but if you just look at his record as governor, you'd probably guess he's a Democrat. Pro choice, trans rights, thoroughly anti Trump, and even a lot of his tax cuts seem to prioritize relief for the working poor rather than the ~~leech~~ investor class.

Also, this is anecdotal but I've spent some time in Vermont and the conservatives there who I met were by and large reasonable, open-minded, and anti-Trump (there were a couple of exceptions but nowhere is perfect).

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Yeah Vermont is hippie hillbillies

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 68 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Seattle, one hopes, is still green and bookish

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Seattle has its own racism problem unfortunately

[–] turdcollector69@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you think Seattle's race relations are on the same level or even close to any red state then I sincerely doubt you've ever left Seattle or been to a red state.

There are racist people literally everywhere but not everywhere makes a culture out of being racist.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I lived in Texas most of my life. I wouldn't say race relations in seattle are as life threatening as they were capable of being in Texas but I would say racism is just as common.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 11 points 2 months ago

Thanks for letting me know. Haven't been there in a few years, sad to hear it.

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was going to move to Portland but I hear it's a war zone lol

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah? Sounds like that's where people on the right side are needed, then.

Portland is a great city. I've been living in the UK for almost 4 years now and I've never been to a bookshop as good as Powell's, and the food there is at least twice as good as it ought to be, for what they charge.

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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago (3 children)

These places exist, but they are expensive as fuuuuuuuuck

[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

I live near Asheville and fucking hell you are not kidding. The price creep has spread out in a 60 mile radius and just keeps getting worse. I can't even afford to live in my hometown anymore.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 11 points 2 months ago

Ann Arbor here. Can confirm.

[–] DrSoap@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I heard a rumor that a tree grows in Brooklyn.

[–] KiloGex@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Idontcare@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Pacific Northwest and certain parts of the northeast

[–] PotentialProblem@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you live in the city or directly adjacent this is true, but it gets republican really fast once you get a bit more into the trees.

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[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

Oregon was originally founded as an all-white state. The PNW has lots of racists and they all live in the stix since they think Portland and Seattle are portals to Hell.

And as far as the Northeast is concerned, I think only Vermont has rural areas that aren't MAGA.

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[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

Man, I miss New England; gonna add living a few years out there, again, to my bucket-list.

[–] VocationConfining@piefed.social 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Outside of a college town.

[–] oppy1984 7 points 2 months ago

Not always true, Kent (home of Kent State University) is bright red. I live a little ways south of Kent and I drive thru there a few times a year to visit a friend, every time I go through there it's maga merch everywhere.

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[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The I-5 corridor of the Pacific Northwest.

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[–] individual@toast.ooo 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thats the problem, on average rurally living folks tend to be more conservative.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think they mean really middle of nowhere, as in there's nobody around

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Rural places has a lot of conservatives, its not just the US.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Live next to some bears, they'll keep the conservatives away.

[–] Clicheallday@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Atlanta. Just don't go past the perimeter.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 months ago

There's some spots in the big nyc parks where you're surrounded by trees and can pretend you're not in a big city. That's all I've got.

Outside the city it gets surprisingly conservative sometimes. I knew someone who had family north of Albany, and their neighbor flew a confederate flag. Probably a maga flag now.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Those might be nice towns but at this point I'm staying away from any MAGA states, regardless of whether they have islands of sanity in them.

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[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

After hurricane Helene? Good luck!

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

From my experience in Slovenia, there are many Janezek fans and chauvinists everywhere but the capital (Ljubljana). In my whole life I met two people, who I consider actual leftists (excluding myself), one is my high school sociology professor (we call them professors instead of teachers, probably because most of our school's dildos will never seek decent higher education) and the other one lives in Ljubljana (hm).

But for some reason, we still have a government majority of mostly fanatics, who call themselves center left (they still did some competent things even if they are the democrats of Slovenia), the right wing party and their fans, with a minority of the actual left, who are still loosing popularity.

Edit: This is my shitty unnecessary rant I started, because I wanted to mention, that no country is actually different. Most people are sadly very right wing and the leftists and minorities can't really do anything about our rights being taken away, because the 200 year old laws still aren't updated to accommodate us.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Uhhhh... did you all not see that Mango just told the Space Force that they need to relocate from Colorado to Alabama? You wanna talk about a blue state that's going to go dark blue, look no further.

[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Cascadia says “Hello”

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

I am legit having this dilemma now.

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