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I moved from Canada to what I thought was progressive SF bay area, not so much, very conservative on many issues.
by s0rce 4y ago
I moved from Canada to what I thought was progressive SF bay area, not so much, very conservative on many issues.
- anon291 4y agoThe bay area is 'conservative' on issues that actual American conservatives are not very conservative on. For example, bay area people seem to hate building housing, whereas most red states are building like crazy.
- whimsicalism 4y agoI'm definitely a YIMBY but red states are coming from a place of much lower density. They will certainly get these problems as they get more density. Which red state area is more dense than SF?
- enragedcacti 4y agoConservatives say they love cars but they hate it when I drive my car* You have to evaluate the context of the action. "not building stuff" and "building stuff" can both be conservative at different places or times. * I drive on the sidewalk
- rootusrootus 4y agoThat's because conservative areas are rural. When they become dense enough to have urban problems, they inevitably become liberal. So then we get to paint the urban problem as a liberal one, when in reality it is orthogonal.
- baby 4y agowhat about NYC?
- TbobbyZ 4y agoCan you give an example?