Have you been in a county that voted for Trump this year?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No I have not. I have only been to three counties this year though.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I've only been in the following cities in 2017:

Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mendota Heights
Richfield
Edina

None have a single precinct that voted for Trump. All liberal, all the time!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I've only been in the following cities in 2017:

Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mendota Heights
Richfield
Edina

None have a single precinct that voted for Trump. All liberal, all the time!

Guess you can never take your kids to Disney World or Yellowstone, huh?

Uh, Disney World's county voted for Hillary.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

One issue of course is getting to where my girlfriend lives, since that would require traveling through a Trump state and many Trump counties. So my plan is to only get gas and food in Hillary counties. That basically means stopping in Eau Claire, and then filling up in Dane County along the way. Rockford would be OK too, since in the end Winnebago County narrowly voted for Hillary. But I'm not going to get out and set foot in any of the Trump counties that exist between Hennepin County and Lake County, IL. Ideally I could just boycott Wisconsin altogether but alas that wretched place has to be stuck between us.

This has however convinced me that everyone's hatred of the Green Bay Packers is 100% justified.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Actually she's not registered to vote.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

One issue of course is getting to where my girlfriend lives, since that would require traveling through a Trump state and many Trump counties. So my plan is to only get gas and food in Hillary counties. That basically means stopping in Eau Claire, and then filling up in Dane County along the way. Rockford would be OK too, since in the end Winnebago County narrowly voted for Hillary. But I'm not going to get out and set foot in any of the Trump counties that exist between Hennepin County and Lake County, IL. Ideally I could just boycott Wisconsin altogether but alas that wretched place has to be stuck between us.

This has however convinced me that everyone's hatred of the Green Bay Packers is 100% justified.

If you were planning to go somewhere on holiday outside of the US; would you checked how it voted in elections before booking it?  Like that seems like such an alien concept to me: one of my best trips was in a place with awful politics (Poland; although it was mostly Krakow which I *think* voted PO which I suppose is better than PiS; although Oświęcim most likely voted PiS which is... regrettable) but I didn't care.  Like sure if you're LGBTQ or an ethnic minority or a women in some places there are places to avoid and there are valid reasons not to go somewhere based on the political climate; but that's a lot more complex than "did x place vote for the bad people".  Besides you're white (I assume), a man and straight, so that really shouldn't be an issue for you.

Christ, I don't think that other than Berlin (although that was an SPD-led grand coalition) I've ever been somewhere for a holiday that locally has had "left-wing" rulers - Brussels has a PS-led government but that contains almost every party under the sun (both community socialist parties, the Christian Democrats from both, plus the OVLD who are the main centre-right Dutch liberal party and the FDF who are centre-right liberals who care mostly about the rights of French speakers) - basically the only people who aren't in are the French liberals, Greens, Communists and Flemish nationalists.  Krakow and Klaipeda I can't check because there's little to no information available in English but the mayor of Krakow is an independent who used to be in the SLD so who really knows, and I don't know about the current Klaipeda mayor but his predecessors were all from the liberal movement so that also didn't have a centre-right government.  All of them are nice places that I'd recommend going to, despite the fact that they have governments that you'd probably disapprove of.

Also its hilarious that you seem to be planning this Clinton-voting place only trip to visit your girlfriend who couldn't be arsed to register to vote, its really quite funny.

If I was traveling outside the country I'd probably plan my trip based around which side was stronger in the areas in Ingress.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Mind you I'd actually want to visit areas stronger for the OTHER side since I'd have more to do there. More fun to attack enemy strongholds than just hack a bunch of your own

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

You do realise how much roaming data costs, right?

Uh, I used to work for my cellular provider. They have some very nice international plans that I know all about, including one that lets you use your domestic allowance in most countries for just $10/day.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

brtd what if there was an Ingress portal at an Irish-American NASCAR convention?

I'd go there. I mean I once walked through this playing Ingress.

I mean I suppose there's nothing inherently Catholic about that path, it's actually kind of similar to a Good Friday meditation thing I went to at an emergent church one year. But instead of reflecting on them like at that I only focused on my phone and claiming all the portals.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

In regards to foreign travel I'll say this: if I was visiting the UK I'd feel really icky being in an area that voted for Brexit.