The end of my red state tourism
There was a time, not long ago, when I’d go spend money in Florida, Tennessee, and even Texas. Not anymore. Fuck those places.
Who knows if losing out on my measly tourist dollars will be felt by those places. I doubt it. But this isn’t about me joining some boycott, its just about having a little situational awareness.
Gov. RON DESANTIS on Monday signed into law a bill that lets people carry guns without a permit and without any training.
John Velleco, executive vice president of Gun Owners of America, said the governor signed the bill Monday morning in the Capitol, in front of a group of about 20 people.
The bill, which will take effect on July 1, has faced attacks on both sides of the gun debate. People from gun safety advocacy groups have said allowing people to carryconcealed gunsin public without training, and removing an additional background check, will make the public less safe.
I agree 100%. Plenty of other things to do.
Twenty years ago we toured half a dozen states, mostly red, in search of a house or land. We failed and realized that for us Delaware was a good as it gets, much of it due to my location. Have extended that to will not deal with businesses in red states. This is war, slow motion or not.
Looks too dangerous to travel to Florida today, and the foreseeable future…
On a per capita basis, most red-state cities are more dangerous than New York, which red-state pants-pissers think is a dangerous hellhole.
The bloggers on this site are broke. No one will miss your splurge on Applebees. You prob fly Spirit and coach.
I usually fly French Bee to my apartment in Paris. You, meanwhile, drink piss.
I flew to Ireland first class for 3 weeks, first class and spent 3 weeks in great places and ate in top restaurants. Going back for 9 weeks in September, broke your ass;).
Outer Banks too. NC Dem just switched parties for a veto-proof R majority:
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article273956915.html
Dang. That one hurts.
Heres the thing with coastal cities and towns. you can’t consider them part of the state they are in. Miami is not Florida. Rehoboth isn’t Sussex co. Isle of Palms isnt South Carolina. OBX isnt NC. Coastal areas are completely independent of their states and most the time go against what their statewide leaders want.
Yet their taxes fund the states. Their guns laws don’t differ so you’re in just as much danger.
I haven’t been in a red state in years, and don’t anticipate ever being in one again.
my sister who lives in New Orleans is still subject to Louisiana’s repressive laws against women.
On it’s cultural face, you may be right…. but when the fascists decide to crack down, these blue jewels like New Orleans, Austin, or Asheville wont have anything to prevent it.
There was a movement a few years ago to swamp some of the red states with blue voters (Montana was one of the potential targets, I think) to flip it. I’d love to see something like that happen. I’d almost be down for making it Louisiana. Only one Delaware would have to move there. 🙂