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I think I will go with just having EK plant salal in her front yard (if she doesn’t already have it) and call it good.
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I have salal in the side yard, it takes over too much to have it in the front.
In the front & planting strip I have most of my non native plants. Heathers & blueberries & I have kinnickinnick & strawberries for ground cover instead of salal. Also sword ferns in the shade & cistus in the sun.</p>
<p>I do find it fascinating that of my current and high school friends, those who live in the suburbs tend to be conservative/ libertarian. ( I grew up in the burbs & both of my siblings, who are * much* more conservative than I am, also live in the suburbs)
Those in the cities and rural, tend to be liberal.
I think human contact influences that. In rural communities, you are dependent on your neighbors, and in cities, you come into contact with your neighbors almost everyday.
When we lived in the suburbs, we didnt feel the community we do now- although we also moved before our daughter was old enough for school & sports teams.
The friends I have who are big into hunting & fishing, also have tea party tendencies but they are very aware of environmental issues, not as much as hippies like myself who read “Diet for a small planet” in jr high, but they are getting there.
No climate deniers.</p>
<p>You’d think rural people everywhere would be more liberal and have more of the “it takes a village” mentality. Where I live that’s not the case at all. I think a lot of it is racism directed at the people in the cities who the country folk believe to be freeloaders (a perspective that is perpetuated by talk radio and politicians). Which is ironic considering all the farm subsidies they themselves get.</p>
<p>ek- small towns in the midwest are anything but liberal. Very conservative and often very religious. Sally305 is correct. I sometimes can’t believe what people around here say and they all assume that everyone has the same view. I don’t and I knew the survey was going to send me out of here!</p>
<p>I completed the quiz according to what I believe and then completed it in the opposite fashion (all disagrees turn to agrees). The number one result for everything that is against my beliefs is where I live right now. Not very surprising, but still a little funny. </p>
<p>^Haha, I did the opposite thing too. The results were interesting, because there were still about a third to a half of people who shared my views on various things. So my question is, what is the critical mass people need to be happy where they are and feel that there are like-minded people around them? I know someone who moved from our very progressive city to one that is far more conservative because of her husband’s job. She is highly creative and a sort of “out-there” person. Nevertheless she took the plunge and opened a business geared toward artsy people like herself. She has been very successful and built up a great network of customers and friends. What she has concluded, after a few years of being there, is that there are kindred spirits everywhere. There may not be as many of them in a small town as in a larger city, but they’re there.</p>
<p>I don’t know about the rural/liberal thing in our state. When I kept everything the same but chose ‘rural’ is placed me on a remote island near the Canadian border. Most of rural Washington is red,red, red except parts of the Olympic Peninsula.</p>
<p>Funny - it lists the place across the state that we fly into for lunch every month. Looks like I have known all along, but just have not moved there permanently. </p>
<p>Im thinking of actual people that I know that live on the the peninsula and in the Okanagan Valley that are pretty liberal.
Chelan however, not so much.</p>
<p>I wonder what makes those in rural areas more socially conservative?</p>
<p>And are actually producing something, which benefits other people, called food. </p>
<p>For the record, I am against subsidies and price supports, but they are the law and not taking them is not an option if your competitor is because there would be no way to compete, lest you decide to change businesses.</p>
<p>Somehow I knew before I started that I would end up with the largest city in my state; a place I don’t really care for because of the terrible layout and traffic. Sure enough, that was the case. However, I then changed states to where I want to live when I retire and got the “correct” city - Nashville.</p>
<p>Funny, it came up with Medina, Wa, for me. Not terribly far from where I live, but where I WOULD live if I had the money. It’s probably the wealthiest city in the state, and maybe I could get a one bed/one bath fixer there.</p>
<p>We used to live in Enatai, down the shore from Medina.
But if you were out walking, people pulled over with a concerned look and asked if you needed a ride.
I much prefer living by salt water than fresh, although it was fun rowing around Kelsey Creek.</p>
<p>If I put in the exact opposite of my true nature…I wind up where I grew up! If I answer correctly…I’m sent to Salina, CA. Hmm…not even remotely correct.</p>
it takes over too much to have it in the front.