They do tend to be in places like NYC so it is understandable! 
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āAmerica!ā Not much has changed since 1961 (see 3:50 
4:10). Although today there is less spontaneous dancing and singing.
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Itās that way in a lot of states. Austin is not like the rest of Texas, and thereās a reason Boulder gets called āthe bubbleā. Colorado has been slowly getting more progressive in a lot of regions, but weāve also got bastions of conservatism. Same goes for California.
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Ugh, aināt it the truth?
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It is always interesting to look at the contrast between urban and rural in the United States.
EDIT: Here is 2010 United States Census map of urban areas, for contrast.
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That looks rather offset. The blob thatās supposed to be Seattle is like 50+ miles south of where Seattle should be.
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Portland?
EDIT: Or the map is offset.
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But Portlandās the blob even further south. The blob Iām looking at is definitely still in Washington. It just looks like itās placed where Olympia should be. And Olympia, while the capital of my state, is definitely not its economic center.
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Oh, Utah.
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I wonder if the data is geographically averaged? Maybe that weird second blob near the Washington Oregon border is a combination of Vancouver Washington, Portland Oregon, and multiple other nearby Washington and Oregon towns/citiesā¦ ?
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That seems likely. When we still had that bigger version of the map (looks like it got resampled down) I saw a squiggle of orange that looked like it was supposed to be following the I-5 corridor toward Everett, which would make sense.
Just like SoCal, in Washington, we have a sort of mega-city along I-5. One town melts into the next. Sprawl. Iām sure it happens with all the urban centers.
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Found the big map again:
Iām referring to the little squiggle north of Washingtonās āSeattleā blob.
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Welcome to America
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The real #murica here.
Yup. The spot thatās āobviouslyā Chicago actually runs from Milwaukee, WI to the north through Gary, IN to the east. Three states, one metro area. And thatās small potatoes in comparison to the NYC and DC areas.
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soā¦ youāve never understood my avatar this whole time, huh?
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Weird that it says ATL when all your comments are BTL.
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Below the line? I guess thatās better than BTB. (Below the belt!)
@noahdjango ermā¦ uh, well about thatā¦ oh wait, whatās that behind you!?
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