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magnoliabluebonnet t1_j11o4te wrote

Nope, quite the opposite actually. Having actually lived in areas controlled by Republicans, I’ll take the flaws of DC and any other Dem run city over a Republican one any day.

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ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11oe6e wrote

People love to complain about DC, but seriously move to a red state or any rural area. You will see DC does ok.

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magnoliabluebonnet t1_j11p124 wrote

Yeah like I’m not denying that DC has its problems but I don’t see how Republicans controlling the city would make these problems any better. If anything they’d just make every issue we have worse. They don’t even believe in having a functioning government and services.

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swantonsoup t1_j11r559 wrote

I dont think the city would be better if controlled by Republicans. Maybe my issues stem from how hard it is to have a conversation with the other side around here (this thread an example?). Just the overwhelming majority and silencing of the other side has pushed me in that direction.

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ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11t2sy wrote

How are you being silenced? If you are asking for validation on beliefs that mean people aren’t treated like human beings then there is no conversion, your wrong for doing that. If you want to have a conversation on crime then present an idea that hasn’t been proven to fail.

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CriticalStrawberry t1_j11ud58 wrote

Who is silencing you besides yourself? You deleted your own post when you got comments that didn't validate your beliefs. A debate where both sides agree is petty boring and unhelpful.

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swantonsoup t1_j26bouh wrote

Yeah, there just isnt a point. This area is so narrow minded, its frustrating. There's no diversity, everyone believes the same stuff. There's no "I dont think I agree with you but why do you feel that?"

I move here being center-left and now I feel like I'm center-right and look how this sub responds.

Its just not worth arguing.

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magnoliabluebonnet t1_j11v5m7 wrote

I mean what conversation is there even to be had at this point? It seems like every talking point has been exhausted. I don't personally have all the answers, I don't know what the best thing to do is. I think we can certainly do better than the status quo but I'm particularly unconvinced that we can incarcerate our way into less crime. Ultimately from my perspective as someone who has been a victim of crime, I don't want their lives ruined over it but I also don't want them to do it or any other crimes again and I don't know what the solution is, but I don't think locking them up for the next 20 years solves the issue either.

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swantonsoup t1_j11p23u wrote

I think people complain about WMATA entirely too much. My favorite thing about this city is how easy it is to get around without a car. I take a bus every day and think its a very well run system.

But I do think the crime and the impunity needs to be talked about as much, if not more, than it is.

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ColonialTransitFan95 t1_j11pi1f wrote

Then you definitely don’t want to move to red state, public transit is a four letter word there.

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swantonsoup t1_j11osf7 wrote

What areas? Maybe this is more of just an issue of not wanting to be on the extremes. I can definitely see myself being frustrated with the right if I lived in South Carolina or Alabama or any of the deep red states.

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magnoliabluebonnet t1_j11qm96 wrote

Texas and Louisiana. Absolute disasters. Texas is especially a facade of what people think is being run well because people are moving there because it’s “cheap” (hardly anymore) and Louisiana is a disaster in every aspect.

Majority of my family lives in the Deep South (Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama). They’re beautiful states that have been actively destroyed, probably beyond repair, by the Republican governments. DC is good and can and should be a lot better, and there’s at least hope that it actually can improve in the way that it needs to. Republicans don’t believe government should exist let alone exist to improve anyone’s lives and they’ll continue to make every red state worse than it was when the last person left. The only reason why Hogan couldn’t do more damage in Maryland (though he was actively hostile to Baltimore — which is a place that is actually run poorly) is because he was constrained by the Dem supermajority in the legislature and Youngkin is similarly constrained by not having a majority in both chambers in VA either.

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