My family moved to Atlanta in June of ‘64 the day I graduated from HS near Portland OR, while I was born and raised in Detroit I spent my HS years in the west, I had a front row seat to the integration of the Deep South, moving here was like moving to another planet. I have lived and worked from one end of this country to another. I live…
My family moved to Atlanta in June of ‘64 the day I graduated from HS near Portland OR, while I was born and raised in Detroit I spent my HS years in the west, I had a front row seat to the integration of the Deep South, moving here was like moving to another planet. I have lived and worked from one end of this country to another. I live in the South today because this is where my parents spent their last days, and I wanted to be near them as well as my extended family who for the most part live here. Georgia is changing, slowly but it is changing, a lot of that change is because of people like me that were raised elsewhere and now live here. Having a highly educated population, while it doesn’t guarantee evolution, has certainly helped Georgia become bluer. The mid-terms this fall and the general in 2 years are going to determine if we continue to have a country that we will want to live in. Stay tuned, it looks like it’s going to be close.
Same, Frank. Long before we moved here 9 months ago, to support divorced son and 3yo grandson, I read that Florida is divided into three parts - Lower Alabama, God’s Waiting Room (where we live) and Northern Havana. People in north Florida are going to be red for a while, and south Florida Hispanics have been told that Democrats are socialists.
Suzanne, there is one more part in Florida....the I-4 corridor which cuts across the State and includes East Central Florida. It is not the Villages, nor is it Havana North, but it IS almost 25% Hispanic/ Latino and growing. Someone else pointed you to Anna Eskamani, who is wonderful. And, of course, Val Demings is from Central Florida and running for US Senate against Marco Rubio. Lots to support here, despite the MAGA presence. Not much I can add to Selena's beautiful message except to say connect your energy to that which gives you hope; don't waste it on trying to change those who refuse to listen. You are not alone in Florida. We are out here and with you in spirit. Remember that when things get tough. You do have a tribe!!
My family moved to Atlanta in June of ‘64 the day I graduated from HS near Portland OR, while I was born and raised in Detroit I spent my HS years in the west, I had a front row seat to the integration of the Deep South, moving here was like moving to another planet. I have lived and worked from one end of this country to another. I live in the South today because this is where my parents spent their last days, and I wanted to be near them as well as my extended family who for the most part live here. Georgia is changing, slowly but it is changing, a lot of that change is because of people like me that were raised elsewhere and now live here. Having a highly educated population, while it doesn’t guarantee evolution, has certainly helped Georgia become bluer. The mid-terms this fall and the general in 2 years are going to determine if we continue to have a country that we will want to live in. Stay tuned, it looks like it’s going to be close.
Florida is a retirement magnet for North so I am surprised it has remained red. .
Same, Frank. Long before we moved here 9 months ago, to support divorced son and 3yo grandson, I read that Florida is divided into three parts - Lower Alabama, God’s Waiting Room (where we live) and Northern Havana. People in north Florida are going to be red for a while, and south Florida Hispanics have been told that Democrats are socialists.
Suzanne, there is one more part in Florida....the I-4 corridor which cuts across the State and includes East Central Florida. It is not the Villages, nor is it Havana North, but it IS almost 25% Hispanic/ Latino and growing. Someone else pointed you to Anna Eskamani, who is wonderful. And, of course, Val Demings is from Central Florida and running for US Senate against Marco Rubio. Lots to support here, despite the MAGA presence. Not much I can add to Selena's beautiful message except to say connect your energy to that which gives you hope; don't waste it on trying to change those who refuse to listen. You are not alone in Florida. We are out here and with you in spirit. Remember that when things get tough. You do have a tribe!!
I have 2 sisters and a brother in law who live in Florida and reliably vote blue.
Gerrymandering? Cheating ex-felons of their lawful right to vote? Seems fishy to me that the state is so red.