Where your ideology says you should live

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/06/17/where-your-ideology-says-you-should-live/

by eplanit • 12 years ago

26 24 12 years ago

Interesting, and dead-on. The zip code it chose for me is the one that borders my current zip code to the west, and happens to be the same one the article's author mentions. #3 is the one I currently live in, and #4 is the last one I lived in.

also, in case anyone cares: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_(Seattle)

hga5• 12 years ago

Yeah. Tweaking "I prefer urban areas" (I like both), to "Agree" also go me within spitting distance of where I was born, raised, and have retired to.

GeoIP would not seem to be a strong component, for the "Don't Include" and "Disagree" options were a long ways away (both near the state capitol, in fact), although in my Purple state with two big cities there's really a lot of areas for everyone.

jwgur• 12 years ago

Small nit-pick: "Pro-gun" is not an ideology, it's a position that might flow from an ideology e.g. libertarianism, or might just be a stand-alone position.

hga5• 12 years ago

"Pro-gun" is an utterly reliable touchstone. Granted, it doesn't say if you're e.g. libertarian or paleoconservative, the two that are reliably pro-gun (I'm some of both), but it's a really really good marker.

Florin_Andrei• 12 years ago

What's a 'paleoconservative'? (just curious)

protomyth5• 12 years ago

I don't think I ever met anyone who was "pro-gun" but not about individual liberties.

ap222132• 12 years ago

Are there many people who are not about individual liberties? I mean that as an honest question.

yeldarb• 12 years ago

Population density alone isn't a great measure of how "urban" an area is.

I got Lester, IA which apparently has an off the charts population density of 464,912 people per square mile! Total population is only 294 though...

jaweegian• 12 years ago

Interesting. I got my current city as choice #2 for my state (Lookout Mountain, GA). My fiancee and I are considering moving to Greenville, which is my top result for SC.

IvyMike• 12 years ago

As far as I can tell, California & Democrat = live in San Francisco. If I say "non-urban" it puts me... outside of San Francisco.

georgemcbay• 12 years ago

Yeah, I got Inverness. My answers were the obvious liberal ones, except gun control which I'm not fanatical about in either direction, but I don't believe increased gun control is a real and practical solution to any problem we currently have as a country.

I think I'll be staying in San Diego, though; it skews fairly conservative for California but like most places you can find plenty of people with similar views to your own here if that's what you're after.

kokey• 12 years ago

I wonder if the data is accessible. What I'm interested in is testing my theory that people in urban areas are more pro-environment.

freshyill• 12 years ago

I got Takoma Park, MD. Looking at the stats, I guess the nickname, "The People's Republic of Takoma Park" is pretty much accurate.

The place I actually live was #3 on the list, so close enough I guess.

dice• 12 years ago

Great. According to this I should be living in Bolinas, CA where the cheapest house currently for sale is $1,249,000. I'll get right on that.

jordan0day• 12 years ago

This doesn't seem to weight the "prefer to live in urban areas" item very highly. It placed me in a town of 207.

rrbrambley• 12 years ago

I already live in the zip code it said I should ideally reside in. And #3 was my previous zip code. Hm.

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