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What draws U.S. left-leaning folks to cities to begin with? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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When you read up on U.S. political basics, you can't help but come across the detail that many of the people in cities in the U.S. seem to lean left, yet what isn't as clear is why and what influences their concentration in cities/urban areas.

Cities don't exactly appear to be affordable, and left-leaning folks in the U.S. don't seem to necessarily be much wealthier than right-leaning folks, so what's contributed to this situation?

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[-] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago

Yep. There's nothing like face-to-face interactions to dispell myths, bias, and assumptions.

[+] turtlepower@lemm.ee -57 points 1 year ago

Oh, like the myth that cities are a utopia where there is no racism? Because guess what, bud, there are plenty of fucking racist pieces of shit in the city. Or how about the myth that only white people are racist? Because there is racism between Asians and Black people. Or Black people and Hispanics. Or between the various religions. It ain't just white people.

Yes, there tend to be more liberal viewpoints in large cities, but this broad-stroke painting a picture of a lack of racism in cities needs to stop. People need to re-learn nuance.

[-] Jeredin@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe ask them if they're generalizing before a tirade? Yes, hate and stupidity exists everywhere, but I've lived in rural and metro areas and their generalization is accurate. And for that matter, there's a lot of warm people that live in back country who aren't stupid or racist, but, depending on a few factors, you can easily run into rural stereotypes. All the same I imagine a lot of us are talking in general views.

[+] turtlepower@lemm.ee -12 points 1 year ago

What tirade? And it's amazing how I'm downvoted for pointing this shit out. It's that same old ploy when someone doesn't like hearing the truth so they just keep saying, "stop yelling at me", no matter how calmly you try to say it. It's almost like there's a narrative trying to be controlled and yinz don't like it when you're called out.

And since you missed it in my last comment: GENERALIZATION IS WHAT'S HARMFUL. LEARN NUANCE.

[-] SatansInteriorDsgnr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Haha, the irony of a person screaming, "learn nuance." Generalization isn't the problem, income inequality is. You clearly have a lot of energy and passion which is great, but you need to learn how to punch up.

[-] turtlepower@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago

Brother, I do punch up, because punching down is for suckers and only serves to injure one's own hand. And when it comes to people continuing to push generalizations, because generalizations only serve agendas, I'll punch them too.

[-] SatansInteriorDsgnr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Punch yourself, then. You just "generalized" the gender of a random lemmy commenter. Again, hilariously ironic.

[-] mercury@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Not every conversation and discussion can contain every edge case. Generalizations are okay some times

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

I bet you've figured out that low fat food isn't fat free too. Bud.

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