Calling Out to Idiot America

[luna_k]

Human Events, "The National Conservative Weekly Since 1944", has come out with their list of America's Top 10 Conservative Cities. Here's the list, so you don't have to look at their Bob Novak & Ann Coulter banner ads:
10. Cincinnati, Ohio

Comments

[sweet_ali]

*cheers* And I don't know why, but Newark, NJ being on there makes me giggle.

[luna_k]

It's a weird city to see on this list... I'm used to seeing Newark listed under "murder" or "crime capitol of america" lists instead. *feels sorry for Newark*

[fox1013]

*suddenly even more excited about moving to Boston*

[luna_k]

Boston is wicked awesome. You're going to love it there!

[asaresquares]

Actually, I'm surprised Austin didn't make it. Might be predjudice against Texas in general; most people find it impossible to believe that Austin is really as liberal as it is, and then they visit it.

North Austin vs South Austin

[ad_kay]

Word. There's a weird divide between south/central Austin and north Austin and its northern suburbs. The progressive parts include the older historical neighborhoods, the areas around UT and the Capital, the funky hippie/working class neighborhoods south of Town Lake and east of I-35. ("South Austin: we're here cuz we're not all there!") The city government tends to be pretty progressive too--there's a genuine effort to prevent the sprawl that has ruined Houston, for example. Once you go north on Hwy 183 towards Cedar Park, though, you start entering the typical lockstep authoritarian cultist conservative realm of cookiecutter houses, stripmalls and sprawl. Ugh. This is the newest part of Austin, fueled by the tech boom. A lot of these people came from other parts of Texas or outside the state. This is where you get a lot of the resistance to light rail and initiatives to control sprawl. So the conflict between North Austin and South Austin may explain in part why Austin didn't make the list.

Re: North Austin vs South Austin

[txvoodoo]

Exactly. Plenty of conservative folks in the northern burbs,and Round Rock. (Used to live there)

But it's not homogeneous.

I miss Austin.

[annearchy]

Of course Madison, WI, is on the most liberal list. Bill O'Reilly has said we commune with Satan!

[luna_k]

That's the best endorsement for visiting a city ever!

[pennywhistle]

Dammit, I'm so ashamed of Cincinnati. Doesn't repealling an anti-gay law from the city charter and then adding sexual orientation to the human right's law give us some liberal bonus points?