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Posted: 11/15/2020 9:39:37 PM EDT

Title. Discuss.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:40:16 PM EDT

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You don’t.

Next question.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:41:45 PM EDT

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Only if you become mentally retarded and dumb at the same time.

So, generally, you don't.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:43:09 PM EDT

[#3]

It’s all the cars on the perimeter roads that go around the city. It screws with the gravity and throws the mental health off balance.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:44:02 PM EDT

[#4]

Peer pressure. Lots of people do their best to avoid coming across as having no compassion. One person suggests something, everyone else agrees, possibly builds on that idea. Before you know it, you're all about free shit to everyone. People just don't want to be shunned. I really think it's that simple in a lot of cases.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:44:33 PM EDT

[#5]

Its a contagious disease.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:44:47 PM EDT

[#6]

I went from a Central Texas farm community with a county population under 3000 to California for boot camp and stationed in 29 Palms.

Then I lived in Austin for 6 years. Europe for about 1. Toronto for several months. Have been in DFW since.

My disdain for them has only ever grown.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:45:16 PM EDT

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You don't turn into a liberal moving to a city...

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:46:59 PM EDT

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It's in the water, it also turns frogs gay. That's why I only drink distilled rainwater and pure grain alcohol, gotta look after those fluids.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:47:10 PM EDT

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FPNI. I lived/worked in a very liberal city for 20 years. It drove me further right.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:48:08 PM EDT

[#10]

Been in the Bay Area 20 years and still right wing. It sucks, plan on getting out in a year or two.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:49:26 PM EDT

[#11]

You don't.

You were a liberal to begin with if you moved there.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:49:48 PM EDT

[#12]

Mob mentality

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:49:54 PM EDT

[#13]

Liberal = collectivist

Living in a city requires a more collective lifestyle, since you are always in close proximity with tons of other people. It also breeds mistrust of other people because you are always in relatively close proximity to people who may do you harm and you hear about their misdeeds all the time.

Individualist = people like us, middle America, ect. You are the master of your little "kingdom" amongst other independent "kingdoms". You are used to taking care of your own problems rather than relying on municipal services to resolve them for you. You assume people are generally good unless proven otherwise since you don't experience or see very much crime happening around your home.

In other words, urban life naturally favors Collectivism as a survival strategy.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:50:19 PM EDT

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You don't have to worry about yourself anymore, everything is there for you.

Self subsistence and personal responsibility go *poof*.

I've learned, via observation, a big part of liberalism is not knowing how things actually work - it's viewing the world as a black box.

The more you know about the how, the less likely you are to be a liberal.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:52:21 PM EDT

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WTF is with the newest trend of threads with a title followed by “discuss”?

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:53:05 PM EDT

[#16]

Why did you move to the city in the first place?

I have not wanted to move to a city in about 20 years.

The best I could think of now would be for a really killer job, or if some family member had a serious long term medical condition where it would make things easier if you lived closer to some super top hospital in a large city.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:53:34 PM EDT

[#17]

Who now?...

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:54:42 PM EDT

[#18]

It's cultural. Food just appears in a market, energy magically arrives from a socket, and wood doesn't come from trees. It's a general disconnection from the culture that produce things. They have no problem banning energy production, because they have no idea where energy comes from and how it impacts their lives.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:54:53 PM EDT

[#19]

I can see Detroit from my roof.

I don’t think many people consider me to be a liberal. Most people consider me to be the opposite, in an extreme way.

Posted: 11/15/2020 9:56:28 PM EDT

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Posted: 11/15/2020 9:58:24 PM EDT

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OP, define "move to a city".

I mean, I live in a city now....but I don't live in "the city", as that would actually in Chicago. I have family that lives in the city, and friends that live in the city. But I keep my happy ass way way way out in the far burbs.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:00:18 PM EDT

[#22]

The mandatory anal sex.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:02:11 PM EDT

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remember that kid in highschool that always hated the country and couldn't wait to graduate and leave the 'sticks'?
The liberals are drawn to the city. It makes them feel superior and damn near every liberal is driven by his pride.
They just congregate in the city. I grew up in the city so I have been around them most of my life.

Just think of the city as a big bright warm mosquito trap of self importance and virtue. History shows over again that they don't know they're trapped usually until it is too late.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:05:06 PM EDT

[#24]

Traffic

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:05:50 PM EDT

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OP, define "move to a city".

I mean, I live in a city now....but I don't live in "the city", as that would actually in Chicago. I have family that lives in the city, and friends that live in the city. But I keep my happy ass way way way out in the far burbs.

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I guess i am saying why are the liberals/democrats/socialists concentrated in the cities. What is it about that location that either attracts them or breeds them or changes them.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:05:51 PM EDT

[#26]

You don't. I didn't. Weak minded fools do it for the pussy.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:06:57 PM EDT

[#27]

Only liberals move to cities. So you dont.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:07:58 PM EDT

[#28]

Constant exposure to “Big City Thinking.”

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:09:20 PM EDT

[#29]

Because you need/want someone to take care of all the shitty scumbags ruining your neighborhoods.

It’s really that simple

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:09:36 PM EDT

[#30]

It's now been several generations sience the majority of people in this country had a connection to agriculture.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:09:56 PM EDT

[#31]

Not necessarily so.

