Need ideas for a sporty school

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Anonymous wrote:My very liberal DC loved Miami- yes it’s in the south and yes, there are definitely conservative students but it’s actually pretty balanced, the football team made it to the championship this year. There’s a lot of Greek life and Miami is a terrific city. Its worth checking out.

If the liberal “no south” kids actually visited southern schools they would find that many of these schools are balanced. They have created some vision in their head that everyone in the South are uneducated, MAGA idiots.

Asking with sincerity- if liberal my DD attends a southern school will the guys be interested? Do they really intend to marry a progressive and move to the DMV? Not that college is about meeting your spouse, but it happens and it can be great when it happens. I just wonder if the dating pool of guys interested in a real relationship with a liberal non-southern girl is too small.

as opposed to a regressive girl?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, your DD sounds annoying. And Indiana is probably more conservative and racist than a lot of the south. IYKYK

Yes, Indiana is very conservative. You need to research.

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Anonymous wrote:My very liberal DC loved Miami- yes it’s in the south and yes, there are definitely conservative students but it’s actually pretty balanced, the football team made it to the championship this year. There’s a lot of Greek life and Miami is a terrific city. Its worth checking out.

If the liberal “no south” kids actually visited southern schools they would find that many of these schools are balanced. They have created some vision in their head that everyone in the South are uneducated, MAGA idiots.

Asking with sincerity- if liberal my DD attends a southern school will the guys be interested? Do they really intend to marry a progressive and move to the DMV? Not that college is about meeting your spouse, but it happens and it can be great when it happens. I just wonder if the dating pool of guys interested in a real relationship with a liberal non-southern girl is too small.

Answering a question with a question:

Perhaps, she would be open to Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte, Savannah, Raleigh, Miami, among others?

Are they so different from the DMV that she wouldn’t consider them?

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Anonymous wrote:My very liberal DC loved Miami- yes it’s in the south and yes, there are definitely conservative students but it’s actually pretty balanced, the football team made it to the championship this year. There’s a lot of Greek life and Miami is a terrific city. Its worth checking out.

If the liberal “no south” kids actually visited southern schools they would find that many of these schools are balanced. They have created some vision in their head that everyone in the South are uneducated, MAGA idiots.

Asking with sincerity- if liberal my DD attends a southern school will the guys be interested? Do they really intend to marry a progressive and move to the DMV? Not that college is about meeting your spouse, but it happens and it can be great when it happens. I just wonder if the dating pool of guys interested in a real relationship with a liberal non-southern girl is too small.

Answering a question with a question:

Perhaps, she would be open to Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte, Savannah, Raleigh, Miami, among others?

Are they so different from the DMV that she wouldn’t consider them?

Seriously. Nashville, Atlanta, Houston, Athens, Miami, New Orleans, Raleigh, Austin, Richmond, Dallas, and even Birmingham are all far more woke and liberal than the vast majority of communities in the Northeast or Midwest, especially the small towns where most Liberal Arts colleges are located. And of course liberal students from all over meet other liberal students at southern universities and eventually marry. I have two boys studying at universities in the south. They are both in serious relationships, one with a women from California and the other with a woman from Colorado. These are normal places with normal students doing normal things. Many study econ or engineering, go to football games, get into relationships, and follow jobs to NYC or SF or wherever and get on with life, like normal people do. People talk about the south like its North Korea or something. It's just another corner of America with its good and bad.

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Are you the anti-Virginian OP?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My very liberal DC loved Miami- yes it’s in the south and yes, there are definitely conservative students but it’s actually pretty balanced, the football team made it to the championship this year. There’s a lot of Greek life and Miami is a terrific city. Its worth checking out.

If the liberal “no south” kids actually visited southern schools they would find that many of these schools are balanced. They have created some vision in their head that everyone in the South are uneducated, MAGA idiots.

