KLF44
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Sat Aug-06-05 09:46 AM
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I'm moving from a blue state to a red state. |
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The only reason why is because my sister can get me a job where she works but that means a move from Michigan to Colorado. Any advice on how to survive living in a red state?
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Sat Aug-06-05 09:49 AM
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1. What part of Colorado? |
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Truth be told, there are parts of Michigan that are as "red" as any part of Colorado, and there are localities in Colorado that are as "blue" as any in Michigan.
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:09 AM
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11. I lived in Grand Junction for 8 years, after living in Denver for more |
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than 20. Grand Junction is a "purple" city in a screaming red county -- but I never had issues. You gravitate to the folks you get along with, and appreciate living in a beautiful, beautiful place. Maybe I just liked living in a smaller (about 50,000 at the time) city, with orchards and farms and critters all around -- and the Grand Mesa in one direction, the CO National Monument in another, the Rockies in a third, and off in the distance, the misty, majestic San Juan's. I miss it.
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Sat Aug-06-05 09:49 AM
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2. Don't leave Denver or Boulder... |
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Sat Aug-06-05 09:50 AM
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3. where in Colorado will you be? |
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I know a few liberals out there & they're doing all right! It's a beautiful place too.
Don't hold back when you have to opportunity to speak out. Especially now when people are beginning to change their minds they need to hear the truth from people who are informed. Try to help turn Colorado blue while you're out there. Good luck!
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Sat Aug-06-05 09:51 AM
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4. Colorado is beautiful and a great place to live. I lived in Denver for |
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a few years.
Things are not so black and white. There are Dems everywhere and Colorado is trending back toward the Dems.
I live in a state that was blue when I moved here two years ago but is now red. It is the same place it was before November 2nd - purple, just like everywhere else.
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Sat Aug-06-05 09:53 AM
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5. I moved from NYC to south fla a few yrs ago... |
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even though im in a blue county (Palm Beach) there are still many wingnuts around, but i have seen tide shifting over the last few months.
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:14 AM
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13. Try Okeechobee sometime!!!!! |
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It's nice that humans are outnumbered by cattle 6 to 1, but, there's Baptist Church on every street corner and those friggin TEN COMMANDMENT SIGNS on every other lawn. But it's odd, I still have yet to find ONE person here who voted for DUMBya! I was like DAMN! I thought I'd be the only one here, and I'd have to worry about my car being firebombed for still having my Kerry sticker on it!
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Sat Aug-06-05 09:55 AM
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6. At least it's not Kansas! |
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I think you should let them know what you're about right off the bat. Plaster your Uhaul with anti-Bush bumper stickers; put Kerry Edwards yard signs up the day you move in; hang a rainbow flag in the window. That'll speed up the weeding-out process for who to hang with in the neighborhood.
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Sat Aug-06-05 09:58 AM
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Good advice. If the OP is armed. heh
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Sat Aug-06-05 09:57 AM
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7. Remember that there is no such thing |
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as a "red" state or a "blue" state. It's a purple country made up of many precincts. There are Republican precincts in Massachusetts and Democratic ones in Virginia. It's best not to generalize about a state or it's people. Enjoy your new home.
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:12 AM
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:22 AM
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15. "best not to generalize about a state or it's people." |
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Sun Aug-07-05 03:07 AM
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It's high time for us to stop repeating Karl Rove's talking points for him and start thinking for ourselves.
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:08 AM
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9. Take a big supply of the Blue Coolaid. |
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Lets paint Colorado blue.
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KLF44
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:09 AM
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10. Moving to Summit county |
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Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 10:17 AM by KLF44
either to the town of Dillon or Silverthorne.
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:27 AM
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17. Actually, sounds pretty cool. |
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Granted, it's not for ME, but wouldn't you be about an hour's drive to Boulder or Denver? In the middle of skiing country?
Maybe it's not the reddest of areas, either.
I bet you'll be fine. Good luck.
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:20 AM
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14. It's not so bad, we moved from southern Calif. to northern Idaho in 2002. |
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:41 AM
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19. This is something I did not know. People moving to get away from the... |
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:56 AM
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20. That has nothing to do with it. There were a couple of considerations... |
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on our part;
3 consecutive job losses due to down sizing or business failure and the subsequent debt that accrued.
Cost of living in So Cal.
The want to change career path and the financial barriers to entry in So. Cal, vs. N. Id.
Not wanting to raise my kids in a plastic cookie cutter environment
feeling vulnerable in the urban sprawl and knowing that the powers that be could never protect my best interest. Not to mention that if something ever did go wrong, you'd never get out.
Clean air and water.
Etc.
Political "majorities" of one place vs. the other never entered the equation.
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Sun Aug-07-05 02:45 AM
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21. Thanks. I meant to say that I thought you were escaping the Republican... |
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majority in Orange County.
Sorry for my lack of clarity.
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Sun Aug-07-05 03:35 PM
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24. no I was living among the neocons in thousand oaks... Reagan worshipers |
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:23 AM
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16. Yes... work everyday when you get off work to turn it blue! |
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Sat Aug-06-05 10:28 AM
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18. Avoid Colorado Springs... |
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Ground Zero for the Evangelical movement.
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Sun Aug-07-05 03:00 AM
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I live on Ft. Carson which is almost part of Colorado Springs. Very conservative and people sure like their big trucks and SUVs here.
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