The most liberal and conservative big cities in America, in one chart.

[MicaelS]

43. Wow, Fort Worth is #12 and Arlington is #6!!!!!

I knew Arlington was Conservative, but not THAT Conservative. Holy crap. Well, I'll probably die in the DFW area, but God willing it won't be in Arlington.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Texas

Arlington is the largest city in the world without a fixed bus-route, light-rail or commuter train system of mass transit.

The Arlington City Council has been presided over by Mayor Robert Cluck since 2003, following the six-year reign of Mayor Elzie Odom.

They have voted it down time an again because they hope it will keep out "the masses" who would depend on public transit. And "Cluck" (what a NAME) has been behind a lot of that.

However in the summer of 2013 however, Arlington City Council agreed to begin a two year public transportation pilot program with the Metro Arlington Xpress, MAX. Upon the end of this two year program it will be put to voters to again decide whether or not Arlington will fund and continue what some hope will be the beginning of a true extensive public transit system. On August 19, 2013, the Metro Arlington Express (MAX) bus route began. MAX provides weekday service between College Park Center (near University of Texas, Arlington) and the Trinity Railway Express CentrePort Station near DFW Airport; from this station you may also travel to Fort Worth, Dallas and points in between, all of which are served by comprehensive public transit systems (though, curiously, the MAX bus stops considerably farther away from the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium in Arlington than well-traveled nearby streets otherwise provide for).

Arlington does have four transit services targeting individual demographic groups: "Handitran" serves senior citizens and the disabled; Arlington hotels pay for a tourist-oriented shuttle-bus system for their guests; the University of Texas at Arlington runs a limited shuttle service for college students; and lastly Mission Arlington, an Arlington-run charity serving the severely indigent, has a bus service that circulates people needing social services or transportation to employment.

Conservative's perfect world...letting a private charity pay for what should be public services.