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[–] cwdoogie ago 

I live in what could possibly be considered the most outspoken conservative state in the union. Except, I like the dirty progressive stronghold of the state. Politically, the people here are contrarian to the often Republican state administrations maybe just for sake of being contrarian. There was a "teach men not to rape" seminar held in the student union at my college this semester (and of course, my tuition helped fund it). There's a large immigrant population from across the ponds, but the biggest group are the Mexicans. Seriously, more than there are of any other group. Now, these enlightened college students (who just have a fundamental understanding of the world that is lost on the rest of us) whine and complain and make petitions and try to get Mexican students in-state tuition at the school. What really gets my blood boiling is that I have been denied from 2 programs because I'm a white guy. Beyond employment, I have not had nearly the same amount of opportunities for academic funding as other people have just by virtue of the color of the family they were born into.

And to give you a few more little details about this "charming" city: * The school districts have been consolidating due to lack of money; there are only about 4 left in the entire metro area, with roughly 1 million inhabitants. They've served free lunches and breakfasts (I see it on their billboards) since the dawn of man. My friend is going to school to become a teacher and she said that kindergarten classes regularly have class sizes of 50. The limit is 25, and they are taught by a permanent sub. A handful of the elementary schools teach in spanish, too. They don't put money into roads. Just sort of like driving in a war zone. I hear gunshots at night when I'm studying maybe once a month, early morning.

I kind of went on a tangent there, but I hope that (somewhat) answered your question