How would Plainview from Diary of a Wimpy Kid vote?

[GregTheGreat657]

I'd guess it would be a Biden area, as it has a suburban feel and it is in a cold weather state

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

Mostly white exurban area getting roughly 60% trump vibes.

[Agonized-Statism]

The author based it on Plainville, Massachusetts, which IIRC voted Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020.

[Biden his time]

The author based it on Plainville, Massachusetts, which IIRC voted Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020.

When I was a kid and reading the books I always thought Greg lived in California.
Interesting to see where it's really based on

[Not Me, Us]

The author based it on Plainville, Massachusetts, which IIRC voted Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020.

When I was a kid and reading the books I always thought Greg lived in California.
Interesting to see where it's really based on

I always thought it was somewhere in the Midwest.

[支持核绿派 (Greens4Nuclear)]

The author based it on Plainville, Massachusetts, which IIRC voted Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020.

When I was a kid and reading the books I always thought Greg lived in California.
Interesting to see where it's really based on

I always thought it was somewhere in the Midwest.

I figured it was set in New Jersey, although I think the films were shot in BC (Canada)?

[jimrtex]

Plainview is in Texas just north of Lubbock. It is probably 75%+ Trump

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Never thought I'd see a thread related to Diary of a Wimpy Kid on this forum. Anyways, I'd say it's a tossup between Biden and Trump given how deranged Greg's neighborhood appears to be in the books.

[It’s so Joever]

Is it really a suburb? If so do we have any potential clues on how large the main city is?

[Hope For A New Era]

His town always seemed like somewhere in the Northeast to me (an 8-year-old in Missouri who has never been to the Northeast in his life even now 12 years later unless Washington DC counts), so I'm feeling pretty vindicated by the Massachusetts information.

I'd guess it's about 50/50 and hasn't really trended either way.

[GeorgeBFree]

Lean-R. I always thought the story took place in a Pittsburgh suburb.

[Non Swing Voter]

Wow you guys really need an IRL election to analyze...

[Builder Refused]

It might be inferred base on class sizes. It's definitely not a rural area granted how Greg's social life is. The entire book series has that middle school, high school social flux vibe. For instance me growing up in Fort Hunt there was a lot of shuffling so the elem mid and high school populations were very different. On the other hand, the fact that Greg knows some of his neighbors implies a slightly smaller town vibe. I also tended to assume that he drove into town, which is the same case here, but a day trip is less necessary, stuff is less 20 minutes away on average.
The this "two Dunkin Donuts, a Panera Bread, Chili's, Target, and a Lowe's" from Plainville's Wikipedia can found on like a 3 mile stretch of Richmond Highway and a bit of North Kings Highway.

[GregTheGreat657]

Is it really a suburb? If so do we have any potential clues on how large the main city is?

Based on the newest book that came out after this thread was made, it seems like the main city is large enough to have an NFL team

[It’s so Joever]

Is it really a suburb? If so do we have any potential clues on how large the main city is?

Based on the newest book that came out after this thread was made, it seems like the main city is large enough to have an NFL team

Ugh okay fine it can vote D...but that just sits weird with me.

[Roll Roons]

Is it really a suburb? If so do we have any potential clues on how large the main city is?

Based on the newest book that came out after this thread was made, it seems like the main city is large enough to have an NFL team

Ugh okay fine it can vote D...but that just sits weird with me.

Not necessarily. We know that the town regularly gets snow, likely eliminating Phoenix, Atlanta, Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa, Houston, Nashville, Vegas, LA, Dallas, Charlotte, NOLA and the Bay Area.

Pretty much every other metro area with an NFL team, aside from Boston and DC, has at least some suburbs that voted for Trump.

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

The author based it on Plainville, Massachusetts, which IIRC voted Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020.

I was a 6 year old Brazilian, so I had no idea where he lived.
When I was a kid and reading the books I always thought Greg lived in California.
Interesting to see where it's really based on