Current Events > Is it strange to choose a new city based on how few Trump supporters there are?

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Like obviously weather, cost of living, job market, crime etc. are factors, but people seem to give me weird looks when I bring that up.

Isnt wanting to raise my Asian children around non-racists a pretty normal thing to want? I mean yes not all Trump supporters are racist and not all Biden voters arent, but wouldnt it be pretty logical to consider the voting percentage as a reflection of that citys general culture and what their values are?

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Nah, I feel you.
I have to look at places before I go to see how cool they are with black people


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Maybe choose a neighborhood instead?

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No it's totally reasonable

I moved to a smallish town in Utah and thought "well it's ok, I'll find my tribe, there are good people everywhere and we can all just live and let live."

I was wrong. It pervades every aspect of life. You become an outsider. It took two years to make two friends. I felt immediate relief when I moved back to liberal rural Colorado, and I made friends int he first week.

And I don't care about politics at all, it's a cultural thing

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Evwryones different. I'm introverted and do not care what people believe so long as it doesn't affect me in any way, shape, or form.

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I wouldn't want to live around objectively awful people either. Sadly, I can't move and am surrounded by them.

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I mean, at the extreme end, lynchings are still a thing in America, and racially-motivated violence is relatively common, so you're not wrong at all to want to live in a place with fewer racists.

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It depends on what you're comfortable with.

Personally I get on well with Trumpers, I just make sure they accept who I am too then we can agree not to talk politics or covid.

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EffectAndCause posted...

but wouldnt it be pretty logical

Nothing about your thinking is logical

regina1914 posted...

Nothing about your thinking is logical

How so?

EffectAndCause posted...

Like obviously weather, cost of living, job market, crime etc. are factors, but people seem to give me weird looks when I bring that up.

Isnt wanting to raise my Asian children around non-racists a pretty normal thing to want? I mean yes not all Trump supporters are racist and not all Biden voters arent, but wouldnt it be pretty logical to consider the voting percentage as a reflection of that citys general culture and what their values are?

No absolutely not.
Education of your offspring
Healthcare
Unemployment treatment
And a sense of community

All those are on the line if you chose to live in a republican idiot state/city.

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ekie posted...

of your offspring

"never take me seriously"

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regina1914 posted...

Nothing about your thinking is logical

Go on.

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Nah, if there are a ton of trumpers around they will attack the school boards and get them to quit so they can take over and push their bullshit on kids, which will most definitely cause problems with your kids.

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Not strange at all. That's the origin of my sig.

Atleast around here I know where not to go.

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ekie posted...

No absolutely not.
Education of your offspring
Healthcare
Unemployment treatment
And a sense of community

All those are on the line if you chose to live in a republican idiot state/city.

This.

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ekie posted...

No absolutely not.
Education of your offspring
Healthcare
Unemployment treatment
And a sense of community

All those are on the line if you chose to live in a republican idiot state/city.

Lol this cant be serious

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Your OP is pretty spot on, TC. When I was thinking of places to move, political leaning was one of the major factors of each place I looked into.

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Lol this cant be serious

As serious as Republican Governors blocking Medicaid for their poor run-down Farm people just to stick it to Obama.

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Here's another question for you
Is it 'strange' for a Protestant in Ireland to want to raise his children where there's a smaller number of Catholics

Nope, because being in a state with a lot of Trump supporters (Texas) has been fucking awful

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Yeah, as others said it makes sense. I'd rather not have nut jobs run the local and state government.

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Mr Hangman posted...

Yes, it's weird. This is the kind of opinion you form when you constantly expose yourself to 24 hour news, garbage news media, twitter, etc. and don't interact with normal people in the real world.

Have Trump supporters actually had way different beliefs IRL this whole time? I mean, the real life ones ive interacted with pretty much spew the exact same poison that they do online.

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EffectAndCause posted...

Have Trump supporters actually had way different beliefs IRL this whole time? I mean, the real life ones ive interacted with pretty much spew the exact same poison that they do online.

+1

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EffectAndCause posted...

Have Trump supporters actually had way different beliefs IRL this whole time? I mean, the real life ones ive interacted with pretty much spew the exact same poison that they do online.

As a Texan, I can corroborate this. Both in the workplace and family.

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Mr Hangman posted...

IRL people don't spew toxic poison, they don't talk about politics very much with random strangers, they're just polite nice people.

Correct, the Trump supporter I make small talk with in line at the grocery store is very polite and nice, until he gets behind closed doors, online anonymously, into a voting booth and/or any position of power.

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Mr Hangman posted...

IRL people don't spew toxic poison, they don't talk about politics very much with random strangers, they're just polite nice people.

Yeah they do. Besides, even if they keep it to themselves in public it doesn't make them not awful people becasue they only post their horrible views on the internet. I feel like certain people think the internet isn't "real" and that things don't count when posted on it.

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Mr Hangman posted...

It's not that it isn't real, it's that the internet isn't representative of normal offline interactions.

I've heard many racist, homophobic, and other bigoted comments unsolicited because many right wingers think every other white man thinks like them. There are many accounts of these types being bigoted to minorities openly. I still don't see the difference if one keeps their awfulness to themselves or not. They still vote for a political party that does things that negatively affects many people for no good reason. Why shouldn't people not want to be around these Trump supporters?

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Mr Hangman posted...

It's not that it isn't real, it's that the internet isn't representative of normal offline interactions.

Are you making this blanket statement for all areas in the US?