My hometown is AWFUL!!! : 0

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

This is the township map for the NJ Special Senate Election last fall.



Good lord!  Now, I was in boot camp during this election, so this is actually the first time I'm looking at the raw results, (I had known that Booker won from newspaper articles my family was mailing me) and I'm sad to say that my stupid little hometown is a sick, sad island of red in a sea of blue.  I had always thought it to be among the absolute worst of the South Jersey suburbs, containing all the worst suburban stereotypes, and this all but confirms I was right all along. 

[Vega]

How depressing; I think I know, but what is it called, your hometown?

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

How depressing; I think I know, but what is it called, your hometown?

Cinnaminson

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

In fairness, Cory Booker is awful.

[Vega]

How depressing; I think I know, but what is it called, your hometown?

Cinnaminson

Interesting; Booker won the county of Burlington, though, by 10 points. If that's in consolidation.

[ElectionsGuy]

Votes for a republican = awfulness complete

lol

[Vega]

Votes for a republican = awfulness complete

lol

If that Republican is Steve Lonegan, than yes, awfulness is indeed complete.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

How depressing; I think I know, but what is it called, your hometown?

Cinnaminson

Interesting; Booker won the county of Burlington, though, by 10 points. If that's in consolidation.

Of course, because in western Burlington County people tend to actually care about unions and the economic concerns of the working class.  Unfortunately, my hometown is a lily-white dullsville with all the worst traits of old-fashioned Catholicism and full of the types of submissive housewives that would join One Million Moms.  

[Vega]

How depressing; I think I know, but what is it called, your hometown?

Cinnaminson

Interesting; Booker won the county of Burlington, though, by 10 points. If that's in consolidation.

Of course, because in western Burlington County people tend to actually care about unions and the economic concerns of the working class.  Unfortunately, my hometown is a lily-white dullsville with all the worst traits of old-fashioned Catholicism and full of the types of submissive housewives that would join One Million Moms.  

IIRC, though, you are represented by a Democrat in the State House.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

In fairness, Cory Booker is awful.

Being a Republican in NJ is much worse than Booker can be, pretty much by default.  Should I take the .001% chance that this Lonegan fellow has any redeeming features?  No way!  At least Booker, despite being a corporatist, is going to be a Democratic (and therefore a NOT-GOP) vote in the Senate 99% of the time.  

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

How depressing; I think I know, but what is it called, your hometown?

Cinnaminson

Interesting; Booker won the county of Burlington, though, by 10 points. If that's in consolidation.

Of course, because in western Burlington County people tend to actually care about unions and the economic concerns of the working class.  Unfortunately, my hometown is a lily-white dullsville with all the worst traits of old-fashioned Catholicism and full of the types of submissive housewives that would join One Million Moms.  

IIRC, though, you are represented by a Democrat in the State House.

I've been out at Naval Station Great Lakes since October 8th.  I can't say I'm currently in tune with local politics.  

EDIT: Anyway, that completely due to the awesome blue-collar towns along the river (as well as the cool little liberal enclave, Riverton), that Cinnaminson shares their district with.  Cinnaminson might be my hometown, by my current official residence is actually in one of those cool little blue-collar freedom towns, Delanco. 

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

You're from Cinnaminson? I'm so sorry.

And yeah, I'm pretty sure you have a Republican State Senator but two Democratic Assemblymen. At least that's now the case for Bordentown, where part of my family used to live, and Bordentown and Cinnaminson are in the same legislative district now.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

You're from Cinnaminson? I'm so sorry.

And yeah, I'm pretty sure you have a Republican State Senator but two Democratic Assemblymen. At least that's now the case for Bordentown, where part of my family used to live, and Bordentown and Cinnaminson are in the same legislative district now.

You know it?  Heh.  Kinda the definition of an awful Northeastern suburb isn't it? 

[traininthedistance]

I suppose this is the right thread to brag once again that my hometown actually voted for Barbara Buono over Chris Christie last year, kinda like Massachusetts in 1972.

