I have always lived in urban areas (well, I lived in a suburb as a child but it was pretty close to Chicago). Last week I was in a town of 339 in Wisconsin, and was reminded as I always am that this country is so utterly polarized it's not even funny.
I try to explain it to my European friends, but it is difficult, because I cannot quite understand it myself. I am related to people who think McCain and Palin are awesome, and I can't quite explain it. Their positions seem to be based entirely on Jesus Christ and how he would not want gays getting married or people getting health care or would let countries evolve their own political landscape without our intereference/paternalism. Apparently Jesus, despite being from the Middle East, was also a blond Anglo-Saxon who finds the idea of a black guy kind of scary.
If you had to be anywhere in this country, though, SF would probably be one of the safest...safe from people like that, I mean. Not sure I would move here, though, if they are elected. I'll be looking for a way out, myself.
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I try to explain it to my European friends, but it is difficult, because I cannot quite understand it myself. I am related to people who think McCain and Palin are awesome, and I can't quite explain it. Their positions seem to be based entirely on Jesus Christ and how he would not want gays getting married or people getting health care or would let countries evolve their own political landscape without our intereference/paternalism. Apparently Jesus, despite being from the Middle East, was also a blond Anglo-Saxon who finds the idea of a black guy kind of scary.
If you had to be anywhere in this country, though, SF would probably be one of the safest...safe from people like that, I mean. Not sure I would move here, though, if they are elected. I'll be looking for a way out, myself.