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Farmer-Rick

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5. Yeah, but....

Reply to progressoid (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 6, 2024, 12:36 PM

Mar 2024

Liberals in red states can't just up and move anywhere. I could never afford to live in California or New York. Even the cost of living in most northern states is more than I could afford on my fixed income.

Yeah, I know my neighbors would get vicious if they knew I was an atheist, socialist, liberal. But to move would put me into poverty.

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