The South bashing is getting really old.

[ChiciB1]

181. Not Sure I This Is Sarcasm Or Not...

Let me be clear. I said I pretty much grew up in Texas, I live in Florida now (maybe not real south) but I also have MANY SOUTHERN friends and neighbors and get along with them well. And for the record, I'm not the one screaming about southern states. There is a map somewhere from the last election that breaks down RED/BLUE. The amount of red is astounding, and not only in the south. If one where to look at the map, at first glance it would be impossible to imagine that Obama actually won the election! True, I was SHOCKED when he took Florida, happy but can't deny my shock.

Partly because of where I live here, the affluent per capita income of this county and the people who vacation here and the many celebrities who own 2nd homes here. BTW, I'm far, far away from being ONE of them. Still, I can ride down to the beach (gulf) and see a long winding road of very expensive houses. I've met & seen Steven King who rides his bike on that road. Sounds like I'm some sort of "name dropper" but no way! Just explaining. Many, many top tennis players call this place home away from home. I know King is no "right winger" but boy are there a LOT of them here! And you can spot them rather quickly if you've lived here long enough.

I don't think I recall anytime when this county went blue. Maybe Clinton squeaked by once, and also Obama, but don't think either quite made. Not sure. But since Obama's last election things here turned very nasty and it hasn't stopped.

Bottom line though, I think where one should TRULY point the finger of WHY the south has the perception it has, is because of THE MEDIA! I'm not sure a good argument could be given against their influence in this fact.

True, I find most of Texas difficult for me, but Austin is a great place. I hear the state is turning more purple, that's great.

As for MY close neighbors, and I've lived in this same house for a LONG time... for some reason there's a clan of liberals, Democrats and middle to left Independents. Strange, but I like it. Not to say that I haven't had signs stolen from my yard. My little enclave is small, most came from middle class (Union) backgrounds and I do like living here. If I were to get on the road and drive inward, well... there would be a, what many would call "very redneck" mud bogging, not so politically informed abundance of people. It is what it is.

So enough, not deriding the south, but I didn't give them a "red state" reputation.