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In reply to the discussion: Guess who voted for this....no, go ahead, I'll wait here.... [View all]Johnny2X2X
(24,445 posts)4. On every metric for quality of life
Blue states lead Red states. It's good that our side is finally starting to point out the crime, income, poverty, economies, and education in the Red States are in shambles or out of control.
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Trip to Walmart to buy summer shirts. There were two I liked but the color was heather
twodogsbarking
Sep 2025
#31
What happens when the lever breaks while leveraging, in the two states most embracing of risk.
marble falls
Sep 2025
#12
Not where I live. It's illegal to pump where I live. Or even refine where I live due to groundwater.
LeftInTX
Sep 2025
#34
The source of carcingens here is the military. The cancer tends to be confined to those exposed.
LeftInTX
Sep 2025
#36
It's like NC used to run on tobacco farming and cigarette manufacturers. ...
littlemissmartypants
Sep 2025
#43
Housing prices coming down doesn't mean much when the only people that can afford them are the investor class...
W_HAMILTON
Sep 2025
#38
They may reflect "changes". I've heard about NM, but maybe it hasn't gotten worse in NM. Whereas in Texas things are
LeftInTX
Sep 2025
#37