People Who’ve Lived In Red And Blue-Leaning States Are Sharing The Absolutely Wild Differences

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“I grew up in a blue state but was an economics professor in Appalachia. I then moved to DC and later to NYC. A big difference I noticed was that you encounter many more veterans and active military personnel in scarlet red counties. Another big difference is that underemployment is common in navy blue counties. In the red areas, people would graduate high school and work at Walmart, a restaurant, a police station, a university, or do manual labor, etc. Others would enlist in the military and serve long enough to receive a pension.”

“Then, they would return to the red county and work at a job that required only a high school diploma at most. I have met many highly educated baristas, janitors, Uber drivers, bartenders, and more in NYC and DC. I once had an Uber driver who held a JD and passed the bar exam; I met a cashier who completed a PhD in art history while living in NYC, and several of my classmates from my state school worked in retail for their careers.”

—shinysun65