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Either of these cities socially liberal? Hard to tell based on my visits there.

by Yhippa 11y ago

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samsolomon 11y ago
If you live in the City of Atlanta, it is quite liberal. The metro area is much more of a mixed bag. Beyond the metro area, the rest of Georgia isn't at all.
forrestthewoods 11y ago
Less liberal than the coasts. More liberal than their surrounding rural neighbors. We talk about how women make up 50% of the population and if we don't hire women then we're leaving a lot of talent on the table. Well 50% of the country is conservative and if we don't hire conservatives we're also leaving a lot of talent on the table. Conservatives are people too. Many who are incredibly smart, talented, and hard working. They shouldn't be overlooked.
- pklausler 11y ago
  I don't think that tech companies are discriminating against the more conservative parts of the country because they're conservative, per se, but because the more conservative parts of the country tend (with exceptions, like Utah) to have low levels of funding for attractive amenities like good public schools. I'm not going to draw causation arrows, but the correlation is sure there.
- leesalminen 11y ago
  But who wants to sit in a room with Bible Belt conservatives? I say this as a fairly conservative person living in a very liberal city.
waterfowl 11y ago
Atlanta proper is super gay(I am a gay who grew up in the south), I think a few years back it was the highest percentage of any city in the country. The issue with Atlanta as others have said is it is hugely sprawly and the actual city doesn't account for that much of the 'metro area.' State politics aren't really liberal, they just almost passed an NC style 'right to discriminate' or whatever law, but were smart enough to back down over the threats of the film production companies(GA has become a major film state of late). The city is very racially diverse, but I dunno what the social politics are really like in general(tho I think the pearl clutching about living around ~conservatives~ is a bit overblown having grown up in that area of the country(TN)). Plus Georgia Tech is there, so lots of smart computery folks around(from all over the world) in that part of ATL society.

Either of these cities socially liberal? Hard to tell based on my visits there.

by Yhippa 11y ago

Either of these cities socially liberal? Hard to tell based on my visits there.

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samsolomon 11y ago

If you live in the City of Atlanta, it is quite liberal. The metro area is much more of a mixed bag. Beyond the metro area, the rest of Georgia isn't at all.

forrestthewoods 11y ago

Less liberal than the coasts. More liberal than their surrounding rural neighbors. We talk about how women make up 50% of the population and if we don't hire women then we're leaving a lot of talent on the table. Well 50% of the country is conservative and if we don't hire conservatives we're also leaving a lot of talent on the table. Conservatives are people too. Many who are incredibly smart, talented, and hard working. They shouldn't be overlooked.

pklausler 11y ago
I don't think that tech companies are discriminating against the more conservative parts of the country because they're conservative, per se, but because the more conservative parts of the country tend (with exceptions, like Utah) to have low levels of funding for attractive amenities like good public schools. I'm not going to draw causation arrows, but the correlation is sure there.
leesalminen 11y ago
But who wants to sit in a room with Bible Belt conservatives? I say this as a fairly conservative person living in a very liberal city.

waterfowl 11y ago

Atlanta proper is super gay(I am a gay who grew up in the south), I think a few years back it was the highest percentage of any city in the country. The issue with Atlanta as others have said is it is hugely sprawly and the actual city doesn't account for that much of the 'metro area.' State politics aren't really liberal, they just almost passed an NC style 'right to discriminate' or whatever law, but were smart enough to back down over the threats of the film production companies(GA has become a major film state of late). The city is very racially diverse, but I dunno what the social politics are really like in general(tho I think the pearl clutching about living around ~conservatives~ is a bit overblown having grown up in that area of the country(TN)). Plus Georgia Tech is there, so lots of smart computery folks around(from all over the world) in that part of ATL society.