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Odin2005

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3. I get the feeling many people voting for these wingnuts are actively against development.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 06:20 PM

Apr 2016

They see it as encouraging "Yankee Liberal Carpetbaggers" to invade their state and "destroy their way of life" and would rather stay poor. The trigger of this seem to be Obama winning NC in 2008.

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Awake, good North Carolina, from the reign of the zombie kings [View all] KamaAina Apr 2016 OP

It is filmed in Georgia, but Georgia has a governor who knows which side of his bread is buttered! Glorfindel Apr 2016 #1

NC and Wisconsin have become examples of what happens to progressive states when blm Apr 2016 #2

Yes. It happened in an off year election that happened on a census year. mmonk Apr 2016 #9

When people say there is no difference, all they have to do is see NC and Wisconsin blm Apr 2016 #10

Yep mmonk Apr 2016 #15

Sorry but no. The game was cooked long before the elections and the local media enabled it. Ford_Prefect Apr 2016 #11

Yeesh�.In NC, it truly is the missing voter. blm Apr 2016 #14

I get the feeling many people voting for these wingnuts are actively against development. Odin2005 Apr 2016 #3

Cary, outside Raleigh, is said to be the "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees" KamaAina Apr 2016 #4

Charlotte's full of northeasterners. I've lived here since '91 and have only met 2 octoberlib Apr 2016 #6

And Californians KamaAina Apr 2016 #8

Yep. Wells Fargo didn't re-locate here but they have a huge presence in Charlotte as well. octoberlib Apr 2016 #12

Great article. I posted it on Facebook this morning. mmonk Apr 2016 #5

That's where I found it. Maybe we're friends! KamaAina Apr 2016 #7

I'm a dead giveaway on Facebook. mmonk Apr 2016 #13