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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Takoma Park is ground zero for the far left and known for ideology over intellect and passion over pragmatism. Lots of untalented arts and crafts wanna bees. Get ready for old lady crafts, cats, and bad pottery. They think they are the Berkeley of the east coast, they have never been to Berkeley.

Silver Spring is mostly faux liberals who couldn't afford Bethesda and are bitter about it. They are a very hypocritical group who brag about liking diversity while segregating themselves within their schools. Not a bright group but they will love you if you are gay ....as long as you are white.

Kensington- pocket of conservative Catholics and people praying that when MCOS rezones they'll get out of Einstein and into BCC.

Arlington -liberal or centrist democrat with a few establishment Republicans. More concerned with on trend kitchen remodels than politics though.

Alexandria - liberal to centrist. Wants to be Annapolis, antiqu'ing becomes a verb in Old Town.

Bethesda -where to start. Centrist to liberal left with closet Republican fiscal leanings. Locally turning right because they feel they get stuck with the bill for the loony policies coming out of TP and SS. There is a dress code.

Potomac - republicans. [/quote]

Yes, Takoma Park is ground zero for people who treat others with kindness and respect regardless of their background or beliefs. I know that seems like the radical left to Fox news fans but to many it's still just common decency. [/quote]

No, Takoma Park really is to the left of the left of the left. It's a nuclear-free sanctuary city where it's hard to find any food in restaurants that isn't "veganic." 16-year olds and noncitizens can vote in their elections. You have to go through extreme town bureaucracy to cut a limb off a tree in your own yard. People probably shame you if you don't bring a reusable bag to the co-op or don't drive a Prius or some electric vehicle. And lore has it that one year, a [i]Communist[/i] ran against Marc Elrich for city council [i]from the left[/i] and got a nonzero portion of the vote.

I'm not saying that Takoma Park politics are terrible and I certainly prefer that over Republicans, but Takoma Park really is far to the left of the mainstream, even Silver Spring is more conservative. [/quote]

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