Used to think the same thing until recently.
We have more friends than we think. We’re just quieter than the opposition, I suppose. And we live out in the country areas, not so much down town.
I think it’s the school district that makes us (at least me and my family) think that way. Being a semi-recent product of the Ringgold School District, I felt very, very lonely for most of the high school days.
Though the corrupt Murtha has been in office over 35 years there’s still a lot of good people in the 12th District. Over 40% voted for Bill Russell last year and he’d just moved into the district.