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Rural/Farm Life

UpInArms

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9. We moved to a rural area in 1991

Reply to OnionPatch (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2024, 11:03 AM

Nov 26

and for 30+ years, I have had the locals imply that I came here to change them with my big city ways.

FWIW, I was raised in the country and always wanted to move away from metropolitan life …

It’s definitely been an eye opener.

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"Libs keep moving in and trying to change things!!" What does this even mean? [View all] OnionPatch Nov 26 OP

They're fed a steady diet of victimhood on Fox News and other RW outlets Dennis Donovan Nov 26 #1

I wish so much they weren't in such a bubble OnionPatch Nov 26 #19

You're going to bus in drag queens for story hours. You know you are. Scrivener7 Nov 26 #2

I actually made a remark like that on Facebook, lol OnionPatch Nov 26 #7

When we lived near Madison WI I heard that a lot. LakeArenal Nov 26 #3

I was thinking maybe it's the schools OnionPatch Nov 26 #11

I was a teacher in the olden days. LakeArenal Nov 26 #22

Probably because you're gonna make them use pronouns Walleye Nov 26 #4

Change. mwmisses4289 Nov 26 #5

My Republican neighbors have been really nice to us. OnionPatch Nov 26 #10

I wish a lot of libs would move to NC and GA in the next 2 years and flip those states. OrlandoDem2 Nov 26 #6

I hear ya! I'm in Virginia. It's blue, but just barely. OnionPatch Nov 26 #8

We moved to a rural area in 1991 UpInArms Nov 26 #9

Yes! I never wanted to live in the city. OnionPatch Nov 26 #12

I moved to the foothills from the SF Bay area about 10 years ago. usonian Nov 26 #13

Well... TrunKated Nov 26 #14

I always wondered why Lisa was so mad about moving to the country. OnionPatch Nov 26 #18

they mean being tolerant of non-white, non-straight people Kali Nov 26 #15

and to be fair to actual rural people... Kali Nov 26 #16

But this sounds more like a city versus country thing OnionPatch Nov 26 #17

I think we all make a lot of assumptions and generalizations about others. Kali Nov 26 #20

Like renaming "Robert E. Lee Highschool" to "Harriet Tubman Highschool" Redleg Nov 26 #21