Second, If you were to identify this country's biggest armpits, dumps and cesspools, do you think there would be any overlap?
Here's an old but still relevant article ranking the most liberal v conservative cities in the US.
1 Detroit Michigan
2 Gary Indiana
3 Berkeley California
4 Washington, D.C. Dist. of Columbia
5 Oakland California
6 Inglewood California
7 Newark New Jersey
8 Cambridge Massachusetts
9 San Francisco California
10 Flint Michigan
11 Cleveland Ohio
12 Hartford Connecticut
13 Paterson New Jersey
14 Baltimore Maryland
15 New Haven Connecticut
16 Seattle Washington
17 Chicago Illinois
18 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
19 Birmingham Alabama
20 St. Louis Missouri
21 New York New York
22 Providence Rhode Island
23 Minneapolis Minnesota
24 Boston Massachusetts
25 Buffalo New York
Now contrast this list to the most conservative cities in the country.
1 Provo Utah
2 Lubbock Texas
3 Abilene Texas
4 Hialeah Florida
5 Plano Texas
6 Colorado Springs Colorado
7 Gilbert Arizona
8 Bakersfield California
9 Lafayette Louisiana
10 Orange California
11 Escondido California
12 Allentown Pennsylvania
13 Mesa Arizona
14 Arlington Texas
15 Peoria Arizona
16 Cape Coral Florida
17 Garden Grove California
18 Simi Valley California
19 Corona California
20 Clearwater Florida
21 West Valley City Utah
22 Oklahoma City Oklahoma
23 Overland Park Kansas
24 Anchorage Alaska
25 Huntington Beach California
Now there are some "progressives" out there who have tried to claim for me that there is no connection between liberal policies and corresponding things like poverty, crime, jobs, schools, etc.
One of them even had this to say about me.........
Who's the moron here?
Are you really trying to tell me that life in Oakland California or Flint Michigan are better places to live than any area run by conservatives?
Name one!
They can't. Which is why I never get a productive retort, I just get some kind of insult.
