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Skittles

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Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 14, 2022, 07:08 PM

Dec 2022

I encountered that anti-city sentiment in southern Illinois.....

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North vs South [View all] Skittles Dec 2022 OP

The south is gaining population. jimfields33 Dec 2022 #1

I sincerely hope many of those moving to the South are Democrats/liberals. raccoon Dec 2022 #2

It's a crapshoot jimfields33 Dec 2022 #3

NC and GA going perma blue would be a game changer for POTUS Celerity Dec 2022 #33

lastly, IF we also perma blue AZ and NV, (and hold VA) we can lose BOTH PA AND MI as well Celerity Dec 2022 #34

That's really cool and quite frankly, I think the last map is the most likely. jimfields33 Dec 2022 #35

unfortunately, there is a decent shot we lose the Senate in 2024, the map is horrid for us Celerity Dec 2022 #37

I think today it's really more about urban vs rural Major Nikon Dec 2022 #4

That's been brewing for years and years... Wounded Bear Dec 2022 #5

" it's a bit out of place " Ferrets are Cool Dec 2022 #11

Concur. lambchopp59 Dec 2022 #17

Really? I live in rural TN and I've seen 5 men with guns in the last year Farmer-Rick Dec 2022 #19

Why people get weirded out about open carry I never understand. former9thward Dec 2022 #31

Who said we didn't get weirded out about Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #40

The poster I replied to said they walk out of places if they see open carry. former9thward Dec 2022 #41

Carrying guns in public should make people nervous everywhere Major Nikon Dec 2022 #15

Rural is rural Golfnbrew Dec 2022 #9

i live in tuolumne county. tc has been red since 1906. AllaN01Bear Dec 2022 #13

The tipping point will always be the suburbs Major Nikon Dec 2022 #14

Your keyboard to god's monitor...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2022 #21

yup Skittles Dec 2022 #28

"Evil City" vs. "Virtuous Countryside" has been a thing since Jefferson was president . . . hatrack Dec 2022 #16

and Fox Noise elevating the paranoia levels to full on crazy. lambchopp59 Dec 2022 #18

true Skittles Dec 2022 #26

according to "The HIll" blue states are bailing our red states Tickle Dec 2022 #6

New Mexico is a blue state. former9thward Dec 2022 #30

What would life be like Tickle Dec 2022 #32

Good catch! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #7

Some of 'em, ya gotta feel sorry. Like the idiot who rescued thekids in the basement of Comet Pizza. 3Hotdogs Dec 2022 #8

As a kid born in NJ in early 60's I would often tease my grandmother who was born in SC and moved to Pepsidog Dec 2022 #10

Back in the mid 1960s when I was a teen, wnylib Dec 2022 #22

That's funny. The South has so romanticized their past that it has blinded them to the truth. I'm Pepsidog Dec 2022 #23

I remember seeing one scene that was like wnylib Dec 2022 #24

Different culture for sure. It's a shame they keep electing the same people who do nothing for them Pepsidog Dec 2022 #25

They need to keep taxes as they are in the south. jimfields33 Dec 2022 #36

And if the world isn't about to crash, plimsoll Dec 2022 #12

I feel bad for them, too, considering that people who scoff at Covid and refuse the vaccine are so LaMouffette Dec 2022 #20

when I... myohmy2 Dec 2022 #27

Also City folk versus Cuntry folk Kennah Dec 2022 #29

Notice how Texans practically shove their state flag in your face dalton99a Dec 2022 #38

I think ITAL Dec 2022 #39

Yeah, that plays a part, but another reason Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #42