Also “it’s hard because it’s like how to get out of a place filled with only trees and Republicans?”
Send help.
Rural places has a lot of conservatives, its not just the US.
Cascadia says “Hello” <friendly wave>
Uhhhh… did you all not see that Mango just told the Space Force that they need to relocate from Colorado to Alabama? You wanna talk about a blue state that’s going to go dark blue, look no further.
Vermont?
Republican governor still, not as solid as you’d think.
State politics are different from national politics. A blue state republican governor can sometimes be more left than a red state democratic governor.
This is the way.
Seattle, one hopes, is still green and bookish
I feel like if you think Seattle fits the description of around trees that you just haven’t ever been around trees before lol. It doesn’t mean a couple sadly embedded in the sidewalk it means like as far as you can see
Perhaps you think I meant south of Lake Union. Understandable mistake. In north Seattle you can’t sneeze without getting a tree wet. I spent most of my time in those parts.
I grew up just north of Seattle in Bothell only just recently moved out to the coast bit south of Aberdeen I have learned the meaning of tree lol. If I stand the top a large elevation I struggle to find buildings my vision is nothing but trees and Hills I feel like that’s more what the post is talking about.
I live surrounded by tree as far as the eye can see in all directions, it’s very much republican County though lol
What is this conversation? Seattle has trees. It has really good parks. Is this treemogging? It’s obnoxious.
Seattle has its own racism problem unfortunately
If you think Seattle’s race relations are on the same level or even close to any red state then I sincerely doubt you’ve ever left Seattle or been to a red state.
There are racist people literally everywhere but not everywhere makes a culture out of being racist.
I lived in Texas most of my life. I wouldn’t say race relations in seattle are as life threatening as they were capable of being in Texas but I would say racism is just as common.
Thanks for letting me know. Haven’t been there in a few years, sad to hear it.
Against any particular group?
From my observations, and from what I have been told from people of this group in seattle, mostly african americans. You’d have to hear from other marginalized groups for more info as I am not familiar with their experience. It’s less of the explicitly violent and threatening racism you see in the south and more of the “you’re so articulate” style of racism. Lots of pearl clutching and car door locking if you know what I mean.
Isn’t this just universal in America? This sounds like liberal racism, not republicans
Yes but it is particularly common in the PNW
That’s the kind I’m used to, having grown up in that area. It’s shitty, but has it changed in the last ten years? My area was north Seattle, where it’s always been an issue.
I’m a couple hours north of Seattle, and the PNW is crawling with the Proud Boy type. I was doing memory care for people with downs syndrome and dementia, and we had to get the cops involved because somebody was prowling around the facility with a rifle slung over his back during the first trump presidency.
It’s the same problems it’s always had, but trump has deffo turned the volume up.
I was going to move to Portland but I hear it’s a war zone lol
Yeah? Sounds like that’s where people on the right side are needed, then.
Portland is a great city. I’ve been living in the UK for almost 4 years now and I’ve never been to a bookshop as good as Powell’s, and the food there is at least twice as good as it ought to be, for what they charge.
These places exist, but they are expensive as fuuuuuuuuck
I live near Asheville and fucking hell you are not kidding. The price creep has spread out in a 60 mile radius and just keeps getting worse. I can’t even afford to live in my hometown anymore.
I heard a rumor that a tree grows in Brooklyn.
Vermont.
And then you’re just bored
New England.
The I-5 corridor of the Pacific Northwest.
Idk about the Washington part but the Oregon part would be Jefferson, so not exactly progressive, until you hit the Willamette valley which I’ve never been to but assume it’s like the central valley here in CA and full of the most annoying conservatives constantly complaining about the big cities.
Eugene is in the Wallamette Valley and is a historically progressive city (despite it’s origins), especially for LGBTQ+ people and communities. It’s home to the University of Oregon which has a fairly diverse student body and faculty. Lots of “everybody is welcome” signs in shop windows, “hate has no home here” signs in people’s yards.
Hop across the river and you’re in Springfield, which is another story. Kind of a Tale of Two Cities thing. Much less wealth along with all the problems that tend to follow.
Live next to some bears, they’ll keep the conservatives away.
Atlanta. Just don’t go past the perimeter.
Asheville and Boone NC
After hurricane Helene? Good luck!
Houseless (Van Life) deep in a forest works pretty well for me
How…do you have internet? Van life seems so appealing but also so scary.
Cellular or Starlink are your only options, unless you include none (meaning libraries or public wifi).
Mostly cell signal. I have a painter’s pole that I put an omni-directional antenna on and an amplifier if need be but, most of the places I find that meet my other criteria (open enough for good solar, not recently logged etc) have a 4 out of 5 bars of either LTE or 5G service which is good enough for my needs. Was thinking about Starlink but can’t easily get past the Elon connection…even now that the hardware cost just halved.
The IS is huge so there’s not way you can’t find this location.
