Most conservative major city on the East Coast?

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

1. Overall
2. Excluding anything south of D.C.

Again, a major city is any city with a population 250,000+.

(Edit: I said 500,000+ at first, then my fellow atlasians pointed out how stupid that was.

[Niemeyerite]

Buffalo has more than 500,000?

[tpfkaw]

With that definition, probably NYC actually.

Buffalo has more than 500,000?

No.

[homelycooking]

1. Overall
2. Excluding anything south of D.C.

Again, a major city is any city with a population 500,000+.

That's ridiculous. Those criteria leave only Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston to be considered as "most conservative". And if Wormyguy is correct, to say that New York City is the most conservative major city on the East Coast is not terribly meaningful.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

You know what, let's go by angy_weasel's criteria in the other thread:

I would say...

"East Coast"

"Major City" is any city over 250,000 that is the largest city in a Metro of more than a 1,000,000 people.

Washington, D.C.
Boston
Baltimore
New York
Cleveland
Atlanta
Detroit
Philadelphia
Charolette
Raleigh-Durham
Richmond
Pittsburgh
Orlando
Columbus
Miami
Buffalo
Tampa
Cincinatti
Virginia Beach
Jacksonville

[Kevin]

Prob VA Beach hands down,

The area has a huge current & retired military population and is home to to many numerous types of related government agencies and contracting companies.

The area also has strong pockets of religious conservatism due to the presence of Regent U and some Christian broadcasting companies.

[tpfkaw]

The other obvious candidate is Jacksonville.

[phk]

Jacksonville, VA Beach

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Now what if we go North of DC?

[GLPman]

North of DC would most likely be Buffalo.

[5280]

Jacksonville FL

[Dereich]

Jacksonville, no contest.

[minionofmidas]

North of DC would most likely be Buffalo.

Cincy is included in the list. While I'm not sure by what standard in hell it could be considered an East Coast city - but then Buffalo shouldn't be either - it clearly wins of the available choices. Unless it's deemed to be south of DC.
As to cities actually on or near the coast and north of DC, the answer is Baltimore followed by New York City.

[TJ in Oregon]

North of DC would most likely be Buffalo.

Cincy is included in the list. While I'm not sure by what standard in hell it could be considered an East Coast city - but then Buffalo shouldn't be either - it clearly wins of the available choices. Unless it's deemed to be south of DC.
As to cities actually on or near the coast and north of DC, the answer is Baltimore followed by New York City.

Yeah, Cincinnati is way more conservative than others on that list north of DC. It's probably the third or fourth most conservative on that list outright even.(not that Cincinnati or Cleveland or Columbus or Detroit can even remotely be considered East Coast) The Cincinnati area is the type of area where voting results look an awful lot like a racial map. Once you leave the poor urban areas, the people become very Republican very fast. Conservatism is a part of the fabric of that town, even if it is a lot different from most of the southern cities you would call conservative in that its politics stem from the major immigrant group being German Catholics rather than some of the more Democratic groups, combined with the Taft political dynasty. There's a saying that if the world ended, Cincinnati is the place to be because it wouldn't happen there for ten more years.

[nclib]

North of DC would most likely be Buffalo.

Cincy is included in the list. While I'm not sure by what standard in hell it could be considered an East Coast city - but then Buffalo shouldn't be either - it clearly wins of the available choices. Unless it's deemed to be south of DC.
As to cities actually on or near the coast and north of DC, the answer is Baltimore followed by New York City.

Yeah, Cincinnati is way more conservative than others on that list north of DC. It's probably the third or fourth most conservative on that list outright even.(not that Cincinnati or Cleveland or Columbus or Detroit can even remotely be considered East Coast) The Cincinnati area is the type of area where voting results look an awful lot like a racial map. Once you leave the poor urban areas, the people become very Republican very fast. Conservatism is a part of the fabric of that town, even if it is a lot different from most of the southern cities you would call conservative in that its politics stem from the major immigrant group being German Catholics rather than some of the more Democratic groups, combined with the Taft political dynasty. There's a saying that if the world ended, Cincinnati is the place to be because it wouldn't happen there for ten more years.

My aunt lives in Cincy, and I've gotten the impression that it is quite conservative for a large city. However, Hamilton County had one of the best anti-marriage ban votes in the state in 2004. I'd certainly say Jacksonville, though it's only large enough because of all the suburban areas it incorporates.

[CaDan]

Pittsburgh if you are using the north of DC standard and define conservative in the socially conservative sense.

[TeePee4Prez]

In the Boston-Washington corridor I'd say NYC, but all are pretty close.  I would rank them:

DC (most liberal within city.  Boston area is most liberal)
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
NYC (most conservative)

as for metro areas:

Boston- most liberal
DC
NYC
Philadelphia
Baltimore- most conservative

I'm torn between NYC and Philadelphia being more liberal when it comes to metro area though.  NYC has more liberal representation, but I think that's due to less GOP flavored districting.  It can dominate more conservative upstate NY better than Philly can PA.  The voting patterns are quite similar in national elections however.