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Republican governor still, not as solid as you'd think.
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).
Yeah Vermont is hippie hillbillies
State politics are different from national politics. A blue state republican governor can sometimes be more left than a red state democratic governor.
Has a general prejudice against city people.
Seattle, one hopes, is still green and bookish
I was going to move to Portland but I hear it's a war zone lol
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.
I feel like if you think Seattle fits the description of around trees that you just haven't ever been around trees before lol. It doesn't mean a couple sadly embedded in the sidewalk it means like as far as you can see
Perhaps you think I meant south of Lake Union. Understandable mistake. In north Seattle you can't sneeze without getting a tree wet. I spent most of my time in those parts.
I grew up just north of Seattle in Bothell only just recently moved out to the coast bit south of Aberdeen I have learned the meaning of tree lol. If I stand the top a large elevation I struggle to find buildings my vision is nothing but trees and Hills I feel like that's more what the post is talking about.
I live surrounded by tree as far as the eye can see in all directions, it's very much republican County though lol
What is this conversation? Seattle has trees. It has really good parks. Is this treemogging? It's obnoxious.
These places exist, but they are expensive as fuuuuuuuuck
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.
Ann Arbor here. Can confirm.
I heard a rumor that a tree grows in Brooklyn.
New England.
Man, I miss New England; gonna add living a few years out there, again, to my bucket-list.
Outside of a college town.
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.
I want to complain about the percentage of freshman and sophmore CS majors that are hardcore right-wingers because of Musk and Zukerberg and gamergate.
middle of nowhere
Thats the problem, on average rurally living folks tend to be more conservative.
I think they mean really middle of nowhere, as in there's nobody around
So... maybe Wyoming, on the fringes of Yellowstone? Or northern Idaho? Those might be the most sparsely populated forest areas I know about.
I'd say Alaska but it's so remote that basic materials are very expensive.
The Michigan upper peninsula is pretty remote too but I don't think I could handle the winters.
The I-5 corridor of the Pacific Northwest.
Idk about the Washington part but the Oregon part would be Jefferson, so not exactly progressive, until you hit the Willamette valley which I've never been to but assume it's like the central valley here in CA and full of the most annoying conservatives constantly complaining about the big cities.
Eugene is in the Wallamette Valley and is a historically progressive city (despite it's origins), especially for LGBTQ+ people and communities. It's home to the University of Oregon which has a fairly diverse student body and faculty. Lots of "everybody is welcome" signs in shop windows, "hate has no home here" signs in people's yards.
Hop across the river and you're in Springfield, which is another story. Kind of a Tale of Two Cities thing. Much less wealth along with all the problems that tend to follow.
Live next to some bears, they'll keep the conservatives away.
I was gonna ask "which kind" but it's definitely both.
Rural places has a lot of conservatives, its not just the US.
Atlanta. Just don't go past the perimeter.
Asheville and Boone NC
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.
As someone who lived in a deep blue city in Texas for a decade, I can confirm you're making the right decision.
Houston, Austin, and San Antonio are all dope to visit, but 100% not worth living there. And I will never willingly set foot in that state again.
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.
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.
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.
I am legit having this dilemma now.
Cascadia says “Hello”
Houseless (Van Life) deep in a forest works pretty well for me
How....do you have internet? Van life seems so appealing but also so scary.
Cellular or Starlink are your only options, unless you include none (meaning libraries or public wifi).
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Also "it's hard because it's like how to get out of a place filled with only trees and Republicans?"
Send help.
The IS is huge so there’s not way you can’t find this location.
The Maryland DC suburbs are some of the nicest parts of the country.
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