I mean, it's pretty Democratic these days, but it didn't used to be, and Christie crushed, so I was pleasantly surprised.

Neener neener.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

You're from Cinnaminson? I'm so sorry.

And yeah, I'm pretty sure you have a Republican State Senator but two Democratic Assemblymen. At least that's now the case for Bordentown, where part of my family used to live, and Bordentown and Cinnaminson are in the same legislative district now.

You know it?  Heh.  Kinda the definition of an awful Northeastern suburb isn't it? 

I spent a lot of my late childhood and teenage years dividing my time between Western Massachusetts and Burlington County (mostly Bordentown, like I said, but also Mount Holly for a while), so I'm more familiar with Cinnaminson than anybody should ever have to be, yeah.

[Vega]

I suppose this is the right thread to brag once again that my hometown actually voted for Barbara Buono over Chris Christie last year, kinda like Massachusetts in 1972.

I mean, it's pretty Democratic these days, but it didn't used to be, so I was pleasantly surprised.

Neener neener.

What's your hometown? I want to see by how big a margin.

[traininthedistance]

I suppose this is the right thread to brag once again that my hometown actually voted for Barbara Buono over Chris Christie last year, kinda like Massachusetts in 1972.

I mean, it's pretty Democratic these days, but it didn't used to be, so I was pleasantly surprised.

Neener neener.

What's your hometown? I want to see by how big a margin.

Bloomfield, in Essex County.

[Vega]

I suppose this is the right thread to brag once again that my hometown actually voted for Barbara Buono over Chris Christie last year, kinda like Massachusetts in 1972.

I mean, it's pretty Democratic these days, but it didn't used to be, so I was pleasantly surprised.

Neener neener.

What's your hometown? I want to see by how big a margin.

Bloomfield, in Essex County.

Wow, 61.77% to 37.00%.

[traininthedistance]

I suppose this is the right thread to brag once again that my hometown actually voted for Barbara Buono over Chris Christie last year, kinda like Massachusetts in 1972.

I mean, it's pretty Democratic these days, but it didn't used to be, so I was pleasantly surprised.

Neener neener.

What's your hometown? I want to see by how big a margin.

Bloomfield, in Essex County.

Wow, 61.77% to 37.00%.

Wow!  I didn't realize it was that lopsided for the forces of good.  I feel like Obama only hit the mid-60s both times back home.  I guess where I grew up is one of those inner-ring old suburbs that is getting less and less white at a pretty fast clip, and the whites that are there are less and less conservative Italians and more young liberals that can't afford to live in neighboring Montclair... but damn that's a surprise that it was so resilient for the Dems.  With those numbers they ought to break 70% at the next Presidential.

[Vega]

You should be proud!

[King]

To be fair, it's all New Jersey.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Ridiculous thread is ridiculous.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

I suppose this is the right thread to brag once again that my hometown actually voted for Barbara Buono over Chris Christie last year, kinda like Massachusetts in 1972.

I mean, it's pretty Democratic these days, but it didn't used to be, so I was pleasantly surprised.

Neener neener.

What's your hometown? I want to see by how big a margin.

Bloomfield, in Essex County.

Once my service is up, I plan to relocate to Montclair.  It's pretty much just everything I'd ever want.  Close to NYC, ultra-liberal, college town, super diverse, nice coffee shops... etc.  

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Ridiculous thread is ridiculous.

Good, we need more of these amidst crap like "pop" and Hillary vs. whatever. 

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Ridiculous thread is ridiculous.

Good, we need more of these amidst crap like "pop" and Hillary vs. whatever. 

Well I'm not saying the entire forum isn't ridiculous, but the above examples you gave are made by people with mental illnesses. I'd held you to a higher standard than that. How about we all make threads complaining about whatever geographical division we're in and how awful it is? If you look at the global map, my country last voted for the major left-wing party in a presidential election. Obviously, as a right-winger and thus one of opposite political standing, my country is thus awful. Sure, you could counter by saying that you gave other examples of how your hometown is awful, but I could do the same for whatever random location I happen to be in.