I live in Idaho, a state known for being conservative. Ever since the Covid panic, our state has been overrun by people from liberal states who were looking for a less tyrannical state government. Many of these newcomers bring their liberal ideas and city lifestyles along to our rural areas, and mess up the way of life we oldtimers once enjoyed. I was aware such a stereotype existed, ever since we moved here over 25 years ago. But I hadn't personally encountered that kind of stereotypical people until just a few years ago, when a family from a certain liberal state moved in across the road from us. Perhaps it can't all be blamed on the state they left. Some of it may be signs of the times, of their particular generation, of what society has become. But they have an air of entitlement about them, an attitude of "I'll do what I want and if you don't like it, too bad." They didn't take the time to get the feel of our quiet neighborhood; they just barged in with their noisy ways and expected the rest of us to put up with it. They have toned down their lives a little over the few years they've been here, and it's not as bad as it was. Maybe they are finally catching on.
I think it has more to do with where they are from rather than their political stance. We have both parties moving here, and the one thing they all say is, this is how we did it up north. And they want to change the way we have always done them. I tell them if it was so great up there, why are you here?
Yes, that's a really good point!
I can relate. I think it happens everywhere.
Here in Venezuela it's kind of the opposite. City people complain that country people are noisy and have a hard time adapting to city norms and urban rules. It is true for the most part. I think it comes down to upbringing.
I grew up in a small town with parents who hated noise and were very strict about respecting other people's spaces.
When I moved to cities, I never had a complaint from any neighbor, but I witnessed (and still do) plenty of incidentes caused by people's inability or unwillingness to adapt to other cultures.
A few days ago, I read a news about a Venezuelan woman in Chile who was killed by one of her neighbor because they got angry about her noisy Father's Day celebration.
Oh my! That does seem rather extreme! I, too, was raised to respect other people's spaces. We always lived in the country, where that should be easier to do.
Bloody blow-ins! I was one of them 5 years ago when I moved from the city into the deep countryside. I made sure to leave my city ways behind me though and even embraced the local dialect:) I couldn't understand a word they were saying when I arrived.
You were quite brave to make a move like that, especially when you couldn't understand the dialect. I am sure your neighbors appreciated you leaving the city ways behind you.