Rural/Farm Life

markie

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5. visit the areas you may be interested in...

Thu May 6, 2021, 08:53 AM

May 2021

go to the local restaurant/diner, read the public boards outside the stores, go to the farmer's markets... it is pretty easy to get a feel for the locals... not all rural areas are necessarily conservative (more so in the Midwest where I grew up)...

I live in the most conservative part of Vermont but we have strong groups of left leaning people here... I have a honey stand out in front and post lots of more "leftist" sayings, posters, etc... some people love it and say so, the trump supporters just buy my stuff, love my baked goods and don't say anything...

you will be fine!

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Back to rural life....advice anyone? [View all] OnionPatch May 2021 OP

No advice, but here's a link to a tool to assess the political leanings of a neighborhood intrepidity May 2021 #1

Oh wow, that's fantastic!! OnionPatch May 2021 #8

I finally saw this thread and was about to reply... Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #13

Good luck in your search Sherman A1 May 2021 #2

Thanks. I have no problem keeping the stickers off. OnionPatch May 2021 #4

I agree with you about the joys of the Shenandoah valley but I don't know much about it... TreasonousBastard May 2021 #3

I've had thoughts about New York but never thought there was anything rural in Long Island. OnionPatch May 2021 #6

visit the areas you may be interested in... markie May 2021 #5

Great ideas. OnionPatch May 2021 #7

I put out democratic yard signs and bumper stickers... jcgoldie May 2021 #9

I have found my conservative neighbors to be some of the best people I have ever met Kali May 2021 #10

My suggestion is that you do a lot of serious PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #11

Hear hear! cilla4progress May 2021 #12

We're kind of loners anyway Bayard May 2021 #14

I'm kind of a loner too. OnionPatch May 2021 #15

Yikes! Bayard May 2021 #16