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Comment by jdlyga | Hacker News Reader

Makes me glad I live in New York and not Silicon Valley.

Honest question: How does New York compare on this spectrum? I had the impression that the political atmosphere there is very similar to California. I loved New York City when I visited, so I’m very curious to learn more about it from this perspective.

If you don’t feel safe talking about it publicly, feel free to email me (you can track it down via my account). I wish I didn’t have to say that last sentence, but this is the USA we live in right now.

Not really. If you think that way, you just move to Staten Island [1]

1: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/election_day_20...

Not sure about California as a whole state, but NYC is liberal aside from Staten Island. And the rest of the state is red, aside from few cities.

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york

In NYC, coming out as a Trump supporter is a cardinal sin that will lose you friends.

In my first month in NYC I was yelled at by someone I'd met in a bar because I didn't do enough to stop my mother from voting for Trump. [0]

[0] My mother didn't actually vote for Trump, but this woman got the impression that she had and was appalled that I hadn't done more to stop her.

You are also apparently being downvoted for daring to mention that you were yelled at for your mother voting for Trump when she didn't. The communication shut-down knows no bounds anymore.

New Yorkers have been dealing with Trump’s bullshit for far longer than the rest of us.

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