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I've seen some studies that indicate this is less about regions and more about exposure to high population densities and everything that goes with it, though I
by crooked-v 7y ago
I've seen some studies that indicate this is less about regions and more about exposure to high population densities and everything that goes with it, though I can't find the links now.
- eropple 7y agoI've heard the same, and Ezra Klein recently had on an interesting guest, Will Wilkinson from the Niskanen Center, who discussed political sorting and population density in some detail. https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/theezrakleinshow?selected=VMP8633970355 https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/theezrakleinshow?selected=V...
- cybersnowflake 7y agoI think its a mix between exposure and affinity. People migrate to what they like or want to take advantage of then their mindset is reinforced by like minded people and conditions.
- war1025 7y agoI think you could generalize that to "population density", since there are reasons people in low-density areas think the way they do, just the same as there are reasons for people in high-density ares to think like they do.