Liberal neighborhood vs. freeper neighborhood...

This is from a little local publication I read:

Liberal neighborhood vs. neo-con neighborhood

Housing:

lib - Well maintained older, modest homes & apartments, which serve living purposes.
neo-con - Huge cookie-cutter McMansions with everything having a homogeneous appearance.

The people:

lib - Culturally diverse, friendly & tight-knit for the most part. Gay couples are able to freely walk down the street hand-in-hand without harassment.
neo-con - Completely lacking of diversity, fear of minorities and homophobia runs rampant. Most people only care about their investment portfolios and golf scores.

Shopping:

lib - Small, family owned shops & businesses thrive here. Shops are very diverse and you'll find great bookstores, art stores, and organic food markets. You'll find vintage clothing stores with great deals.
neo-con - Wal-Mart and Home Depot rule here. As far as shopping goes, most stores feature status items that are out of reach of most people eg. Prada, Gucchi, Coach, Louis Vuitton, etc.

Dining out:

lib - Small coffeehouses and ethnic restaurants featuring mid-eastern, mediterranean, and asian cuisine thrive here. Food choices are generally pretty healthy.
neo-con - McDonald's is a favorite here. For a nice dinner, you'll be going somewhere a 6 oz. (small) filet mignon costs $55.

Religion:

lib - All faiths are welcome. You'll find anything from Jewish temples, Hindu temples, Scientology congregations to Christian churches. Wiccans and paganists are welcome.
neo-con - Put it this way, if you don't believe in Jesus, you're going straight to hell.

Transportation:

lib - Most people walk or bike through the neighborhood to get places when it's nice out. People here for the most part own modest, fuel-efficient automobiles.
neo-con - People don't walk very much because suburban sprawl has things spread apart so far. Most people drive large luxury SUV's that get horrendous gas mileage.

Leisure activities:

lib - Poetry readings, skateboarding, hackey-sack, participating in community service projects, etc.
neo-con - Golf, and hanging around the country club bad-mouthing Democrats.

I know a lot of these are generalizations, but they seem kinda accurate from what I've seen around here. Oh well, throw in any comments or additional comparisons you'd like.

I can't stand my area.

Mental masturbation neednt be realistic ... it is idealistic ...

Your comments are stereotypes, and nothing more ...

By your definitions, I must be a neo-con. I guess when you live in an affluent community, wear designer clothes, like to occasionally have a nice meal, attend church regularly, drive a nice car, and like to play golf- then you obviously must be a Republican Bush-lover.:eyes:

Money does not always dictate political affiliation. These are just stereotypes.

If you have money you can choose you neighborhood and spending habits, so there's no reason to live in the kind of soulless neo-con community described in this post.

I guess when Dick Cheney is your neighbor, things can get a bit hazy politically, but I still feel that our community is balanced nonetheless.

Books:

Liberal - A source of information or entertainment
Republican - What they sit on to see out the windows of their SUV

The world is not nearly so black and white.

Generalizations such as these serve no purpose, either from our perspective or from that of the freepers. There are obviously people from every walk of life who have wildly varying political beliefs, and villifying lifestyles isn't going to do anyone any good.

I just thought this must be for humor. My liberal neighbor drives a 19** Pinto and I imagine the same car is driven around in Alabama by a republican. My liberal sister drives a big ass Suburban.

Welcome to DU, as a note.

:toast:

Liberals and conservatives both come in rich and poor and can be both ignorant or welcoming. There are "cultured" liberals, "cultured" conseravtives, "redneck" liberals, "redneck" conseravatives, etc.

From a truck driving, beer swilling, tobacco using, Wal-Mart shopping, redneck liberal.

class war the whole lot

I don't see any purpose to this at all.

To the point that I thought that they were funny. I have to admit, I like stereotypical humor. It's my one politically incorrect vice.