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I tend to see rural as more individualist. This map of the Nations of American is spot on. http://emerald.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/fall2013/images/features/up

I tend to see rural as more individualist. This map of the Nations of American is spot on. http://emerald.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/fall2013/images/features/upinarms-map-large.jpg http://emerald.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/fall2013/images/fea... America has many nations and the lack of dedicated voters and the large difference between rural and city voters continues to expand. Just look at NYC compared to New York State during the Presidential Election. People see things as "US" vs "THEM" and that gives way to the City State right here in America.

viridian 9y ago
As someone intimately familiar with the politics and culture of Ohio, boy howdy does this chart fuck up really badly on the edges. For instance, Guernsey and Noble counties not considering themselves Appalachian is absurd. A case could maybe be made for the ones like Muskingum despite all the stuff named after the mountains in Zanesville, since it does import a bit of culture from Columbus, but some of these are just egregious. Franklin and Delaware counties both being labelled as Appalachian despite encompassing the greater Columbus metropolitan area as a whole is pretty laughable, as Columbus is the most Midwestern city in Ohio. I don't know if you can call this spot on if similar mistakes are made all over the borderlands of this map.
- baldfat 9y ago
  Generalizations all are lost at specifics. Like looking at a landscape painting and then looking with a microscope. The painting is a landscape and it captures the emotions and feeling. The microscope is looking for something totally different. Well Borderlands are just that border lands. I lived on the Mexican border and you go 15 miles North or South and it was a completely different culture.
lhopki01 9y ago
The US has a lack of dedicated voters because of it's voting system. There is not much point voting in a Presidential election in California or New York. That encourages people to think their vote doesn't matter. If every vote actually counted you'd have more dedicated voters.

viridian 9y ago

As someone intimately familiar with the politics and culture of Ohio, boy howdy does this chart fuck up really badly on the edges. For instance, Guernsey and Noble counties not considering themselves Appalachian is absurd. A case could maybe be made for the ones like Muskingum despite all the stuff named after the mountains in Zanesville, since it does import a bit of culture from Columbus, but some of these are just egregious. Franklin and Delaware counties both being labelled as Appalachian despite encompassing the greater Columbus metropolitan area as a whole is pretty laughable, as Columbus is the most Midwestern city in Ohio. I don't know if you can call this spot on if similar mistakes are made all over the borderlands of this map.

baldfat 9y ago
Generalizations all are lost at specifics. Like looking at a landscape painting and then looking with a microscope. The painting is a landscape and it captures the emotions and feeling. The microscope is looking for something totally different. Well Borderlands are just that border lands. I lived on the Mexican border and you go 15 miles North or South and it was a completely different culture.

lhopki01 9y ago

The US has a lack of dedicated voters because of it's voting system. There is not much point voting in a Presidential election in California or New York. That encourages people to think their vote doesn't matter. If every vote actually counted you'd have more dedicated voters.