Will DC metro be a good fit for us ideologically?

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Anonymous wrote:DC is obviously VERY Democratic but pretty nuanced in its “wokeness”

That's fine, I just don't want it to be rabidly politically active blue-only neighborhood. We had lived in blue cities and come from a very progressive one and I am quite liberal. I just prefer a place where there are both Biden and Trump signs at election and diversity of opinions, e.g. tolerance towards differences as I do not fall cleanly into either political party any longer. I would think DC must have political variety in the city itself and certainly in nearby burbs by the nature of what this city is about. Also we are a mixed race family.

21:14 again. There's tolerance for conservative ideas but not much for the Trumpian kind. Trump is really hated by a lot of people in the DC area. But does everyone in my neighborhood love the Squad? Or Pelosi and Schumer? Or make all sorts of apologies for rioters and looters? Definitely not.

But again, neighbors being friendly find all sorts of things to talk about besides politics. I get along with my neighbors, but they're not my best friends.

This is good enough for me. I just don't want overly political left leaning only environment with kid BLM rallies, local FB group wokeness and Covid policing, people freaking out about masks outdoors and calling for mandatory vaccinnations especially for kids. Now, I said it.

Loudon county is good for you. I’d avoid Arlington and fairfax.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I basically never talk politics with my neighbors. Not as a pointed thing, it just doesn't come up. When I do there's a lot of generic CNN style liberalism, which aren't my politics, but it's never really been an issue.

I am good if it doesn't come up. Does it penetrate into local school PTA and school events/fundraisers though?

In Arlington, yes. Not sure about other towns.

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When I speak politics with my neighbors in Bethesda (wealthy MD suburb close to DC), we all realize we're politically centrist or leftist. But none of us are trying to cram wokeness down anyone's throat. My friend's husband does, but I only tolerate him because he's married to my friend.

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Anonymous wrote:Move outside the beltway then.

You are going to tell me that all DC republicans, half of the Congress and Senate and their aides, etc all live outside of Beltway?

I'm saying that as someone who lives inside the beltway, it was shocking to see any Trump signs. I don't have a single Trump voting friend. Our neighborhood is full of BLM signs. Our friends groups talk about politics, world issues, human rights regularly. This is the opposite of what OP said they were looking for.

What is your area, I might want to avoid it. I definitely don't want a place with every house displaying BLM sign or being in awe of it, especially if such neighborhood is predominantly white and affluent. I would love to talk about world issues, but if not agreeing on all points don't want to be feeling singled out.

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When I speak politics with my neighbors in Bethesda (wealthy MD suburb close to DC), we all realize we're politically centrist or leftist. But none of us are trying to cram wokeness down anyone's throat. My friend's husband does, but I only tolerate him because he's married to my friend.

That's fine, one person being overly opinionated is just fine, I prefer diversity of opinions and not one dominating and really heavy-handed one, especially pushed at school level or neighborhood activity level.

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Anonymous wrote:I basically never talk politics with my neighbors. Not as a pointed thing, it just doesn't come up. When I do there's a lot of generic CNN style liberalism, which aren't my politics, but it's never really been an issue.

I am good if it doesn't come up. Does it penetrate into local school PTA and school events/fundraisers though?

In Arlington, yes. Not sure about other towns.

Ok, avoid Arlington then. I am not into kid BLM rallies and kid masking outdoors.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is obviously VERY Democratic but pretty nuanced in its “wokeness”

That's fine, I just don't want it to be rabidly politically active blue-only neighborhood. We had lived in blue cities and come from a very progressive one and I am quite liberal. I just prefer a place where there are both Biden and Trump signs at election and diversity of opinions, e.g. tolerance towards differences as I do not fall cleanly into either political party any longer. I would think DC must have political variety in the city itself and certainly in nearby burbs by the nature of what this city is about. Also we are a mixed race family.

21:14 again. There's tolerance for conservative ideas but not much for the Trumpian kind. Trump is really hated by a lot of people in the DC area. But does everyone in my neighborhood love the Squad? Or Pelosi and Schumer? Or make all sorts of apologies for rioters and looters? Definitely not.

But again, neighbors being friendly find all sorts of things to talk about besides politics. I get along with my neighbors, but they're not my best friends.

