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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ Thanks, that's a good point.  Rural areas have their issues, plus now with the meth epidemic, things are just out of hand in so many places.  [/quote]

Thank goodness urban areas have no issues. [/quote]

[b]Of course they do.  But a kid who has grown up in the DMV is in for a culture shock. That’s big time Trump territory and is all about God and Guns.  There is not much diversity (or culture, of thought, or skin color of sexuality, etc).  It’s economically depressed and it’s insular.   And there is nothing there.  [/b]My DH and SIL got out as soon as they could. My ILs love rural living, owning land, having animals, etc and hate cities, so it works for them.  They are among the few liberals, and we still had to put down our foot about the kids not visiting until they got a gun safe.  Last time O was downtown, many storefronts were empty.  I have spent up to a week at a time there.  I’m not making generalizations about the rural South.  I’m talking about the specific town of a Rome GA that I regularly visit.  Your kid needs to spend the night and drive the surrounding area, not just campus (which is nice from what I have seen of it) so they know what they are signing up for.

Similarly, a kid from a rural area may hate GW or NYU or Chicago.  It’s like the weather thread.  A very rural campus isn’t for everyone. A very urban campus isn’t for everyone.  And despite being not too far from Atlanta, Berry is very rural. [/quote]

What's it like to hate 1/2 of the country?  Or are you only tolerant of other like-minded people who are marginally different from you?[/quote]

actually, it's only 19.3% of the rest of the country

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2016/cb16-210.html

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Oh, well, in that case....[/quote]

well, if you have to exaggerate by 250% to make your point, it might not have been a good one to begin with.

besides, nothing in that bolded portion is actually incorrect.  It is an incredibly homogeneous setting that overwhelmingly voted for Trump.   it is actually economically depressed (despite all the government handouts) and it is insular.

maybe they're just not being politically correct, you snowflake.

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