Life sucks, BRTD

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

[they don't love you like i love you]

I'd go to Kansas City if I was viewing this, and Jackson County voted for Hillary.

[dead0man]

ummmm....geographically speaking, most of America voted for Trump. It's not even a coincidence that this is happening, it's what would be expected.

[Santander]

ummmm....geographically speaking, most of America voted for Trump. It's not even a coincidence that this is happening, it's what would be expected.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Why is the Boston Globe interested in this aspect of the story??

[Mr. Morden]

So God is punishing "Real America" by blotting out the Sun for them?

[RINO Tom]

I think it'd be fun for someone with better geography knowledge than I have to come up with a weekly series of cool places BRTD will never be able to go, LOL.  One off the top of my head is 3 of the 5 counties Yellowstone National Park is in (and all 5 of these counties voted Republican for Senate the last time, so they're hardly "all liberal, all the time"):



Can't be goin' to Yosemite National Park, either, as all three counties voted for Trump:



Hope he never has to go to Phoenix, either:



All of the Gulf Shores is out, of course:



If he ever makes it up to Alaska, he better avoid Anchorage and make sure he just hangs out in the sticks:



If he makes it over to Wisconsin, better avoid Door County:



Just to be safe, BRTD, I'd probably just stay in your precinct.

[RFayette]

The more interesting question is, if we drew a straight line from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic coast, which trace would yield the highest % of counties that voted for Clinton?  My hunch is a diagonal from Southern California up to Maine's Southern coast, but I'm not 100% sure.  

[muon2]

The more interesting question is, if we drew a straight line from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic coast, which trace would yield the highest % of counties that voted for Clinton?  My hunch is a diagonal from Southern California up to Maine's Southern coast, but I'm not 100% sure.  

It depends on the map projection, but if I look at their map, I think that if you draw a line from Des Moines (Polk IA) to Cleveland (Cuyahoga OH) you can pass through a number of Clinton counties in eastern IA, IL, northern IN and OH. If I then project that to either coast it looks like it goes from near SF to NYC.

Edit: A great circle from SFO to JFK passes over the Clinton counties with Ames IA, Cedar Rapids IA, Chicago (4 counties in IL), South Bend IN, Toledo OH, Cleveland OH, and State College PA.

Edit 2: With Google Earth the great circle described above passes over the following 24 Clinton counties:
CA (7) San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Alpine, Mono
CO (1) Routt
IA (2) Story, Linn
IL (4) DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, Cook
OH (2) Lucas, Cuyahoga
PA (2) Centre, Monroe
NJ (3) Union, Essex, Hudson
NY (3) Kings, Queens, Nassau (by extension to the coast)

I'm sure there are lines that are slightly better, but this had easy start/stop points.

[they don't love you like i love you]

I think it'd be fun for someone with better geography knowledge than I have to come up with a weekly series of cool places BRTD will never be able to go, LOL.  One off the top of my head is 3 of the 5 counties Yellowstone National Park is in (and all 5 of these counties voted Republican for Senate the last time, so they're hardly "all liberal, all the time"):



Can't be goin' to Yosemite National Park, either, as all three counties voted for Trump:



Hope he never has to go to Phoenix, either:



All of the Gulf Shores is out, of course:



If he ever makes it up to Alaska, he better avoid Anchorage and make sure he just hangs out in the sticks:



If he makes it over to Wisconsin, better avoid Door County:



Just to be safe, BRTD, I'd probably just stay in your precinct.

Why would I want to go to those places? What is in them thatd appeal to me?

[RINO Tom]

^ Why wouldn't you?  Those places are beautiful and fun.

[Coraxion]

ummmm....geographically speaking, most of America's counties voted for Trump. It's not even a coincidence that this is happening, it's what would be expected.

FTFY

[RINO Tom]

ummmm....geographically speaking, most of America's counties voted for Trump. It's not even a coincidence that this is happening, it's what would be expected.

FTFY

I mean, given the context, he was clearly talking about most of [geographic] America voted for Trump.

[dead0man]

indeed

[they don't love you like i love you]

^ Why wouldn't you?  Those places are beautiful and fun.

They are unlikely to have the type of bars and clubs I go to, probably not any shows of my music, and not that many Ingress portals. The only exception is Phoenix but even for that there are better locations for all those things, even in the region. Also the weather is miserable.

[Mr. Reactionary]

We should just sell off all the National Parks since they dont feature emo* dance clubs. Maybe keep the Statue of Liberty because you can see her giant feet.





*I don't care whatever the Hell genre BRTD music is actually called.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Freedom Thread.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Beginning in, what, the 1970's, there was a growing body of literature coming out of, what, sociology, on how the decline of civics, involvement, and so on was a threat to the practice of democracy. Here we have it.

[they don't love you like i love you]

I'd go to Kansas City if I was viewing this, and Jackson County voted for Hillary.

THE GARDEN OF EDEN!

...according to a forgery created by a lunatic false prophet who founded a heretical religion of lies splintering from Christianity, yes.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'd go to Kansas City if I was viewing this, and Jackson County voted for Hillary.

THE GARDEN OF EDEN!

...according to a forgery created by a lunatic false prophet who founded a heretical religion of lies splintering from Christianity, yes.

Mormons are absurdly successful as a demographic. Maybe absurd lies aren't all bad?

[they don't love you like i love you]

I'd go to Kansas City if I was viewing this, and Jackson County voted for Hillary.

THE GARDEN OF EDEN!

...according to a forgery created by a lunatic false prophet who founded a heretical religion of lies splintering from Christianity, yes.

Mormons are absurdly successful as a demographic. Maybe absurd lies aren't all bad?

[Goldwater]

I'd go to Kansas City if I was viewing this, and Jackson County voted for Hillary.

THE GARDEN OF EDEN!

...according to a forgery created by a lunatic false prophet who founded a heretical religion of lies splintering from Christianity, yes.

Mormons are absurdly successful as a demographic. Maybe absurd lies aren't all bad?

Where's the dislike button when you need one?

[they don't love you like i love you]

I'd go to Kansas City if I was viewing this, and Jackson County voted for Hillary.

THE GARDEN OF EDEN!

...according to a forgery created by a lunatic false prophet who founded a heretical religion of lies splintering from Christianity, yes.

Mormons are absurdly successful as a demographic. Maybe absurd lies aren't all bad?

Where's the dislike button when you need one?

I was going to say I posted it on AAD too but I see you already disliked that post.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

^ Why wouldn't you?  Those places are beautiful and fun.

I'm sorry, but Phoenix is just a crappy ripoff of LA.

[Badger]

This is an insanely stupid thread, BUT....

I'll point out that the population centers of Portland, KC, STL, and Charleston probably outweigh, or at least come close population wise to the rest of these rural areas.