I comment a lot on stories having to do with state governments and legislation or regions of the country. It got me wondering how many people I’m accidentally disparaging when I don’t mean everyone in said state or region is terrible. So… Please be as specific or obtuse as your privacy filter requires. I’ll start:
I’m in the Bay Area, specifically Oakland. Despite Bay Area hate from some posters, I think it’s great. How about you?
It’s fine. Boycotts will hopefully get the attention of the businesses and they will push, we are dependent on tourism money. So yes, stay away if you need to, it may help eventually. DeSantis is such a fool to push the culture war stuff - as I said in a different thread, I’m tempted to run for governor myself on a platform of Make Florida Freaky Again. We have a culture of circus folk and drag queens, it’s literally part of our heritage.
The state is gerrymandered to fuck, the legislature doesn’t represent us, as you can tell by all the constitutional amendments. But on the ground here, it’s still vibrant and diverse in my city and neighborhood, and there is so much I do like about this state, the actual land and creatures here, we have so many state and city and county parks, lots of public land.