Look at the 2008 presidential electoral map, all the major cities and megalopolises went for the most liberal candidates. There is a reason. The majority of the people who live there have lost touch with the earth that sustains them. How many have seen a hog butchered or calf born or a hawk catch a squirrel? How many drink milk and never give a thought on how that gallon of milk got to their local store. We are butting heads against a large group of people who has lost touch with God the Creator, with the soil that feeds us and with fellow humans, all the time thinking that it will be humans (man/government) who can fix all the problems of our society. Just one man can, Jesus Christ.
Believe (Romans 10:9,10) then see.
It may sound hippie-ish but there is a stark beauty in silence. Step outside at 3 AM in a heavy snowfall and its so quiet you can literally hear the snow fallin on the ground.
I wonder how many city slickers have stood on a lake under the moonlight of a bitterly cold night and listened to the booming and singing of the ice. Pure awesomeness.