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Sky Jewels

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61. The right loves to paint the picture that BLUE areas don't count

Sun Jul 23, 2023, 11:32 AM

Jul 2023

because they take up less space on the map. Their votes are concentrated, therefore they aren't as important. As if having acreage around you makes your vote MORE important. That's why they're always posting those maps showing the big red counties voting Republican.

Also, I have spent a lot of time driving in rural areas. Do you know how many rural people trash their OWN yards? Lots and lots. A lot of their places look like garbage dumps. "Poverty" is not really a justification for that. There's no reason to strew your shit all over the place. At least put it in a pile in the back or something.

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Enough bullshit that we ignore rural areas and small towns [View all] edhopper Jul 2023 OP

Glad the BS that Democrats ignore rural working/middle classes is being pushed back betsuni Jul 2023 #1

Also, there's the constant refrain that people "look down on" rural people. Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #2

I hear you edhopper Jul 2023 #3

We don't much... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #4

It works both ways. A lot of rural people talk shit about city people. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #5

None of that... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #7

Who's your Senator? edhopper Jul 2023 #11

A DEMOCRAT. 2naSalit Jul 2023 #20

+1 H2O Man Jul 2023 #26

It's not possible to compare tourist towns to isolated rural areas Keepthesoulalive Jul 2023 #13

Yes it is. 2naSalit Jul 2023 #22

I have been a silent member of Democratic Underground for years Keepthesoulalive Jul 2023 #29

It's a bit different... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #31

Americans are blessed with food from all over the country. Keepthesoulalive Jul 2023 #32

Could be... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #40

I looked at the voting map edhopper Jul 2023 #43

It's where the... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #49

I think the Dems should run someone in every district edhopper Jul 2023 #52

+1 betsuni Jul 2023 #87

If "rural folks" don't like the policies that are hurting them Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #59

We'll said. SharonClark Jul 2023 #27

Again, trophy homes and tourists are not unique to rural areas. Neither is people Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #14

Interesting how you... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #19

First, I really don't understand your first paragraph. What does that mean? Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #23

It's the... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #28

So "we" are "punishing" and persecuting you, though most of what you describe is, again, Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #30

So "we" are "punishing" and persecuting you, though most of what you describe is, again, 2naSalit Jul 2023 #36

Didn't read. I'm not interested enough to Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #44

The right loves to paint the picture that BLUE areas don't count Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #61

That is pure bullshit edhopper Jul 2023 #37

Rural states DO get way more Senate representation Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #50

AND, not for nothing, but if the representation was fairly apportioned, those Democrats in Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #68

Your anecdotal data about you and your rural friends Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #51

The disparity in coverage does seem to lean toward Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #62

Very true. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #65

. Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #70

BTW, I've been dissed by rural people for being from the city. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #57

This is not in any way unique to rural areas. If tourist dollars are part of your world - and Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #6

I probably do have an idea about... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #24

+1 MontanaMama Jul 2023 #45

Speaking of trashing places, have you driven on many country roads? Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #79

Agree 100% MontanaMama Jul 2023 #82

T-shirt / Yard Sign Count Cosmocat Jul 2023 #64

I grew up in a rural area. They're paranoid. yardwork Jul 2023 #71

Exhibit A: "You might be a redneck if you..." SYFROYH Jul 2023 #83

So is your self image tied up in a Jeff Foxworthy bit? Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #85

My self-image has nothing to do with that thread. What a weird question. SYFROYH Jul 2023 #86

Then IF you have a Repuke state government they make it even worse. roamer65 Jul 2023 #8

I maybe looking LPBBEAR Jul 2023 #9

DemocratIC Party please. LoisB Jul 2023 #10

+10000000000000000 Celerity Jul 2023 #33

We do need Howard Dean's edhopper Jul 2023 #12

I live in a rural area, it's damn expensive RainCaster Jul 2023 #15

holy shit Kali Jul 2023 #17

NG would be nice RainCaster Jul 2023 #21

+1 2naSalit Jul 2023 #25

WOW Celerity Jul 2023 #34

To be fair Sympthsical Jul 2023 #55

And Biden and the Democrats want to bring broadband to rural areas edhopper Jul 2023 #38

The GOP uses AM radio to spread their rural hate RainCaster Jul 2023 #41

Heh edhopper Jul 2023 #42

I hear you, and Pennsylvania is finally doing something about those "last mile" customers FakeNoose Jul 2023 #46

If we don't do exactly what they want CanonRay Jul 2023 #16

Wow. 2naSalit Jul 2023 #54

let me know as soon as a rethug comes to an all back church in a place like Detroit ot Atlanta..... Takket Jul 2023 #18

Funny how we never hear about how rural people should try to "understand" urban people. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #78

In MI, about 75% of tfg voters live in the urban or mostly urban counties Kaleva Jul 2023 #35

I'm not sure if that is edhopper Jul 2023 #39

That poster has been spreading that false statistic since the election. llmart Jul 2023 #47

It's deceptive wording... druidity33 Jul 2023 #60

As many people in the metro Detroit area voted for tfg Kaleva Jul 2023 #56

Biden won by almost 70% in Wayne county edhopper Jul 2023 #66

Total the votes tfg got in the northern half of the state Kaleva Jul 2023 #72

ALL of Biden's margin of victory was from the Detroit area edhopper Jul 2023 #73

Did tfg get a majority of his votes from rural counties ? Kaleva Jul 2023 #80

Biden won Oakland by over 15% edhopper Jul 2023 #81

What county gives TFG the most votes Kaleva Jul 2023 #84

Urban areas also have higher social burdens like Jury duty Johonny Jul 2023 #48

$269 million, or 0.01% of the federal budget that year Sympthsical Jul 2023 #53

Struck Me, Too ProfessorGAC Jul 2023 #58

I seriously questioned it Sympthsical Jul 2023 #67

Thanks! ProfessorGAC Jul 2023 #69

Let's not forget MissMillie Jul 2023 #63

How about WY has a population of less than 600,000 edhopper Jul 2023 #74

I remember MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2023 #75

I remember that edhopper Jul 2023 #76

Yep. They finally stopped running it when 9-11 happened ... to New York City. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #77