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gab13by13

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9. It wasn't always this bad,

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:36 AM

Mar 2022

Even in the 70's a Democratic Rep and a Republican Rep, rode in a car together at our Brockway (10 miles away) 4th Of July parade.

I was elected to 2 terms of Brockway borough council back in the 70's because I defended our watershed against being stripped for coal and fracked for gas.

Times are way worse since Trump.

I understand your point, there are very few minorities in the area.

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'It's Almost Like a Secret Society': The Perils of Being Democrat in a Trump Town (Dubois) [View all] no_hypocrisy Mar 2022 OP

I live this reality. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2022 #1

I live 10 miles from DuBois. gab13by13 Mar 2022 #4

One worse: my father grew up in Dubois (1923-1933) no_hypocrisy Mar 2022 #5

It wasn't always this bad, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #9

Let me tell you about minorities in Dubois. no_hypocrisy Mar 2022 #11

Many years ago I taught for one year in Ridgway,PA... PittBlue Mar 2022 #2

I think you can still buy a house in Ridgway for under $20,000. twodogsbarking Mar 2022 #14

What about Southwestern PA? Lydiarose Mar 2022 #17

I was born in Washington County and lived in Westmoreland County my entire life until recently PittBlue Mar 2022 #18

Yes, a long read but quite accurate, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #3

If you wear your politics on your sleeve, where I live, and your sleeve isn't red Chainfire Mar 2022 #6

That was a very good summery of what it is like to live in a Red area. I live in Ohio about 1 hour doc03 Mar 2022 #7

We retired to Jefferson County from southern CA in order to be livetohike Mar 2022 #8

Huge home made wooden sign next to the road in DuBois, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #10

Trump's second term ???? Karadeniz Mar 2022 #12

The "thinking" is passed down from generation to generation. twodogsbarking Mar 2022 #13

What is SHAMEFUL is that WE live in America and have to live in fear because of Ferrets are Cool Mar 2022 #15

;-{)🖖‍ Goonch Mar 2022 #16