Asking with sincerity- if liberal my DD attends a southern school will the guys be interested? Do they really intend to marry a progressive and move to the DMV? Not that college is about meeting your spouse, but it happens and it can be great when it happens. I just wonder if the dating pool of guys interested in a real relationship with a liberal non-southern girl is too small.

Answering a question with a question:

Perhaps, she would be open to Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte, Savannah, Raleigh, Miami, among others?

Are they so different from the DMV that she wouldn’t consider them?

Seriously. Nashville, Atlanta, Houston, Athens, Miami, New Orleans, Raleigh, Austin, Richmond, Dallas, and even Birmingham are all far more woke and liberal than the vast majority of communities in the Northeast or Midwest, especially the small towns where most Liberal Arts colleges are located. And of course liberal students from all over meet other liberal students at southern universities and eventually marry. I have two boys studying at universities in the south. They are both in serious relationships, one with a women from California and the other with a woman from Colorado. These are normal places with normal students doing normal things. Many study econ or engineering, go to football games, get into relationships, and follow jobs to NYC or SF or wherever and get on with life, like normal people do. People talk about the south like its North Korea or something. It's just another corner of America with its good and bad.

+1

My kid is at a SEC school. While they’ve met kids from all across the country, they are in a serious relationship with someone from the Deep South who is probably even more liberal than our family (and we are basically bleeding heart liberals).

The bias and prejudice by blue state liberals on dcum is astounding. Even worse: your preferred M.O. of walling off red states is essentially why we landed in such a bad place—and why we won’t be able to fix the current situation. You can’t fix division by living in a bubble while throwing rocks at those you’ve erroneously assumed are uniformly bad.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland, Virginia or VA Tech, NC and SC schools, ACC schools (Clemson).

ACC is second tier for sports. If SEC isn’t an option I’d look at BIG TEN Oregon and Washington for top sports and WOKE coast.

A BIPOC NY’er would fit in at MD over WA or OR.

Visit UMCP. I think it’s your best bet.

not if she's asian. lots of asian at all the above.

MD is very Asian.

OR is hippy dippy and emo, but the state skews rural gun toting libertarian.

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Your list is similar to my daughter’s list. Currently at UConn honors with significant merit, studying hard but also going to parties, bars, hoops games, hockey, and soccer and the occasional football game. Worth checking out.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, your DD sounds annoying. And Indiana is probably more conservative and racist than a lot of the south. IYKYK

Yes, Indiana is very conservative. You need to research.

A conservative going to IU thinking it's conservative is going to be very disappointed. It's more liberal than MI or Wisconsin.

Check voting records. Close to 85% democratic. That's Park Slope level

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland, Virginia or VA Tech, NC and SC schools, ACC schools (Clemson).

ACC is second tier for sports. If SEC isn’t an option I’d look at BIG TEN Oregon and Washington for top sports and WOKE coast.

A BIPOC NY’er would fit in at MD over WA or OR.

Visit UMCP. I think it’s your best bet.

not if she's asian. lots of asian at all the above.

MD is very Asian.

OR is hippy dippy and emo, but the state skews rural gun toting libertarian.

Maybe by land area, but the bulk of the state's population lives in the Willamette Valley and is quite progressive.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My very liberal DC loved Miami- yes it’s in the south and yes, there are definitely conservative students but it’s actually pretty balanced, the football team made it to the championship this year. There’s a lot of Greek life and Miami is a terrific city. Its worth checking out.

If the liberal “no south” kids actually visited southern schools they would find that many of these schools are balanced. They have created some vision in their head that everyone in the South are uneducated, MAGA idiots.

Asking with sincerity- if liberal my DD attends a southern school will the guys be interested? Do they really intend to marry a progressive and move to the DMV? Not that college is about meeting your spouse, but it happens and it can be great when it happens. I just wonder if the dating pool of guys interested in a real relationship with a liberal non-southern girl is too small.

Answering a question with a question:

Perhaps, she would be open to Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte, Savannah, Raleigh, Miami, among others?

