Why can't large urban areas be conservative?

[Virginiá]

Minorities won't vote for the GOP due to identity politics stoked by Democrats.  That's really the main thing

It's way more than that. Education and healthcare are pretty important too. African Americans / Hispanics like Obamacare, yet the GOP has made repealing it central to their campaigns for years now. Education is important to both groups as well, something the GOP has been cutting for years. Then you have things like the GOP's attempts to prevent minorities from voting, the anti-amnesty and so on. These things matter a lot.

I'm sure a lot of Republicans wish it was as simple as you put it, but it isn't.

[Virginiá]

Urban culture is unsustainable if hell breaks loose, just saying.

What does that mean, though, 'if hell breaks loose'? Zombie apocalypse? Nuclear winter?

[Virginiá]

Urban culture is unsustainable if hell breaks loose, just saying.

What does that mean, though, 'if hell breaks loose'? Zombie apocalypse? Nuclear winter?

Yeah, mainly. People living in urban environments can be trained to be self reliant. The Walking Dead TV show sort of plays a role.

I've always assumed metropolitan areas would be the first to go in such events. In a full nuclear exchange, assuming they were one of the few metro areas not directly targeted, they would tear each other apart through looting, starvation and crime in general. Others would leave the area but be somewhat helpless as most of them would probably not have any resources outside of the city.

For the sake of debate, in a zombie scenario, urban areas would also be decimated and the first to go. Too many people clustered together with no real time to react (depending on type of zombies!) and with the bulk having no general survival skills.

Cities/metro areas are only possible because of our modern support systems. If any/all of them break down, the cities fall apart.