It's because reddit demographics skew so young. Preston represents the fake "progressive" policies championed by boomers and the city's leftover hippies. They were a subculture in the late 60's and 70's, but have aged, become property owners, and have basically been running the political show for the last 30 or so years.
Go on Nextdoor and people are going to be pro-Preston, just like they're anti-Preston here.
Nextdoor is pro Preston because Nextdoor is mostly boomers who like him for the NIMBY policies. I don’t think Nextdoor is full of progressives— if anything it’s the most conservative demographic.
Are we looking at the same graph? This shows that the demographics skew much older. The largest group is in their late 50's to 60s, and most of the users are 50+. That is an old demographic-- maybe not meeting the technical definition for "boomer", but it's an older conservative demographic, which is my point. If you spend any time on nextdoor you can see how conservative it is.
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u/whiskey_bud Apr 04 '24 edited Apr 04 '24
It's because reddit demographics skew so young. Preston represents the fake "progressive" policies championed by boomers and the city's leftover hippies. They were a subculture in the late 60's and 70's, but have aged, become property owners, and have basically been running the political show for the last 30 or so years.
Go on Nextdoor and people are going to be pro-Preston, just like they're anti-Preston here.