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Far too many race and culture issues in the Midwest IMO. Not to mention lack of software jobs & economy propped up by ag cycles & federal farm bills. Lots of a
by pnathan 10y ago
Far too many race and culture issues in the Midwest IMO. Not to mention lack of software jobs & economy propped up by ag cycles & federal farm bills. Lots of articles about the issues in rural America, won't repeat them here.
Much rather live in Seattle, NYC, Boston, etc. Much better living, profoundly more jobs (both in number and variety), far better culture, better politics, much more environmentally friendly.
- amyjess 10y agoI live and work in the suburbs of Dallas. I'm also an openly LGBT Jew, and nobody gives me any problem. And the large Asian populations (Chinese, Indian, and Korean especially) in the suburbs here shows that lots of people of other races choose to live here over other places in the country. It's debatable over whether or not North Texas counts as "the midwest" (really, Texas can be divided into five sections, which go into separate regions), but I like to think of it as such. We're in Tornado Alley, and most of Dallas feels like a typical middle-American suburb.
- pnathan 10y agoI am pretty sure everyone agrees Texas is a different country. ;-) TBH I've heard Texas has a pleasingly libertarian vibe about many personal choices, but you are required to love HS football.