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In reply to the discussion: RIP USA -- Poll: Half of Trump voters, 41% of Biden voters support splitting up the U.S. [View all]Withywindle
(9,989 posts)If you know anyone living in a purple state, or even a red state, you know there are people who have family and friends there. People who have grown up there and are connected to the community where they are. People who love the landscape and the history.
No, I am not going to tell someone who grew up in the rich history of the Black Belt in SC, MS, AL, that they have to move. I'm not comfortable telling liberals and lefties who have been rural for generations in Appalachia or the West that they need to move.
If anything, some of these rural states are so sparsely populated that a mass move TO them from the big blue cities would easily turn them. You'd only need a quarter million from LA and NYC to turn WY blue for decades, that's two Senators right there. Half a million would do it for WV, another 2.