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Re:How Michigan grew its startup ecosystem by cobertos on Sunday November 14, 2021 @06:22AM (#29216611)
Isn't this an issue with most states though? Big metropolitan areas tend to lean liberal, rural areas tend to lean conservative, and every state has a similar distribution?

I've always contemplated moving out of MI to the west coast, but I've heard it's just the same sort of dynamic. So I just stick to metro Detroit, Flint, Ann Arbor, etc

Re:How Michigan grew its startup ecosystem by Arainach on Sunday November 14, 2021 @01:37PM (#29219345)
The Midwest is far more proud of it. Yes, it you go to Eastern Washington/Oregon or Northern California, voters are more conservative, but I've done road trips in the last couple years through all that territory and I can sit in a brewery or go to a hotel without having it all thrown in my face. In suburban Michigan the locals are proud of their bigotry in a manner I just don't encounter in blue states.

No one in Washington was overtly plotting to kidnap the governor. The Eastern counties hate Inside but they're not as maniacal.