This is good enough for me. I just don't want overly political left leaning only environment with kid BLM rallies, local FB group wokeness and Covid policing, people freaking out about masks outdoors and calling for mandatory vaccinnations especially for kids. Now, I said it.

Loudon county is good for you. I’d avoid Arlington and fairfax.

You are going to tell me that every republican staffer or a lobbyist is living in Loudon country and there is just zero of them living anywhere inside the Beltway? I find this very hard to believe. It's DC, not Portland

[Anonymous]

OP, you should aim for Frederick, MD or Loudoun county, VA.

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Anonymous wrote:Move outside the beltway then.

You are going to tell me that all DC republicans, half of the Congress and Senate and their aides, etc all live outside of Beltway?

They don’t live here, period. (The members themselves, that is.) They keep their house and family in their home district/state, and travel back and forth. The days of Congressional families growing up here are long gone. These days, it’s the member keeping a tiny apartment or sharing a group house that serves as a crash pad Tuesday through Thursday.

OP, you seem to have a very Hollywood notion of what life in the Washington area is like. You also seem to be spoiling for a fight. Our neighborhoods here are likely very much like the ones you have at home: the higher the price tag, the more homogeneous and conservative the residents. But I’m sure if you look hard, you can find a neighborhood that proves or disproves whatever notions you’ve cultivated based on your determinedly anti-woke, anti-liberal “only I know the real story” media consumption. The rest of us are just gonna sit over here with our Post or FT or Hill or ASAE member bulletin and use the back of it to make our grocery list, same as always.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Move outside the beltway then.

You are going to tell me that all DC republicans, half of the Congress and Senate and their aides, etc all live outside of Beltway?

They don’t live here, period. (The members themselves, that is.) They keep their house and family in their home district/state, and travel back and forth. The days of Congressional families growing up here are long gone. These days, it’s the member keeping a tiny apartment or sharing a group house that serves as a crash pad Tuesday through Thursday.

OP, you seem to have a very Hollywood notion of what life in the Washington area is like. You also seem to be spoiling for a fight. Our neighborhoods here are likely very much like the ones you have at home: the higher the price tag, the more homogeneous and conservative the residents. But I’m sure if you look hard, you can find a neighborhood that proves or disproves whatever notions you’ve cultivated based on your determinedly anti-woke, anti-liberal “only I know the real story” media consumption. The rest of us are just gonna sit over here with our Post or FT or Hill or ASAE member bulletin and use the back of it to make our grocery list, same as always.

Agree, OP seems to be very fixated on this and it is just plain weird. I don't know where you live right now that this is such a problem, and I can't help but wonder if the problem might be you?

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When I speak politics with my neighbors in Bethesda (wealthy MD suburb close to DC), we all realize we're politically centrist or leftist. But none of us are trying to cram wokeness down anyone's throat. My friend's husband does, but I only tolerate him because he's married to my friend.

That's fine, one person being overly opinionated is just fine, I prefer diversity of opinions and not one dominating and really heavy-handed one, especially pushed at school level or neighborhood activity level.

And what does "diversity of opinions and not one dominating and really heavy-handed one" look like in real life? How is the grocery store, the bank, your job different?

You sound like you want an appropriate range of alternative facts served up to you on a silver platter. We're not pretending that's normal here anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Come on out to Anne Arundel, friend.

^^^ This ^^^

Used to live in Deale, MD. Loved every nanosecond of it. Living on the water, the people, the small town aspects, the slower pace. Miss it soooo much.

[Anonymous]

If you move here you have to be willing to accept how deeply conformist almost every single person is and how it’s so much easier to just go along to get along.

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Anonymous wrote:If you move here you have to be willing to accept how deeply conformist almost every single person is and how it’s so much easier to just go along to get along.

Just adding that this regions conformist streak was a huge change for me after moving here from L.A.

[Anonymous]

What OP describes sounds very much like SFBA. Maybe they aren’t the only region crazy like that though.
You won’t believe the amount of shaming if you disagree even slightly. I don’t partake in any PTA events if they are even slightly political (BLM rallies and such are not done during the school hours after all). It’s hard to stay silent but I just don’t talk about school reopening or vaccination for kids etc.
There are parents pleading the SD to keep the 6ft rule despite CDC guidance and inquiring when the plastic shields will finally be installed at their desks. I don’t think OP is exaggerating