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Maybe it's not such a bad time to turn into a centrist considering the liberal meccas seem to be the places where people are struggling the most: http://thehill

by jimmy1 8y ago

Maybe it's not such a bad time to turn into a centrist considering the liberal meccas seem to be the places where people are struggling the most: http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/384536-the-great-exodus-out-of-americas-blue-cities http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/384536-the-great-exodus-o... Or, if you really want to influence change and impact the country, staying in a dark blue state and living within an ideological bubble isn't going to change anything. Charlotte has seen a great migration from blue-collar democrats from the Ohio/PA/NY areas, and I believe PHX is seeing the same from Chicago and surrounding areas. For me personally, virtue signaling do-gooders with billions of dollars that just happen to live in a city with a crippling homeless problem doesn't sound attractive to me.

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aphextron 8y ago
>Or, if you really want to influence change and impact the country, staying in a dark blue state and living within an ideological bubble isn't going to change anything. I really don't want to influence or impact anything. I just want to live a happy life where I don't fear getting murdered at a traffic stop for the color of my skin.
- jimmy1 8y ago
  Contrary to popular opinion, there are many more people of color being murdered at a traffic stop in blue states than red states, so not sure what you are trying to poke at here. Maybe the KLS shooting? That was the only incident in my entire time living here I can think of. The fact that that was done by an officer of color doesn't seem to dawn on anyone, or that maybe it was actually justified, but anyways, I think you have your mindset made up and there's no point in trying to argue against the narrative. I just want to tell you, being someone not white myself and lived in red states most of my life. You face the occasional ignorant comment ("go back to where you came from, foreigner!") it's nothing compared to the crime that occurs daily in NYC, Chicago, or the Bay Area, so I think your chances are better down here.
  - anothergoogler 8y ago
    Charlotte has a pretty high rate of violent crime...
  - monocasa 8y ago
    Atlanta has shit like this going on. https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/the-drug-whisperer-aclu-files-suit-against-cobb-county-pd/478485813 https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/the-drug... They train the cop to look for impairment signs of marijuana, and guess what, if the blood test comes back negative, then it's the position of the DA and the police department that it's the blood test that's wrong. Surprise, he primarily pulled over black people. We've also built a new baseball stadium, but it doesn't have access to the city's public transit system because as the county commissioner said "we don't want to invite a certain kind of person here". The transit system, MARTA, is known as "Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta". And don't get me started if you're Hispanic or Middle Eastern. Brown is the new black is the saying.
    - liveoneggs 8y ago
      somehow I manage to never visit Cobb
    - scarface74 8y ago
      I’m sure anyone can find anecdotes anywhere about overzealous cops. But I’m Black live in Forsyth [1] and I’ve never had any issues. [1] Yes this Forsyth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WErjPmFulQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WErjPmFulQ0
- briandear 8y ago
  Is that statistically a rational fear? You are more likely to die in a car accident than in a traffic stop.

by jimmy1 8y ago

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aphextron 8y ago

>Or, if you really want to influence change and impact the country, staying in a dark blue state and living within an ideological bubble isn't going to change anything. I really don't want to influence or impact anything. I just want to live a happy life where I don't fear getting murdered at a traffic stop for the color of my skin.

jimmy1 8y ago
Contrary to popular opinion, there are many more people of color being murdered at a traffic stop in blue states than red states, so not sure what you are trying to poke at here. Maybe the KLS shooting? That was the only incident in my entire time living here I can think of. The fact that that was done by an officer of color doesn't seem to dawn on anyone, or that maybe it was actually justified, but anyways, I think you have your mindset made up and there's no point in trying to argue against the narrative. I just want to tell you, being someone not white myself and lived in red states most of my life. You face the occasional ignorant comment ("go back to where you came from, foreigner!") it's nothing compared to the crime that occurs daily in NYC, Chicago, or the Bay Area, so I think your chances are better down here.
- anothergoogler 8y ago
  Charlotte has a pretty high rate of violent crime...
- monocasa 8y ago
  Atlanta has shit like this going on. https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/the-drug-whisperer-aclu-files-suit-against-cobb-county-pd/478485813 https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/the-drug... They train the cop to look for impairment signs of marijuana, and guess what, if the blood test comes back negative, then it's the position of the DA and the police department that it's the blood test that's wrong. Surprise, he primarily pulled over black people. We've also built a new baseball stadium, but it doesn't have access to the city's public transit system because as the county commissioner said "we don't want to invite a certain kind of person here". The transit system, MARTA, is known as "Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta". And don't get me started if you're Hispanic or Middle Eastern. Brown is the new black is the saying.
  - liveoneggs 8y ago
    somehow I manage to never visit Cobb
  - scarface74 8y ago
    I’m sure anyone can find anecdotes anywhere about overzealous cops. But I’m Black live in Forsyth [1] and I’ve never had any issues. [1] Yes this Forsyth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WErjPmFulQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WErjPmFulQ0
briandear 8y ago
Is that statistically a rational fear? You are more likely to die in a car accident than in a traffic stop.