I should add that in days of old before the blacks had moved north from the south, northern non-Irish filled cities were Republican.
anonymity in a crowd & acceptance among similar deviants...
the lunatic fringe are the overall minority yet a congregated majority
The real questions are:
Why did all the conservatives leave the cities? Simply to get away from the liberals. To get away from their rudeness and taxing government.
And, why didn't the liberals follow them? It is more expensive to live out side the cities, and the parasites cannot follow their hosts easily.
uh, black.
No offense is meant here, just answering the question.
Urban areas are where all the Social Services are centralized......the base of the Democratic (Socialist / Communist) party.
Having lived, for years, in a rural area.....yet worked across the country in urban areas, it is my opinion that it can be summed up in one phrase.
Urban voters suffer from a type of faux-intellectual elitism.
And that translates into a type of "bleeding" for every type of "cause" they can create. They view themselves as "victims" on every level. And thus if THEY are victims, then of course everyone around them in their urban bubble, is a victim too. And if you view yourself as a victim...you want everyone to make it "all better" for you. In order to make it all better for you.....you have to make it "all better" for everyone else.
I see it as a self-perpetuating cycle of mutual victimhood that feeds on itself.
Put another way, those of us in the red zone are the wagon pullers, and the blue zone denizens are the ones riding in the wagon. Oh yeah, and the guilt ridden 2nd & 3rd generation wagon owners, who are also blue, live in palaces in the blue zone, ruling over their parasite sheep-like subjects.
Cities contain greater concentrations of "the entitled" who are bought off by the rats entitlement programs.
Rural = self reliance, individualism, private property, broader experience, common sense
Urban = crowd thinking, gang mentality (us vs. them), survival instincts, community property, fight for yourself because nobody else cares
Rural folks either do live closer to the land or still have a perspective and mentality that comes from living close to the land.
Another way of saying that is--rural people are more likely to be more personally responsible for their choices, actions and associated consequences.
Even research has demonstrated conclusively that when responsibility is diffused, many people become irresponsible. I believe that dependency is also maximized amidst masses of people.
Certainly the DIMRATS are gods of the irresponsible and the dependent.
. . . and those traits are major seduction tools of satan. And satan spawn like Shrillery and SKerry are gifted at using such in the best demonized Machiavellian form.
High concentrations of minorities, colleges with mush headed students, the blatantly liberal teachers, and then there are the unions.
The 19th century brought the shift from an agrarian economy to an industrial economy. In this shift, people massed in cities that provided easy access to labor, skills, resources and markets that drove the industrial economy. The influx of people to cities in search of jobs required the creation of large quantities of new housing. The vast majority of this housing was built at the turn of the last century and used lead-based paint. Quite simply, many children growing up in cities grew up eating lead-based paint when they were teething. Additionally, the industries in the urban centers produced toxic waste and pollution. The combination of lead-based paint, toxic waste and pollution lead to a vast proportion of urban populations being brain damaged.
The fresh air clears the mind and purifies the soul....a COUNTRY KID!!!!!
In the city, there are so many people it's easier to hide. Self-reliance and honesty are not required for survival when theft provides a viable alternative. Temptations abound. The very values espoused by the agrarian posit a barrier to such fleshly pleasures. Many of the consequences lead to despair.
God's creation mandate to man was this: be fruitful and multiply, and rule and subdue the earth. Farmers are more in obedience to this command. Moreover, many of the problems that lead to false assumptions of overpopulation (and therefore create false demands for birth control and abortion). Such would not be the case at urban levels in an agrarian society.
One factor is narcissism.
It's hard to be a narcissist in a rural area. Sure, there are some, but it's difficult to maintain. The backbone of the economy in rural areas tends to be the land, in one way or another. It may be farming, forestry, mining, or tourism, but the land is generally the commodity that sustains people.
If one has a belief in one's own superiority, it's difficult to work on the land. The land is humbling. A farmer can't say "with my genius, I can insure that this land will have the greatest yield it's ever had!" In general, a farmer has to use time-tested techniques to the best of his ability and hope for the best.
Someone running a resort by a natural wonder can't wake up and say "I'd like to do a deconstructionist theme this week" and hope to attract tourists. The resort owner knows that people are coming primaily to see the natural wonder, and all he can do is cater to their needs as best as possible.
Urban environments have room for narcissism. Perhaps someone wakes up with a belief that their personal vision in art or religion or policy is the best for the world. Because of the increased contact with people, the narcissist can sustain himself by convincing a small percentage of people he meets to buy into his vision.
Now, what does this have to do with politics? Conservativism is repugnant to narcissists. The conservative philosophy does not require an elite group. The emphasis is on the limitations to what humans can do. Experts can't decide prices as well as the marketplace, for example.
Likewise, liberalism attracts narcissism. Liberals believe people can change the world and that "experts" can do things that people can't do on their own.
Thus, narcissistic people tend to seek the cities and those with some humility will tend to seek the country. Millions of people living in the cities once lived in the country, and vice versa.