Isn’t much of Grand Rapids pretty conservative? Or am I thinking of another city in MI? I thought I remembered knowing someone from GR who was a left-learning person and wanted to get away from the area.
The central city is very much a baby Seattle these days. Lots of hipsters, NPR yuppies, and most yards have Bernie Sanders signs, not to mention we are being flooded with wealthy liberal Chicago transplants.
However the entire suburban/rural area surrounding it is as conservative as Utah. Most of west Michigan is that way, so that’s what lefties here complain about.