Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with living next to people with different views and outlooks than yours?

Isn’t that diversity?

I don't think you understand what people are looking for when they say they want "diversity".

Wanting diversity doesn't mean you want to be around people who believe in conspiracy theories and support #stopthesteal.

I look for diversity. Doesn't mean I want to live next to someone who has racist views or believes in Satanism.

-former R

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with living next to people with different views and outlooks than yours?

Isn’t that diversity?

I’m not the OP. I DO value different views and outlooks, and have actively sought them out. I am also Black. Safety trumps “different views and outlooks” for me when it comes to choosing a home. Living next to neighbors with Stop the Steal stickers, and Confederate flags would be a deal breaker for me.

I grew up in rural SC in the 80’s. The family at the farm across the road from our home flew a giant confederate flag on a flagpole in the front yard. But they were great folks, very neighborly, always keeping an eye out for everyone. They were fixtures in our little town (Cowpens), had owned that farm and a couple others nearby going all the way back to the 1870’s. Would you object to living beside them? Because they were also Black.

As a black woman, hell yeah I’d object to living next to those idiots.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with living next to people with different views and outlooks than yours?

Isn’t that diversity?

I’m not the OP. I DO value different views and outlooks, and have actively sought them out. I am also Black. Safety trumps “different views and outlooks” for me when it comes to choosing a home. Living next to neighbors with Stop the Steal stickers, and Confederate flags would be a deal breaker for me.

I grew up in rural SC in the 80’s. The family at the farm across the road from our home flew a giant confederate flag on a flagpole in the front yard. But they were great folks, very neighborly, always keeping an eye out for everyone. They were fixtures in our little town (Cowpens), had owned that farm and a couple others nearby going all the way back to the 1870’s. Would you object to living beside them? Because they were also Black.

Whatever the truth of your anecdote - PP is not posting from 1980, PP is posting from 2021.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with living next to people with different views and outlooks than yours?

Isn’t that diversity?

I’m not the OP. I DO value different views and outlooks, and have actively sought them out. I am also Black. Safety trumps “different views and outlooks” for me when it comes to choosing a home. Living next to neighbors with Stop the Steal stickers, and Confederate flags would be a deal breaker for me.

Exactly. If their different outlook means they hate you or think you are evil and agree with hate crimes, that’s not a cumbaya situation.

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with living next to people with different views and outlooks than yours?

Isn’t that diversity?

Depends on the views and outlooks, doesn't it?

For example, most people are probably fine with it, if their neighbors prefer strawberry ice cream over mint chocolate chip, or Anthony Trollope novels over Charles Dickens novels, or an inflation-targeting monetary policy over a money-supply-targeting monetary policy.

In contrast, some people may not be fine with it, if their neighbors believe that people like them are lesser or belong to a lesser group, or if their neighbors support a violent conspiracy theory.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with living next to people with different views and outlooks than yours?

Isn’t that diversity?

I’m not the OP. I DO value different views and outlooks, and have actively sought them out. I am also Black. Safety trumps “different views and outlooks” for me when it comes to choosing a home. Living next to neighbors with Stop the Steal stickers, and Confederate flags would be a deal breaker for me.

I grew up in rural SC in the 80’s. The family at the farm across the road from our home flew a giant confederate flag on a flagpole in the front yard. But they were great folks, very neighborly, always keeping an eye out for everyone. They were fixtures in our little town (Cowpens), had owned that farm and a couple others nearby going all the way back to the 1870’s. Would you object to living beside them? Because they were also Black.

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with living next to people with different views and outlooks than yours?

Isn’t that diversity?

I’m not the OP. I DO value different views and outlooks, and have actively sought them out. I am also Black. Safety trumps “different views and outlooks” for me when it comes to choosing a home. Living next to neighbors with Stop the Steal stickers, and Confederate flags would be a deal breaker for me.

Anonymous wrote:Consider getting to know people as people instead of just labeling them Trumpy. My “Trumpy” neighbors have been incredibly kind to my family. People are people at the end of the day.

I really don't see what's wrong with wanting to be around like-minded people. To each their own. Diversity of thought is great but it can't be imposed, people choose their friends based on common values. It's not like it's a corporation trying to fill quotas or something. Would it be different to ask "I'm Orthodox Jewish and I'd like to live in an Orthodox Jewish community in another state" or "I'm a libertarian, I'd like to hang out where people from the Ayn Rand institute live" or "does this or that city have a strong Pro-Life community?" There's nothing wrong with people from one liberal city wanting to live in another liberal city with a strong LGBTQ vibe, or what have you.

Consider getting to know people as people instead of just labeling them Trumpy. My “Trumpy” neighbors have been incredibly kind to my family. People are people at the end of the day.

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with living next to people with different views and outlooks than yours?

Isn’t that diversity?

No. The people on this forum want to segregate themselves into an UMC bubble with other white people who share their views and send their kids to white and Asian schools but say they value diversity.

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with living next to people with different views and outlooks than yours?

Isn’t that diversity?

We’ve jumped from different view points to one side accepting the possibility of Jewish space lasers starting wild fires

What’s wrong with living next to people with different views and outlooks than yours?

Isn’t that diversity?

I don't think you'd find the politics much different as long as you stick to Central and Eastern EC. We are in central EC and I can think of only a few older neighbors who are Trumpers. The more the neighborhood turns over, the more liberal and racially diverse it gets. Yay

Most urban areas, even in the middle of rural areas are blue. The counties as a whole may be purple or red, but that’s because they have more voters than the cities

Howard County is still blue though much more purple than MoCo, but it seems more like some exurban towns just seem more Trumpy while the urban areas are just blue. If a progressive lesbian couple were to move from Silver Spring to Ellicott City, would there be much of a difference in the politics of our neighbors?
White people in Baltimore County (Catonsville area) are way too Trumpy for my taste.