When you read up on U.S. political basics, you can’t help but come across the detail that many of the people in cities in the U.S. seem to lean left, yet what isn’t as clear is why and what influences their concentration in cities/urban areas.

Cities don’t exactly appear to be affordable, and left-leaning folks in the U.S. don’t seem to necessarily be much wealthier than right-leaning folks, so what’s contributed to this situation?

  • @[email protected]
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    311 year ago

    All cities also tend to have tremendous cultural output. There’s music and art here. Conservatives aren’t known for embracing new culture…

    You’re more likely to find your people if you’re looking for something outside of the utter mainstream here. The suburbs aren’t known having strong queer scenes, a wide and deep variety of faiths, and so on. Conservatives also tend to drop the ball on this.

    • @archiotterpup
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      71 year ago

      That and conservative art just isn’t that good or ground breaking.