Moved from Oklahoma City to California. Never going back.
If you're religious, right-wing, and don't care about having outing options, then Oklahoma is the place for you.
If you're religious, right-wing, and don't care about having outing options, then Oklahoma is the place for you.
https://sports.yahoo.com/barbershop-owner-apologizes-says-no...
California is a lot more Red than you think.. I've seen tons of Confederate flags here (which doesn't even make sense).
I have family members who are openly gay and I know places in Northern California I would _never_ take them.
I also know of areas around the North along the coast where you can end up in a fist fight if you're an outsider especially from the Bay Area. That's less a red vs blue thing and more of a "I don't want outsiders in my town" vibe.
If you go where the tourists aren't going you'll encounter some interesting things.
I'm sure there are places like this in NorCal, as you attest, and I haven't encountered them because I go mostly to the places where tourists go (while I tend to avoid the most popular tourist destinations in the state, my travels have still been for camping purposes, which means the places I go to are not strangers to outsiders).
But the mere fact that I can live and travel in the state without encountering this kind of stuff is precisely the point. In Oklahoma, there is prejudice anywhere you go, even the towns and cities.
(In fact, the main group of people in Oklahoma whom I remember being inclusive towards me were actually rural / very-small-town farmers)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/opinion/kansas-laura-kell...