So you'd want to live in one of the most racist places in the U.S. just because it gets less snow.
Yes. I mean, as horrible as it sounds, I know weather is going make much more of a difference to my personal comfort than people's racial opinions will.
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As a Mexican-American, I wouldn't be welcome in Forsyth County. I wouldn't mind living in a sprawly mess nearby LA or Austin that routinely votes for Republicans but I'd rather emigrate to Mexico than live in a Southern suburb.
edit: in Goldwater's defense, Midwestern winters are terrible. If I was forced to decide between a trendy neighborhood in Minneapolis and a suburban cul-de-sac in Colorado Springs, I'd consider living in Colorado Springs.