[dljordan]

He said the same thing about Atlanta. I've just never seen Atlanta as conservative.

[Wallace T.]

The central cities of Atlanta and Dallas are liberal, but the surrounding counties, such as Gwinnett and Cobb in metro Atlanta and Collin, Denton, and (increasingly) Tarrant around Dallas are strongly Republican. Suburban Atlanta has been home to such conservative stalwarts as Larry McDonald, Newt Gingrich, and Bob Barr. Suburban Dallas was/is the home base of Dick Armey and Sam Johnson. It is to such counties, and Fort Bend and Galveston counties near Houston, Williamson County near Austin, etc. to which many people from the Rust Belt, the majority of whom are politically conservative, migrate.