However, if you don't shut off the television and continue to expose yourself to the MSM, you could be brainwashed.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:11:00 PM EDT

[#32]

Groupthink

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:11:07 PM EDT

[#33]

I lived in San Francisco for 5 years. If anything it pushed me further right.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:12:43 PM EDT

[#34]

Been in the city for some time now. More conservative than ever. Actually moving out because I can't take them any longer.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:12:56 PM EDT

[#35]

You don't.

They just change your vote.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:17:20 PM EDT

[#36]

I grew up Southern Baptist and lived in the middle of cotton fields. Went to college and grad school in a bigger city. Then moved to Houston.

I can definitely see my views opening up a little bit. Not shifting per se, but some areas that I was previously black/white or yes/no are now "it's ok in this circumstance". I'm sure some of it is due to the times, my age, career change, etc though.

Cities have always been an area for the arts, education, and politics. Those all attract liberal residents, and it has always been that way.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:18:50 PM EDT

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Liberal = collectivist

Living in a city requires a more collective lifestyle, since you are always in close proximity with tons of other people. It also breeds mistrust of other people because you are always in relatively close proximity to people who may do you harm and you hear about their misdeeds all the time.

Individualist = people like us, middle America, ect. You are the master of your little "kingdom" amongst other independent "kingdoms". You are used to taking care of your own problems rather than relying on municipal services to resolve them for you. You assume people are generally good unless proven otherwise since you don't experience or see very much crime happening around your home.

In other words, urban life naturally favors Collectivism as a survival strategy.

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Good summary. It's also people getting annoyed by living so close together so they say "there ought to be a law against what that person is doing" so the Karening.

Been living in big cities since the 80s. Like the proximity of stuff, hate the leftist conformity. They can't think of secondary effects.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:20:14 PM EDT

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You don't.

You were a liberal to begin with if you moved there.

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Quoted:
Liberal = collectivist

Living in a city requires a more collective lifestyle, since you are always in close proximity with tons of other people. It also breeds mistrust of other people because you are always in relatively close proximity to people who may do you harm and you hear about their misdeeds all the time.

Individualist = people like us, middle America, ect. You are the master of your little "kingdom" amongst other independent "kingdoms". You are used to taking care of your own problems rather than relying on municipal services to resolve them for you. You assume people are generally good unless proven otherwise since you don't experience or see very much crime happening around your home.

In other words, urban life naturally favors Collectivism as a survival strategy.

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remember that kid in highschool that always hated the country and couldn't wait to graduate and leave the 'sticks'?
The liberals are drawn to the city. It makes them feel superior and damn near every liberal is driven by his pride.
They just congregate in the city. I grew up in the city so I have been around them most of my life.

Just think of the city as a big bright warm mosquito trap of self importance and virtue. History shows over again that they don't know they're trapped usually until it is too late.

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All the above.

Living in a city won't turn a steadfast conservative into a liberal. But liberals are happiest in a city. Liberals hate the idea of self-reliance and actually having to do things rather than have things done for them. They have no clue where the real work takes place. I never really understood how any adult human can have this mentality until I read the anti-hunting quote from some dumbass womyn who said (paraphrased), "Nobody needs to hunt. If you need meat, just go to the store where they make it."

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:20:22 PM EDT

[#39]

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It’s all the cars on the perimeter roads that go around the city. It screws with the gravity and throws the mental health off balance.

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The more you drive, the less intelligent you are. That’s how come I don’t drive, see.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:20:30 PM EDT

[#40]

Tha fuck you call me, homie?

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:22:47 PM EDT

[#41]

I lived in the city all my life. I hate liberals.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:23:43 PM EDT

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I guess i am saying why are the liberals/democrats/socialists concentrated in the cities. What is it about that location that either attracts them or breeds them or changes them.

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They were always liberals... it's like others have mentioned cities can attract people who want to live on top of other people, and if you are an individualist you prefer the country and solitude. Doesn't mean you're a callous dick that cares nothing for the suffering of others, you just prefer space and quiet.

I grew up in the country, and now live in the suburbs and I miss the quiet.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:23:57 PM EDT

[#43]

A lot of people are weak minded and naturally more prone to be a follower instead of an independent or leader.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:24:00 PM EDT

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Liberal = collectivist

Living in a city requires a more collective lifestyle, since you are always in close proximity with tons of other people. It also breeds mistrust of other people because you are always in relatively close proximity to people who may do you harm and you hear about their misdeeds all the time.

Individualist = people like us, middle America, ect. You are the master of your little "kingdom" amongst other independent "kingdoms". You are used to taking care of your own problems rather than relying on municipal services to resolve them for you. You assume people are generally good unless proven otherwise since you don't experience or see very much crime happening around your home.

In other words, urban life naturally favors Collectivism as a survival strategy.

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Yep. And it usually only takes a generation to remove most individualist ideals.

Run to the hills! Run for your life!!!

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:24:56 PM EDT

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Start your own thread, buddy.

Posted: 11/15/2020 10:25:15 PM EDT

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You don't.

You were a liberal to begin with if you moved there.

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I move to the big city from a rural area. Went to college there. Liberal Profs. told us to always listen to NPR. NPR was shit that did not make any sense to me.

To all you liberal Professors, Fuck Off Joe Biden and Fuck You for voting for him.