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raccoon

(31,111 posts) Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:25 AM Oct 2013

If you don't like the South because it is so (insert adjective here), then move.

Move to the South! Give us, the handful of progressives/liberals here, some backup.

Be the change you want to see in the world! I mean, in the South. again

Well, OK, I'm being silly here. It's not easy to pick up and move to another city, let alone another state or region.
If it were, I'd move someplace blue. But because of family in the area, the difficulty of finding a good job with benes, etc.,
it just isn't practical.

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If you don't like the South because it is so (insert adjective here), then move. (Original Post) raccoon Oct 2013 OP

I did.... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #1

I had a guy pull a hunting rifle on me in Atlanta because of my 2008 Obama sticker. Hoyt Oct 2013 #3

I moved south, less red than where I was up north. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2013 #2

Moving to Nashville in a couple of months! SammyWinstonJack Oct 2013 #4

No thanks. I like living in a Medicaid expansion state. roamer65 Oct 2013 #5

Sorry, it is too damned hot! etherealtruth Oct 2013 #6

Who turned Florida Blue? HockeyMom Oct 2013 #7

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)

1. I did....

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:29 AM

Oct 2013

got tired of worrying about my tires being slashed by Republicans if I put an Obama sticker on my bumper. And I know I will get flamed by those that say they live in the south and have an Obama sticker...

I was in the rural South....not a large city.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

3. I had a guy pull a hunting rifle on me in Atlanta because of my 2008 Obama sticker.

Reply to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:34 AM

Oct 2013

Well to be fair, and the fact I told him to go to hell when he started bashing me and tried to run me off the road.

So, I get it.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)

2. I moved south, less red than where I was up north. n/t

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:32 AM

Oct 2013

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)

4. Moving to Nashville in a couple of months!

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:35 AM

Oct 2013

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

5. No thanks. I like living in a Medicaid expansion state.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 11:36 AM

Oct 2013

It means I will never have to worry about not having health insurance.

The warmer weather is tempting, but states in the South will have to adopt Medicaid expansion before I consider them for residency.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

6. Sorry, it is too damned hot!

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 11:37 AM

Oct 2013

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)

7. Who turned Florida Blue?

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 11:40 AM

Oct 2013

Democratic Northern transplants, and Hispanics. I suppose we put Obama on the board here, twice. While I really hate living here (weather, miss family), it has one positive at least.

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