What makes City folk, Democrats and rural fold Republicans?

[GtoRA2]

What makes City folk, Democrats and rural fold Republicans?

Going from the county picture they gets tossed around, the vast majortity of the country, space wise is conservative, and only the big cities really hold the liberals, are the people that different?

I guess I count as city folk, but I am not a democrat or a liberal, though I am closer to center them a few of my conservative friends.

Still, living in the bay area, I am surrounded by liberals.

What influences does city and non city life have to push you one way or another, what influences of city life push you?  I have to say my biggest influences towards conservatism, were my parents.

But I have friends who’s parents are very conservative and they are full on almost fringe liberals so in those cases, what impact did the parents have?

[Lizking]

I have always thought it was because cities are more about the "me" than the community.  People are anonymous in cities, but when you get out in the rural areas, everyone knows you or of you.

This seems to make people more polite, more oriented towards family, church and community, but please realize that I am using a broad brush to explain the phenomnena, not to knock anyone.

[JB73]

citiy folk are more liberal and accepting of others, wanting to live amidst many different cultures.

[Rude]

Morals and lifestyle along with enviroment shape influences on political affiliation.....another life fact...young and poor make good democrats...older with assets make good republicans.

When you start with nothing, work hard and build your own, the last thing you want is interference from the government or other groups wanting your stuff for free.

[GtoRA2]

JB
I do not think people in cities can be called caring of others and tolerant, they may make noises at bars or cocktail parties about it, but it is bull****, people in cities are not very friendly in my experience. Your not trying to say all rural folk are bigots are you?


The smaller the town the nicer people are.

[JB73]

bigots, not at all.

tolerant in the city, yes.

caring in the city, no.

i will use my own sister for example... she wanted to live near the lively east side lifestyle (east side in milwaukee is where all the hippies, homosexuals, and other "alternate" lifestyles live).

she and her husband bought a house in a questionably neighborhood because it was all they could afford, and stay close to that area. she and her husband have many many homosexual friends, her bridesmaid was lesbian, his best man gay.

all of their friends live in that area, to be closer to their peers, and in an area that is more tolerant of their lifestyle choices.



yes us in the farther out suburabs are nice, and some are tolerant, some are even of "alternate lifestyle". but not nearly the ammount as on milwaukee's east side, and we out here are nto nearly as lively. gas stations close at 11, so on.

just my observations.

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

Born and raised in the city, moved to the suburbs in a bay side community at the age of 17.

Anyone that tells you there's a difference between suburban and city people is a damn liar.

Each area has their share of intolerant *******s where ignorance drives their bigotry, and nice people who will be courteous, friendly, and helpful.
-SW

[Ripsnort]

City:  Where the terrorists will ignite a nuclear bomb in our lifetime.

Suburbs/Country: Where we will strip your dead bodies of jewelry and food after the attack due to the fact that the infrastructure will be collapsed.

[GtoRA2]

JB73
That sounds like acceptance more then tolerance.


Tolerance is putting up with something you do not agree with or are not sure about.


How tolerant is your sister of people with strong Christian values that think the homosexual life style is bad?

[JB73]

Originally posted by GtoRA2
How tolerant is your sister of people with strong Christian values that think the homosexual life style is bad?

she choses to not involve me in social situations where her friends are involved.

[FUNKED1]

What makes City folk, Democrats and rural folk Republicans?

Numerous studies have shown that overcrowding of mammals causes antisocial behavior.

[J_A_B]

Suburbs don't count as "country".  Most suburban dwellers are just ex-cityfolk who finally figured out that cities are smelly, dirty, cramped, crowded, expensive, and generally just SUCK.  The people left living in the cities are, for the most part, those who can't afford to move out, minus a few downtown-dwelling ultra rich people.


Rural and small-town america is a far cry from surburban america.


J_A_B

[GtoRA2]

JB73
 So your a christian that does not aprove of gayness?

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

Well, I call anything outside of a city suburban... If you want to get down to the nitty gritty, it is rural.

Most people lived off of fishing, chartering, crabbing, catching oysters and clams, etc. When I moved away from there, they were still fighting a Safeway that has been trying to get land there for the past 3 years. Blockbuster almost didn't get put in, last year.
-SW

[Charon]

Morals and lifestyle along with enviroment shape influences on political affiliation.....another life fact...young and poor make good democrats...older with assets make good republicans.

I'm sure the morals part is some  superiority swipe against the democrats, but lets remember the shift of the "solid south" to Republican started when JFK and LBJ sided with the Negroes during the civil rights era. Pretty clean, easy to identify break with support. Nothing says morality quite like Jim Crow. Chicago, which had no shortage of racial tension at the time including MLK's visit to Cicero, stayed Democratic because of the Daley machine and the diversity - racial and otherwise - of the community.

Charon