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My advice to you: stay close to a college!!! Even traditional blue states like Vermont, Oregon and Massachusetts get pretty red in the rural areas. Your best bet would be a town like Charlottesville, Virginia which is a small "blue" city (thanks in part to the influence of the University of Virginia) swimming in a sea of red. It is a similar story in other rural college towns.
I wouldn't be so quick to advise New Hampshire when looking for a rural 'blue area'
Well, I did note that it's more libertarian than anything else. But compared to most rural areas of the country, NH is hardly that conservative, especially on social issues.
Its also one of the most expensive and least diverse areas. Just like a lot of other "liberal" areas. You can talk all day, but the proof is in the pudding or however that goes. Selective liberals maybe? Seems very typical.
Don't buy in to the liberal crap, conservative areas can have everything they offer. Some conservative areas are light years ahead in contributions too.
Its also one of the most expensive and least diverse areas. Just like a lot of other "liberal" areas. You can talk all day, but the proof is in the pudding or however that goes. Selective liberals maybe? Seems very typical.
Um, living in rural NH myself, I can assure you that there is no wealthy, selective liberal class that is actively discouraging diversity. The lack of racial diversity in northern New England is simply due to historic settlement patterns. And while it may be more expensive to live here than in other parts of the country (which is true of the entire Northeast), the vast majority of people here are not wealthy by any means. Not to mention the fact that NH is largely a moderate state with libertarian leanings. Most voters here are Independents, and there are actually more registered Republicans than Democrats.
Good for you guys. But your inflation pattern and dog eat dog markets driven by house flippin' in the northeast is undeniable. Most of the time that takes advantage of the people with less money, often times the poor. I don't think the northeast is less diverse just because either. Thats just my opinion. I don't think many minorities have been welcomed in these rural blue areas.
Good for you guys. But your inflation pattern and dog eat dog markets driven by house flippin' in the northeast is undeniable. Most of the time that takes advantage of the people with less money, often times the poor.
That's pretty damn ironic coming from some in Tampa, whose real estate market was flooded with speculative buyers during the boom.
From Forbes.com : "During the housing boom, Tampa was overrun with speculative investors, who, according to Moody's Economy.com, represented 25% of area property owners in 2005. Subsequent price declines have made Tampa more affordable to large parts of the population that had been priced out."
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