I can not believe you said that. In Columbia we consider Greenville-Spartanburg as the reddest part of the state. In my experience, Columbia is the liberal capitol of the state. And I live in Columbia. And it really is blue.
I live in Columbia & yes, we have Starbucks & Mellow Mushroom & state govt workers in abundance, plus the University of South Carolina, but does that make Columbia a liberal bastion?
The Rant & Rave page of Free Times is full of liberal bile against Columbia & Nikki Haley but that’s about it.
I live eight blocks from downtown but have to admit Main Street is another world. There is a mosque on Gervais but our local muzzies tend to keep vewy vewy quiet.
Ever since Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day, I go to the one on Harden Street regularly but haven’t noticed any faggie protesters there.
I see lots of good looking chicks near U.S.C. but no identifiable liberals. I shop at Whole Foods wearing my Vietnam vet cap but nobody’s screamed “babykiller!” yet.
Asheville with its head shops, funky art galleries & third world eateries this ain’t. No aging hippies in Columbia either, near as I can tell.
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We live in Greenville area. Many here, are from other parts of the country and they are changing the dynamics and the color. It is not red and trending to purple, IMHO.
I can drive to the I-95 and I-20 intersection from my house in about ten minutes and a large percentage of those in this area who THINK they are rock solid conservativers actually will support far left political positions. Before I ever heard the name Obama I had people say things to me such as, “Now I am very conservative but...the government should give everyone free health care.” They actually think that makes sense.