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Buckeye_Democrat

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4. My brother used to live there and he hated it. Then he moved to...

Reply to phylny (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 07:00 PM

Dec 2016

... Colorado Springs (for a different engineering job) and assumed it would be better. To his surprise, it was even more insanely conservative!

He said there were quite a few cross-dressers in Roanoke, which also surprised him given the overall conservative attitude that he observed when he was there (years ago).

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Check out this billboard in The Roanoke Times Dano Awards column: [View all] phylny Dec 2016 OP

No, they're not stupid world wide wally Dec 2016 #1

Stupid? No, that's iconic. Or stereotypical, anyway (nt) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #2

A bullet to the brain of WhiteTara Dec 2016 #3

My brother used to live there and he hated it. Then he moved to... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #4

I think Roanoke City is pretty reliably blue. phylny Dec 2016 #7

I missed the Salem show this weekend. ileus Dec 2016 #5

My very best to her for a swift recovery! n/t phylny Dec 2016 #6