Just curious what is it like

[Tree-Hugger]

20. I live in a blue state, but....

It's barely blue. I am from PA. We have. Dem governor, but he can barely get anything done because we have a Republican legislature.

I was born and raised in Philly and lived there most of my life. I now love in a Philly suburb. The tea is strong here. Lots of confederate flags and bumper stickers. Lots of gun 'n' constitution stuff. Plenty of bumper stickers telling Muslims to leave or die. It's super racist, misogynistic, and bigoted around here. I have plenty of neighbors that display the tea party flag. Not many political signs around here so far, which is odd, but most are for Trump.

I work for a very large company and I deal with the public all day long. That's my job - interacting with people. I cannot believe the types of things people say out loud. Coming out as a liberal gets you yelled at. I won't lie - I don't have liberal bumper stickers on my car anymore because people got downright scary when it came to the COEXIST and environmental stickers I had on my old car. Threats, slurs.

Philly isn't much better. It's thought of as a liberal city, but racism is strong there and the red has truly been bleeding in these past few years.

Just a few miles west of me brings me to houses with militia signs.

I sometimes wonder how PA is considered a blue state.