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    7 months ago

    west virginia, mississippi, alabama, and louisiana are completely irredeemable, there is no reason to live there. probably idaho and now florida and texas too

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      7 months ago

      I don’t disagree with you, but for my own mental health, I have to. I’m stuck here for multiple reasons (for the foreseeable future, anyway), so I’m doing my best to push for positive changes. The biggest thing holding us back is voter apathy, so my focus has mostly been on getting people registered and to actually show up to vote (picture someone trying to herd cats).

      One recent thing that gave me some hope was the rejection of four state constitutional amendments last year. All four of them were pretty bad, and they were all rejected by the voters.

      In order for those to be on the ballot, they had to spell out the proposed changes rather than just put the magic “R” next to them. Given actual information to vote on, rather than a party, the majority came together to vote “no” on them.

      So that tells me there is hope, albeit slim, that most people here really do want positive things and will vote sanely if they’re actually informed.

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        West Virginia has some pretty angles, sure. But if you ever actually drive through it you will be shocked at how people literally just pile trash in their yard. And I don’t mean like the folksy old fridge and rusty car parts. I mean literal piles of garbage taking up a significant portion of every lot. It’s honestly jarring.