Howdy.
Disclaimer: I'm not a Hoosier YET, but am striving to be. Would really appreciate any advice on where to make it happen.
Currently, we live in a very red county in a deep-blue state, where on our gun board (like this INGO) we refer to our condition as "battered gun owner syndrome", complete with mag bans, model restrictions, etc, and more and more restrictions down the line in our state assembly. (I cry a little when I see your pics of AK47s with standard capacity mags
After almost two years of COVID and other stuff, kids being out of school for two years, more closures and vaccine passports coming, our red oasis is not safe from the state policies. Mrs and I decided to pick up sticks and move to a more sane place.
We are normal middle-class people, friendly and laid-back, live-and-let-live kind, but take umbrage at others sticking nose in our business (hate HOAs with a passion). We like hiking, camping, taking kids to activities, BBQs and beer in the backyard, all the normal people things. I like shooting commie surplus when time allows. Mrs is a member of the local Well Armed Women, Lady Republicans, and a volunteer EMT. In our life we bounced between coasts, cities, suburbs, and countryside, whatever fit our needs at the time, gravitating towards more space and friendlier people. We are on the geekier side, highly value education, the standard kind -- reading, writing, math, science.
I found a decent job near Bloomington, and it looks like an OK place to be -- amenities, good schools, church, etc. But reading Reddit, people proudly claim it "the Portland of the Midwest", BLM murals, homeless camps and calls to defund the local police. Monroe county being one of the few counties in IN with mask mandate, and possibly coming vax passport, makes me wonder if I would be moving from a red island in a blue ocean to a blue place in a normal red state.
Is it just the Reddit effect, where the freaks have the loudest voice? Are there normal people in Bloomington? Could we find an accepting community there? Should we look at the neighboring counties?
Of the three places: south-east Bloomington, Ellettseville, and Bedford, where would you suggest we move? Basically I'm trying to avoid the trifecta of COVID restrictions, CRT, and LGBTQ indoctrination in school. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a good night
Disclaimer: I'm not a Hoosier YET, but am striving to be. Would really appreciate any advice on where to make it happen.
Currently, we live in a very red county in a deep-blue state, where on our gun board (like this INGO) we refer to our condition as "battered gun owner syndrome", complete with mag bans, model restrictions, etc, and more and more restrictions down the line in our state assembly. (I cry a little when I see your pics of AK47s with standard capacity mags
After almost two years of COVID and other stuff, kids being out of school for two years, more closures and vaccine passports coming, our red oasis is not safe from the state policies. Mrs and I decided to pick up sticks and move to a more sane place.
We are normal middle-class people, friendly and laid-back, live-and-let-live kind, but take umbrage at others sticking nose in our business (hate HOAs with a passion). We like hiking, camping, taking kids to activities, BBQs and beer in the backyard, all the normal people things. I like shooting commie surplus when time allows. Mrs is a member of the local Well Armed Women, Lady Republicans, and a volunteer EMT. In our life we bounced between coasts, cities, suburbs, and countryside, whatever fit our needs at the time, gravitating towards more space and friendlier people. We are on the geekier side, highly value education, the standard kind -- reading, writing, math, science.
I found a decent job near Bloomington, and it looks like an OK place to be -- amenities, good schools, church, etc. But reading Reddit, people proudly claim it "the Portland of the Midwest", BLM murals, homeless camps and calls to defund the local police. Monroe county being one of the few counties in IN with mask mandate, and possibly coming vax passport, makes me wonder if I would be moving from a red island in a blue ocean to a blue place in a normal red state.
Is it just the Reddit effect, where the freaks have the loudest voice? Are there normal people in Bloomington? Could we find an accepting community there? Should we look at the neighboring counties?
Of the three places: south-east Bloomington, Ellettseville, and Bedford, where would you suggest we move? Basically I'm trying to avoid the trifecta of COVID restrictions, CRT, and LGBTQ indoctrination in school. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a good night
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