Are they so different from the DMV that she wouldn’t consider them?

Seriously. Nashville, Atlanta, Houston, Athens, Miami, New Orleans, Raleigh, Austin, Richmond, Dallas, and even Birmingham are all far more woke and liberal than the vast majority of communities in the Northeast or Midwest, especially the small towns where most Liberal Arts colleges are located. And of course liberal students from all over meet other liberal students at southern universities and eventually marry. I have two boys studying at universities in the south. They are both in serious relationships, one with a women from California and the other with a woman from Colorado. These are normal places with normal students doing normal things. Many study econ or engineering, go to football games, get into relationships, and follow jobs to NYC or SF or wherever and get on with life, like normal people do. People talk about the south like it’s North Korea or something. It's just another corner of America with its good and bad.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your DD sounds annoying. And Indiana is probably more conservative and racist than a lot of the south. IYKYK

Yes, Indiana is very conservative. You need to research.

A conservative going to IU thinking it's conservative is going to be very disappointed. It's more liberal than MI or Wisconsin.

Check voting records. Close to 85% democratic. That's Park Slope level

I think a big question is whether you have a kid who plans to stay on campus, or leave campus.

Being part of a broader community, with people of all ages, was important to me in college. By the end of freshmen orientation, I had arranged a job, and a regular volunteer commitment in the community. I was visiting parts of my new city. Two of my kids will be also be accessing medical care in whatever community he ends up living in, due to a chronic issue.

So, while the political climate on campus might be a factor, the political climate in the broader community, and the state matters too.

I have 3 kids who will be going off to college in the next few years. For one of my kids, a red state would be a deal breaker. He would not look at Indiana. One of my kids will stay close to home, and one is considering schools around the country although he's more likely to pick Purdue, or Rose Hulman than IU based on his specific interests. Each kid will need to make their own decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your DD sounds annoying. And Indiana is probably more conservative and racist than a lot of the south. IYKYK

Yes, Indiana is very conservative. You need to research.

A conservative going to IU thinking it's conservative is going to be very disappointed. It's more liberal than MI or Wisconsin.

Check voting records. Close to 85% democratic. That's Park Slope level

I think a big question is whether you have a kid who plans to stay on campus, or leave campus.

Being part of a broader community, with people of all ages, was important to me in college. By the end of freshmen orientation, I had arranged a job, and a regular volunteer commitment in the community. I was visiting parts of my new city. Two of my kids will be also be accessing medical care in whatever community he ends up living in, due to a chronic issue.

So, while the political climate on campus might be a factor, the political climate in the broader community, and the state matters too.

I have 3 kids who will be going off to college in the next few years. For one of my kids, a red state would be a deal breaker. He would not look at Indiana. One of my kids will stay close to home, and one is considering schools around the country although he's more likely to pick Purdue, or Rose Hulman than IU based on his specific interests. Each kid will need to make their own decision.

Jesus Christ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland, Virginia or VA Tech, NC and SC schools, ACC schools (Clemson).

ACC is second tier for sports. If SEC isn’t an option I’d look at BIG TEN Oregon and Washington for top sports and WOKE coast.

A BIPOC NY’er would fit in at MD over WA or OR.

Visit UMCP. I think it’s your best bet.

not if she's asian. lots of asian at all the above.

MD is very Asian.

OR is hippy dippy and emo, but the state skews rural gun toting libertarian.

This isn’t far off which is why I suggested a visit up thread.

UMD is going to be more familiar to a POC from NYC than Oregon. Same is somewhat true of CU Boulder, too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your DD sounds annoying. And Indiana is probably more conservative and racist than a lot of the south. IYKYK

Yes, Indiana is very conservative. You need to research.

A conservative going to IU thinking it's conservative is going to be very disappointed. It's more liberal than MI or Wisconsin.

Check voting records. Close to 85% democratic. That's Park Slope level

Do you have a link or source for this?