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Lisa J. Miller's avatar

Thank you Sam. Maybe Facebook will let me post this in my NastyWomen group. I'm sure going to try. They keep shutting down everything else on Project2025. Grrrrr.

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Carol's avatar

Thank you, Sam. In 2021, we moved into a 55+ community - when bidding wars were driving up housing prices $25K every 15 minutes. Relieved to have a roof over our heads, we soon discovered that we had thrust ourselves into a community of hardened Republicans, retired military, and Trumpist Catholics.

Unknown to us at the time, the management of this very large, 750-unit community association” had already imposed a “gag order” against any political conversation or fact-posts on its website. Passing conversations with neighbors has revealed, without exception, distrust of Covid vaccines and contempt for immigrants. The mere mention of the horrific fires in California or devastating hurricanes in Florida is met with absolute silence, as if alluding to climate change might get you reported to the community authorities. FOX News plays 24/7 in the community center. Public prayers before a coffee and pastry is expected. In our mid-70s now, we face selling and moving once again. We have no way to reach the retirees here, the very people who need the facts the most. Just sharing with you and your readers a stark reality check from Richmond, Virginia. Housing prices have risen so dramatically in our market since our purchase in 2021, we are considering moving to France for some peace, depending on Macron’s standing in todays’s election.

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