Originally Posted by Chris1917 Hello,
I'm thinking of moving to Houston but I'm concerned about whether I will have a hard time finding like-minded men to date. I'm a liberal, non-religious 30 year old woman now living in Portland, Oregon. |
No worries! As closed-minded as Portland
might be, Houston is a melting pot of...lots of things. You'll be fine.
Originally Posted by Topaz OP, you'll have no problem - there are a lot of liberals in Houston. And to the person who said 'opposites attract,' the social science research is that couples w/ similar values report higher overall satisfaction and relationship longevity. |
Troof. I stopped, in regards to opposites, at male/female, masculine/feminine. I don't really want to date a chick who acts like and looks like 'one of the guys'. That might work in Boston, NYC, LA, et al...not with me.
Originally Posted by philopower Just so you know, citydata is full of close minded republicans from the burbs. They aren't an accurate representation of the Houston population. You will find a ton of liberals in Houston, we did vote blue after all. |
Exactly. Which is why Houston has had two homosexual mayors elected back-to-back.
Originally Posted by Chris1917 Also, I'm not a hippy or a crazy cat lady, but I am a feminist, believe in equal rights for all sexual orientations/genders, care about protecting the environment, care about helping the poor and not having a government that unfairly benefits the richest at the expense of people in the lower classes, belief in a clear separation of church and state. All of these are considered political beliefs. How can it not be important that one want to date someone who shares their core fundamental beliefs. Just thought I would expound on my last comment. I don't buy that whole opposites attract thing when it comes to dating. |
Great, great...yaddayaddayadda. Most people actually have enough common sense to believe likewise. Marriage isn't a right, for example, just like driving and voting are not, but I don't know many people who want to send gays or anyone else to a Saddam-like meat grinder, either. There is no such thing as separation of church and state, but there should be...as no doubt the present gubmint will look to punish those religious establishments who turn away gays who want to marry. You are also naive to believe that corporate elitism doesn't cross party lines. It's okay. Most folks realize that fact eventually.
Are you sure you are
really a liberal? Or is it just the catchy phrases that make you feel good?
Online-Girl Hamster Thread Basically, just don't look like one of these winners and you'd be fine.
Originally Posted by Truth713 Dispite certain poster on here Houston is a big city with a large core of both parties, hell even the inner loop areas go from liberal to conservate depending on the neighborhood.. |
Exactly. We just deal with common sense. We have better things to do than places like Washington state, where they can take six years to gender-neutralize their laws books.
Enjoy the change of pace, OP. Things actually get done here.
