We've been on this here in Livingston County (Mike Rogers country)for over a year now. The local paper (owned by an Ann Arbor dem) hates us and anytime a dem sneezes, it's news. We're fighting through that with hard work, a quality county party, and quality candidates. This is a conservative area too which helps. Tons of flags, flag bumper stickers, and NRA stickers.
I'm proud to say I'm moving to very conservative exurban area next week.
One of my many lib neighbors in inner-city Minneapolis pretty much sneered at me when I told her where I was moving. "Ughhh! That's in exurbia. Who in their right mind could leave the city?," she asked.
I replied that I am pretty much 'right' minded as she and her cohorts already know . They made sure to point out the error of my ways when we moved here in 2000 and put up Bush/Cheney, Coleman and Pawlenty signs in our yard. I've felt the cold shoulder from most of them since then. It's been a long almost four years.
One of the first things I'm going to do after I move in is visit City Hall and register to vote at my new precinct. Whoo-hoo! Rock on exurbia!