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siligut

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13. Salt Lake City UT and the gulf coast of Fla

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 03:06 PM

Aug 2012

Fla was pretty obvious, Stepford women and extreme RW politics, a bank and doctor on every corner. Go into a restaurant and get stared at. One waitress actually asked me why I chose to eat there, like I was up to something.

Salt Lake City took a while, but I don't ever want to go there again, I won't even fly Delta anymore because their hub is there. I would compare it to the borg, they try to assimilate you.

I have lived and traveled all over the US, and as I got older, I realized just how different the states were from each other and politics seems to play a large role in that.

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What was the weirdest part of the country, politically speaking, you have visited? [View all] NNN0LHI Aug 2012 OP

interesting grasswire Aug 2012 #1

They're actually beautiful. Brickbat Aug 2012 #4

The sand hills of Nebraska RKP5637 Aug 2012 #6

holy crap! Uneffinbelievable. Oh, wait... frogmarch Aug 2012 #11

Have you been to Lexington NE lately? kentuck Aug 2012 #15

No, haven't been. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #19

For me it'd be Phoenix Arizona. Initech Aug 2012 #2

Florida, driving from Orlando to Ft. Myers. Brickbat Aug 2012 #3

My trip from Orlando to the Panhandle was similar RockaFowler Aug 2012 #21

There was one town on the way from Orlando to the Cape Warpy Aug 2012 #52

For me driving across Arkansas. s-cubed Aug 2012 #5

I've noticed that, the more RW, the more the combination of RKP5637 Aug 2012 #8

Yup, Arkansas OutNow Aug 2012 #14

Texas panhandle. twizzler Aug 2012 #7

Me too. And OK cali Aug 2012 #47

Thank you for the welcome twizzler Aug 2012 #48

Welcome to DU Warpy Aug 2012 #53

The UP is a world unto itself. COLGATE4 Aug 2012 #9

Mississippi. It's like a whole different country, right out of the Twilight Zone JaneyVee Aug 2012 #10

I got lost driving through Mississippi with an ex-girlfriend, we stopped at a bar to ask Uncle Joe Aug 2012 #16

Gawd, the only sound more annoying than that "music" is Palin's voice. nt valerief Aug 2012 #32

That is great Uncle Joe !! kentuck Aug 2012 #35

that was great riverbendviewgal Aug 2012 #38

Wow!!! Simply WOW!!! n/r RKP5637 Aug 2012 #40

+1 Scuba Aug 2012 #44

I'm in the U.P. right now and usually sufrommich Aug 2012 #12

Back roads on the outside of Marquette - Edited NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #22

Salt Lake City UT and the gulf coast of Fla siligut Aug 2012 #13

I don't have the same impression of either place RZM Aug 2012 #23

Booger Hollow, AR reflection Aug 2012 #17

We have a Boogertown in Tennessee (an area near Dollywood). Fawke Em Aug 2012 #45

I want a pic of the town sign! xmas74 Aug 2012 #50

Colorado Springs, Colorado distantearlywarning Aug 2012 #18

I've been there several times on business. I didn't like Colorado Springs at all. There RKP5637 Aug 2012 #30

+1. I forgot about Colorado springs. Zorra Aug 2012 #33

Yip to this one Johonny Aug 2012 #41

A shame, too. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #58

some southern rural area where car radio went 100% religious on sunday Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #20

Southern Utah doohnibor Aug 2012 #24

SE Kentucky, I guess? kentuck Aug 2012 #25

I loved that story in your last paragraph!!! Great!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #54

Eureka Springs, AR KamaAina Aug 2012 #26

I never knew that about the UP! Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 #27

Neither did I xmas74 Aug 2012 #51

Approximately 200 feet outside of Mullinville, Kansas TlalocW Aug 2012 #28

The rural libertarian areas of NH were really interesting. aikoaiko Aug 2012 #29

Northern North Dakota, along US Rte 2. Zorra Aug 2012 #31

DC. The inhumanity on Capitol Hill is astounding. nt valerief Aug 2012 #34

Slab City, California? hunter Aug 2012 #36

I ventured off I-10 in Mississippi looking for gas ... OMG! Zen Democrat Aug 2012 #37

Oh, there are a couple of candidates for that honour...... PDJane Aug 2012 #39

Actually, it was in my home state Texas: Texasgal Aug 2012 #42

Some of the highlands in Maui nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #43

hate to admit it, but my hometown Orlando, FL.... steve2470 Aug 2012 #46

The Upper East Side. rug Aug 2012 #49

Yep, that's a bit scary IMO too! I've known people of wealth that RKP5637 Aug 2012 #56

I lived in Alamogordo, NM from the fall of 1968 until July 20, 1969 slackmaster Aug 2012 #55

Bolinas, CA ... they are liberal but they sure don't like Raine Aug 2012 #57

Yep. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #59

I know a place full of friendly small towns where neighbors help each other and welcome strangers libinnyandia Aug 2012 #60

I drove past a David Duke billboard in bfe Louisiana many moons ago NightWatcher Aug 2012 #61