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Folks from those areas really want the economic growth from a new HQ, and were quick to point out progressive changes that happened in their city. They would ne
by aaron-lebo 9y ago
Folks from those areas really want the economic growth from a new HQ, and were quick to point out progressive changes that happened in their city. They would never talk about those progressive changes in a positive light if big tech were not moving to their neighborhood.
In a wider context you are probably correct, but it's worth pointing out that the urban areas in the South are pretty damn progressive.
- jdonaldson 9y agoI would agree with that, and folks from those areas probably take more grief from their neighbors than what we deal with.
- jackhack 9y agoChapel Hill, NC... Atlanta, GA... Austin, TX... New York City,NY Yes, are all despised by their rural neighbors. And vice-versa. But the bias is bidirectional: Those in the cities look at the rural folks with just as much contempt and disgust as those folks in the country look at the cities. Perhaps more.
- weberc2 9y agoAn often overlooked aspect of inter-group conflict: it's often made out to be unidirectional but it rarely is.
- justin66 9y ago> it's worth pointing out that the urban areas in the South are pretty damn progressive The urban areas everywhere tend to be pretty progressive. The political and cultural distinctions between any given state's urban and rural areas are a lot more profound than the distinctions to be made based on West Coast, East Coast, South, or Midwest.