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kentauros

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22. Austin has changed, considerably.

Reply to Paladin (Reply #21)

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 10:28 AM

Jun 2013

It's no longer the town depicted in Slacker, and hasn't been for years. However, that's one of the sources that keeps people thinking that Austin is still this tall island beacon of blue in a boiling sea of red, and nothing will remodel that mental image to a more factual representation

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Liberal enclaves in a sea of conservatism [View all] JW2020 Jun 2013 OP

I don't think smugness helps us Recursion Jun 2013 #1

I have seen lots of educated idiots. All you have to do is look at congress. Enough said. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #2

Huh? Where did you see this: FSogol Jun 2013 #10

A CBS survey, IIRC Recursion Jun 2013 #13

I find that really hard to believe. n/t FSogol Jun 2013 #14

Why? They're also richer, older, and whiter than the median American Recursion Jun 2013 #16

Because of the moronic (or is it moranic?) nature of their cause? FSogol Jun 2013 #18

It is hard to believe. I was surprised to see the numbers a few years ago. progressoid Jun 2013 #28

Thanks for the study. n/t FSogol Jun 2013 #29

Yeah, that is the problem with pipoman Jun 2013 #3

"pseudo" JW2020 Jun 2013 #5

LOL..case in point pipoman Jun 2013 #7

GWB had academic credentials pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #4

academic maybe JW2020 Jun 2013 #6

You focused on bastions of higher education pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #8

Education does not automatically HappyMe Jun 2013 #9

Take Republican economists, for example pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #11

I'll take liberal smugness over brain-dead conservatism, any day..... (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #12

But voters in a majority of districts don't, which is our problem (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #15

Grinnell, Iowa CanonRay Jun 2013 #17

It's not only academic towns tabbycat31 Jun 2013 #19

If Austin is the only place in Texas that comes to mind, kentauros Jun 2013 #20

Good points. Some of the most conservative people I know live in Austin. (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #21

Austin has changed, considerably. kentauros Jun 2013 #22

I couldn't agree with you more. Paladin Jun 2013 #23

You know better than I do. kentauros Jun 2013 #24

Houston's traffic is better managed than is Austin's. Paladin Jun 2013 #25

At first, I balked at us having better managed traffic. kentauros Jun 2013 #27

College towns are liberal because the students are young and from out of town FarCenter Jun 2013 #26

The mayor of Charlottesville is Sikh. JW2020 Jun 2013 #30

Nikki Haley, the Republican Governor of South Carolina, is a Sikh. FarCenter Jun 2013 #31