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In reply to the discussion: Salon: The United States is scarier than the Islamic State [View all]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Hardly. There was a bit of a spiteful rightward bent, but for the most part the city has recovered. We still went for Obama both times. I expect the city council will pass a marijuana horticulture decriminalization measure, too.
In terms of demographics, there are people from all over the world studying here. There's a mosque and a Hindu temple which usually exist very comfortably. There are quite a few Muslim business owners. We once had a coffee shop called Osama's. It was great because it had a fireplace and basically sat on campus. They got some threats after 911, but there was a lot of community support. Eventually Osama's other coffee shop won out.
The small towns that surround us are RW and voters in the outskirts pushed the election of a republican state senator and mayor largely out of spite.
I know there's a liberal Kansas City bubble. But if you venture over to the KS side (Mission Hills, Leawood). The IndependenceLee's Summit areas and the northland are pretty RW.