naturalnews | There is a very good reason why people who live in cities tend to be
liberal while those who live in rural areas tend to be conservative. In a
city, the existence of nearby neighbors, the shared dependence on
infrastructure and the close proximity of police stations automatically
lends itself to a socialist mindset. On issues like guns, city people
seem to be unable to imagine why anyone would "need" a rifle, for
example, and because all guns scare them, they would prefer to force
everyone across the country to turn them all in.
People who live
in rural areas, in great contrast, have every reason to be more
conservative and independent. Their local sheriff might be 30 minutes
away in an emergency, meaning that self protection is truly up to you
and can't simply be delegated to someone else. Self-reliance means
survival. In rural living, firearms are absolutely necessary tools to
protect your animals from predators, eliminate varmints that are
destroying your garden, and provide real security for legitimate threats
to your safety. People who live in cities tend not to be able to
understand these things because they can't imagine country life.
Because
cities pack so many people in such a small space, there is a
commonsense basis for lots of little laws and regulations on things like
noise, littering and even your car's emissions. After all, one
incredibly noisy person living in an apartment can prevent a hundred
people from getting to sleep, so noise ordinances make sense where people live in close proximity.
Out
in the country, where the nearest house might be a quarter-mile away,
noise ordinances make no sense. Regulations on every little detail of
the lives of the people simply don't fly.
FACT: Today, about 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities.
