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marybourg

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8. 32 years ago when I first moved here

Reply to llmart (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 03:44 PM

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there were mostly upper midwesterners of the “greatest generation “. It was very red. Now that the boomers and the “luckiest generation” who came right before them have retired and moved here. it’s a different and morr purplish story.

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