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Thtwudbeme

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29. We are very close

Sat Feb 19, 2022, 10:29 AM

Feb 2022

to where you are considering. Please send me a PM if you want information.

Most folks think of liberal areas of NC as Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Durham and Asheville.

That is not true at all- Greensboro and Winston are extremely diverse, liberal and forward thinking. It's also beautiful with mild weather- and an hour and a half away from the mountains and coasts. Greensboro has one of the most beautiful train stations on the east coast, and you can be in DC in 6 hours for a fun weekend-

Lots of museums, libraries, bookstores, pubs....all kinds of liberal arts/ artsy mess abounds.

We take care of our homeless pretty well too- Winston-Salem has housed over 90% of our homeless so they can live dignified lives.

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"the big sort" Americans are fleeing to places where political views match their own [View all] Demovictory9 Feb 2022 OP

It makes perfect sense really jimfields33 Feb 2022 #1

This section is beyond maddening: Celerity Feb 2022 #2

Yep. Desert_Leslie Feb 2022 #15

"Every wo(man) for themselves." shrike3 Feb 2022 #34

America is dividing into tomorrow and yesterday sanatanadharma Feb 2022 #3

Hit the nail on the head Desert_Leslie Feb 2022 #16

One group will be moving forward and other backwards . . . Lovie777 Feb 2022 #23

That's an excellent description. tanyev Feb 2022 #35

Not just Musk. Ellison of Oracle also. Diablo del sol Feb 2022 #54

I live in an NC county that went 80.2% Biden mnhtnbb Feb 2022 #4

My wife and I are considering retiring to NC Martin Eden Feb 2022 #19

NC is more purple mnhtnbb Feb 2022 #21

Thanks for that info Martin Eden Feb 2022 #24

We are very close Thtwudbeme Feb 2022 #29

I lived in Charlotte until the mid-90's. llmart Feb 2022 #42

So, you don't want to move to a "Red" Country but you want a "Red" policy of lower taxes? brooklynite Feb 2022 #49

We've paid high taxes all our working lives and were OK with it. Martin Eden Feb 2022 #53

Blue States? RetiredRNIowa Feb 2022 #5

California if you have 1.2M for a medium sized home Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #6

Depends on where, though... Silver Gaia Feb 2022 #25

I've been saying that since the 1980s Retrograde Feb 2022 #51

We live in the Sacramento area. We got an excellent deal on our home Silver Gaia Feb 2022 #56

Come to NC and help turn us blue! mnhtnbb Feb 2022 #7

highly educated population Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #8

Yes. UNC Chapel Hill and Duke 20 minutes from me mnhtnbb Feb 2022 #9

I had thought of NC years ago, but retired now Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #11

I lived in St Joseph for 6 years mnhtnbb Feb 2022 #13

You need to get out a little! :) Come on up to Thtwudbeme Feb 2022 #30

Southern Maine mainer Feb 2022 #14

I move fairly often, every 5 to 10 years. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #10

RE Texas...Liberals are moving there as well...it's purple now, thus the draconian Election laws ashredux Feb 2022 #12

It's become a running joke here in TN that so many folks from California are moving here Docreed2003 Feb 2022 #17

We tend to export the RWers Diablo del sol Feb 2022 #55

I wish more of us would move to red area's. Emile Feb 2022 #18

A once-friend our son grew up with before their ways parted Hortensis Feb 2022 #20

its almost as if Rightwingers expect red areas to be utopias. and some of the "sorting" in 80s/90s Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #22

:) The last time "I drove into Texas" and stopped at a giant new gas station Hortensis Feb 2022 #36

Thats a sad story. Silver Gaia Feb 2022 #27

:) Florida's not my favorite state, but I know too many who Hortensis Feb 2022 #44

I lived in both Coco Beach and Gainesville in the mid-1970s, Silver Gaia Feb 2022 #58

Same in many places before population explosion and development Hortensis Feb 2022 #59

Gosh, it's almost like he took his confusion and discomfort with him . . . hatrack Feb 2022 #28

"Wherever you go, there you are." nt Nay Feb 2022 #31

Exactly. And there he is. Hortensis Feb 2022 #47

Three families have moved from my small little SoCal enclave. Diablo del sol Feb 2022 #57

Repubs: "we don't have to wear masks!" Dems: "they put broken glass in our mailbox" muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #26

God, that sucks! ananda Feb 2022 #32

I live in a blue area in Indiana shrike3 Feb 2022 #33

You live in Indy or in Bloomington. maxsolomon Feb 2022 #39

Nope, I live close to Chicago. shrike3 Feb 2022 #40

Ah. Hadn't considered that area, but it makes sense. maxsolomon Feb 2022 #43

Yes, we used to be ignored and it was rather nice. shrike3 Feb 2022 #45

I don't know if I'd call Fort Wayne blue. shrike3 Feb 2022 #41

Oh, right. Liberal Catholicism. maxsolomon Feb 2022 #46

Social Justice Catholicism is not dead here. shrike3 Feb 2022 #48

I never get that split maxsolomon Feb 2022 #52

In the American church, the conservatives pushed back shrike3 Feb 2022 #60

You could not pay me to move to a red state or even a purple one. Raftergirl Feb 2022 #37

This has been happening for decades. maxsolomon Feb 2022 #38

These trumpers ought to be careful where they move in Texas. Liberal In Texas Feb 2022 #50