I grew up in a deeply red area. Lived in quite a few places in the East coast during college and for a few years after, eventually moved to Colorado and it went blue soon after.
That area is still deeply red. Of the people I kept track of since high school, I cannot think of one of them that went to college and stayed in that area after graduating. Even with today’s option of working remote, I don’t see how I could stomach living there. The landscape is beautiful and some of the people are great.
The conservative base in that area? Some of the ugliest personalities I’ve ever had the displeasure to meet. And it’s something like 3- or 4-to-1 ratio of Republicans to Democrats.
They are probably so confused as to why their economic situation is a total shitshow, too…
I grew up in a deeply red area. Lived in quite a few places in the East coast during college and for a few years after, eventually moved to Colorado and it went blue soon after.
That area is still deeply red. Of the people I kept track of since high school, I cannot think of one of them that went to college and stayed in that area after graduating. Even with today’s option of working remote, I don’t see how I could stomach living there. The landscape is beautiful and some of the people are great.
The conservative base in that area? Some of the ugliest personalities I’ve ever had the displeasure to meet. And it’s something like 3- or 4-to-1 ratio of Republicans to Democrats.
They are probably so confused as to why their economic situation is a total shitshow, too…