Will DC metro be a good fit for us ideologically?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1

This seems like the best fit for OP.

[Anonymous]

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are considering moving from a very large liberal city where our kids attend a very diverse school. We are looking for a place that would be politically diverse and where people are generally open minded and not up in arms if you are not woke enough or don't uniformly recite CNN and/or liberal outlets or vice versa, we don't discriminate. We are likely to live in the residential or suburban area as we want more space and outdoors. I really dislike wokeness in general, so a woke neighborhood would not be a good fit, neither would be predominantly hard core republican or religious area. I am hoping DC metro is a mix due to it being the seat of power and variety of political views represented. Is this true?

No you would not fit in DC or sourounding areas.


Because clearly you need a dictionary. Try this Dictionary.com

"Woke" LOL find your own words and try not sounding like a complete idiot who can not think for themselves

You are either Q, Trumpet, cult member clearly DC area with intelligent people will not be your people.

[Anonymous]

DC is not politically diverse. It's an echo chamber for woke drama queens that can't think for themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are considering moving from a very large liberal city where our kids attend a very diverse school. We are looking for a place that would be politically diverse and where people are generally open minded and not up in arms if you are not woke enough or don't uniformly recite CNN and/or liberal outlets or vice versa, we don't discriminate. We are likely to live in the residential or suburban area as we want more space and outdoors. I really dislike wokeness in general, so a woke neighborhood would not be a good fit, neither would be predominantly hard core republican or religious area. I am hoping DC metro is a mix due to it being the seat of power and variety of political views represented. Is this true?

DC is WOKE WOKE WOKE and also very establishment at the same time. If you think everything is about white supremacy, local police should be defunded, but the Pentagon should have an infinite budget and the FBI/CIA are awesome then DC is perfect for you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live about 5 miles as the crow flies outside of the beltway in VA. It's in Fairfax county, which gave 70% of its vote to Biden. My neighborhood probably had 10-15 Biden signs for every Trump sign. Most people seem to be moderate, but it's not like political conversations are that frequent.

I think you'd be happy in many metro DC neighborhoods, but I also think you're putting too much thought into it.

Thank you for understanding. We are coming from a place that was rabidly blue and people were taking politics to residential life and local school life. Not talking about politics is totally fine with me.

You may want to eliminate all of DC and MOCO then.

[Anonymous]

I’m a Republican living in Takoma Park. Why don’t you and I just be friends?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Republican living in Takoma Park. Why don’t you and I just be friends?

Joke obviously.
Stay AWAY from Takoma Park, Silver Spring, and Bethesda. Those places are even worse than DC in terms of wokeness. DC just has a lot of young woke people that either will move elsewhere in a few years or grow out of it. The locals just do their own thing and the established professional transplants are more into their careers than anything. But the outer Maryland suburbs are ground zero for the holier-than-thou, judgy pretentious wokeness that people who are settled down here tend to wear as a badge of their identity.

[Anonymous]

Hey, fellow what is now a centrist Dem. Come to Fairfax Co. WE live in FFX and are in the same boat as you. We're progressive but done with the woke-hellscape that the left has created. There are people on both sides of the aisle here. Most of our street does lean left but there's quite a few R military families.

The wokeness of the left will be our undoing. I've talked to many progressive friends who've left LA, Seattle, NYC, etc. trying to escape this nonsense. The far left seems to be pushing away the majority-middle.

FFX Co - Fairfax, Burke, Springfield, may suit you well.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I'm now apparently a moderate dem (used to be republican, but then they become crazy - but I really like Hogan); plenty of us in my area (inside the beltway bethesda area).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Just bear in mind that any metro populated area you move into is likely to change significantly over the time you’re there. Our country is in the midst of massive demographic change and regardless of the minority party’s desperate grasp, in 20-30 years they will be even more if a minority as reflected in the larger population. There is a marked trend toward social liberalism in the electorate. If you want to be safe from that, I suggest you embrace a rural lifestyle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Just bear in mind that any metro populated area you move into is likely to change significantly over the time you’re there. Our country is in the midst of massive demographic change and regardless of the minority party’s desperate grasp, in 20-30 years they will be even more if a minority as reflected in the larger population. There is a marked trend toward social liberalism in the electorate. If you want to be safe from that, I suggest you embrace a rural lifestyle.

"White people, run for the hills!"

[Anonymous]

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

Unless your kids attend public schools then the woke level goes to 11. It’s a celebration of every marginalized group every week in perpetuity. If you want your kids to attend in person school then you’re a racist against BLM etc. interesting times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Unless your kids attend public schools then the woke level goes to 11. It’s a celebration of every marginalized group every week in perpetuity. If you want your kids to attend in person school then you’re a racist against BLM etc. interesting times.

Sigh. Can we go back to the days when we only celebrated white culture? It was so much simpler.

/s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey, fellow what is now a centrist Dem. Come to Fairfax Co. WE live in FFX and are in the same boat as you. We're progressive but done with the woke-hellscape that the left has created. There are people on both sides of the aisle here. Most of our street does lean left but there's quite a few R military families.

The wokeness of the left will be our undoing. I've talked to many progressive friends who've left LA, Seattle, NYC, etc. trying to escape this nonsense. The far left seems to be pushing away the majority-middle.

FFX Co - Fairfax, Burke, Springfield, may suit you well.

What exactly is “the wokeness of the left?” Pray tell. Is it anti racism and wanting equality? Wanting everyone to have the opportunity to make a decent living and have healthcare? Against unnecessary wars?

GOD FORBID people want to end mass suffering and want to see everyone have an abundance of opportunity in order to live a decent life. THE HORROR!!!