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luna_k in liberalrage

Middle America's Buyers Remorse

Mar 19, 2006 20:52

Well, Utah and Kansas might still heart Dubya, but the rest of the country is finally starting to wise up to reality. From the Boston Globe, via HuffPo: Change of Heartland.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The third anniversary of the Iraq invasion unleashed a surge of pessimism at a local farmers' market here, where stalwart Republicans, standing amid aisles ( Read more... )

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elke_tanzer March 20 2006, 05:05:34 UTC

who commands respect among the regulars because he coached the local high school baseball team to seven state championships

This? Is one huge honkin' reason I fled the Hoosier state. I will never comprehend how high school sports prowess and/or coaching of same makes anyone an authority on anything aside from high school sports.

luna_k March 20 2006, 23:18:16 UTC

Dude, you lived in Indiana? It's so hard for me to imagine you anyplace besides Southern California. Except for Northern California, or maybe the Pacific Northwest, or possibly Manhattan or Vermont.

I know I personally would last about 10 minutes in Indiana. Actually, any state not connected to an ocean would probably freak me out, to be honest. I have a thing about being on the coast. ;)

elke_tanzer March 21 2006, 07:10:14 UTC

My parents moved to Indiana when I was in preschool, and are still there. I came to Los Angeles for college and stayed when I found a job here after finishing my undergrad.

The countryside itself is wonderful... but some of the attitudes back home are... well... among the reasons I left, and among the reasons I haven't moved back closer to my wonderful folks. So SoCal is home for now. I'd love to relocate to the Pacific Northwest, and move my parents there...

Vermont wouldn't be bad. I've thought about moving there, too. Northern CA wouldn't be bad, either. Love those coastal redwoods...

Manhattan? Too many skyscrapers!!

:-D

luna_k March 21 2006, 17:15:40 UTC

The countryside itself is wonderful... but some of the attitudes back home are... well... among the reasons I left, and among the reasons I haven't moved back closer to my wonderful folks.

I hear ya. That's one of the main reasons I've stayed in the DC area instead of moving back to Upstate New York. The conservative, rural mentality there is a lot like that of Indiana, meethinks.

Northern CA wouldn't be bad, either. Love those coastal redwoods...

Did you hear about how the Bush administration wants to sell off the Big River forest land to pay for other federal programs? link

It's infuriating for a lot of reasons, but espcially because now all the Northern California redwoods might be gone before I can ever visit them. Whaaaaaaa!