I’m asking because climate change is fucking my shit up, has made my hometown a ticking time bomb, and everything in Puerto Rico is just so fucking depressing. I can’t take living here any more. Sure, I don’t feel lonely living with my parents but this near yearly post traumatic stressor of hurricane season, combined with the brutal austerity measures enacted by the Junta de shit eaters (aka the great Satan) has made living here a burden as we are victim to the worst capitalism has to offer.
I can’t do the whole ‘stay to fight the great satan’ thing anymore. Nobody actually cares anymore about the privatization, the strangling of the public and education sectors. All the cool young proles have left the fucking island and all that remains are rich failsons and libs. There is no commitment to any cause, if people were actually committed to independence we’d have more Albizu Campos and Bhagat Singhs. I can’t do shit anyways because I’m an immigrant despite growing up here.
I think I’m ready to move to the States on a permanent basis and I might have flexibility choosing where i want to go. I don’t mean to give up but my personal life has taken a toll here as friends keep on leaving and thE diversity and amount of people I meet is so low.
about myself: i am nb, I am dark skinned, i don’t like racists and bigots be they chuds or libs. What’s a place I can go to where i can thrive in my personal life and as a leftist?
Chicago seems decent if you can handle the ridiculously cold winter months. That's where I plan on going in the next few years, because it isn't too different from where I currently live.
Chicago seems to have a bunch of hexbear liberals living in it though :kombucha-disgust:
As an unofficial Chicago ambassador to Hexbear, please believe me when I say people don't eat that on the reg here. It's for when your friends from out of town come visit and insist on deep dish.
The reality is, you can find any style of pizza at all here. Hell, just tonight I had a really great vegan chicken/bacon/cheddar/ranch pizza. I've got a slice in my hand right now.
So you’re saying that Chicago is like any other major city? Hmm suspicious
Deep dish pizza is good even if you have to consider it not pizza to cope with its existence, and I don't understand the hatred.
All pizzas are great. Neopolitan, Sicilian, American, Slavic-countries that crack an egg in the middle sometimes, thin crust, thick crust, shitty fast food, shitty local places, nicer local places, fancy places, wood fired, coal oven, I don't care.
Only exception is cheese on top of the toppings and Papa John's.
It’s good here. Leftist orgs and rent isn’t insane everywhere.
I think long term it’s one of the least fucked placed in North America
Literally all of my friends have moved to Chicago for different reasons over the past decade. It sure would be convenient to just make it the official city of hexbear so I could get all my visits done in one go.
All of the US is racist, but big cities in the north and the coasts are marginally less so. As a nonbinary person, you'll want to stick to larger metropolitan cities and states with trans friendly laws like California and Washington.
If you're concerned about climate change, the area around the great lakes is supposed to remain stable.
If you can get to Spain instead, that might be better. I think I remember something about there being a program where the Spanish government gave citizenship to Puerto Ricans, but I'm not positive.
The exception to the City = Slightly Less Racism rule is Boston
I've been up in New England for nigh on a decade and Boston is worse than Milwaukee, Chicago and Madison (the three cities where I have actually had any residence)
You get it from both angles, Lib and Chuds and the Boston libs are the libbiest libs that ever libbed just as the Chuds are the chuddiest Chuds that ever chudded
Gonna shamelessly repeat a joke someone on here told me not too long ago:
How do you get a Bostonian to say a hard R? Tell them a black family just moved in down the street.
Doctor, I have become Pagliacci, the teller of jokes
If you can get to Spain instead, that might be better. I think I remember something about there being a program where the Spanish government gave citizenship to Puerto Ricans, but I’m not positive.
I know. could call the embassy and find out whtether or not it applies to me but Spain seems awfully fashy no adays....
Schengen Zone means you can go basically anywhere across most of Europe if you have one country's citizenship.
Philly. Northeast US is most resilient to climate change. Philly is most affordable large city. Philly has a decent leftist scene and is culturally diverse.
Philadelphia is the only place in the us ive ever felt unnoticed, but also the only place where i've been objectified. In conclusion, philly is a land of contrasts, and the rocky run is legit.
Philly has cheesesteaks, and depending on whether :im-vegan: this may be a positive or a negative. Regardless, due to as yet inexplicable phenomena, it is the only place in the world that can correctly make a cheesesteak sandwhich.
If it's only 5 that's pretty low for a US city. New York averages 370. :amerikkka:
The Northeast US might be a good fit for you. New York in particular has a large Puerto Rican population and parts of Upstate are going to have the least issues with climate change. Rochester, Buffalo, and NYC are all your best bets. Maybe Albany. The other cities have a larger chud percentage and less diversity. Housing isn't awful if you know where to look but it can still be a challenge.
Puerto Rico is unfortunately only going to get worse from here as climate change increases. It's a bit of a miracle it's still standing even now. The hurricane has made me realize that my hometown is probably going to become uninhabitable by the end of the decade. It's difficult to leave behind something that's so familiar to you but I hope you're able to find a fresh start wherever you decide to go.
Hawaii is chill, and has the most revolutionary potential of anywhere in the existing US
but its also a neoliberal vacuum and super fucking expensive
I don't know how widespread the sentiment is, but all the native Hawaiians I see on Tiktok are very emphatic that they do not want anyone to move to Hawaii, vacation in Hawaii, or visit Hawaii, and would very much like all the white people, at least, to go away and never come back.
Oh that is delightfully true. Even if they aren't radical, they hate the occupiers.
The latter is the reason for the former. The misery of the proletariat directly correlates with revolutionary potential unfortunately. If you're too integrated and comfortable under the existing system, you don't want to fight and die to change it.
Havana because the US doesn't exist. It's "Mainland Cuba"
West Coast is pretty diverse and queer-friendly, at least in the big cities.
Pacific North West (Washington, Oregon) and NorCal (Northern California) are very green and have good public transportation. It rains a bit. Major cities are Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. Hilly.
SoCal (Southern California) has mild year-round weather near Los Angeles but it’s a desert. No good public transport either. You can look into San Diego, Orange County etc too.
Pretty much all of these cities are expensive but you can find cheap places if you look.
Be wary of punishing heat waves, apocalyptic fires, ecological collapse of ocean ecosystems, and Nazis.
In fairness to the West Coast the Nazi thing applies to most parts of America, which has a rich tradition of regional Nazi variations.
Oregon, though. Oregon has a lot of Nazis.
I moved to Oregon a couple of years ago, fucking hated it. I don't know which pissed me off more, the libs in Portland that have a very open disdain for the homeless, or the chuds that occupy everywhere outside of Portland.
I did finally meet the largest group of organized leftists I'd ever seen, but I was living alone and missed my friends and family I had to get out of there.
Eureka/Arcata is still a hidden gem, somehow. I guess the isolation keeps people away.
Yeah just ignore Crescent City. I've never seen more Confederate flags in one area and I currently reside in the South.
Crescent City is 1.5 hours away from Humboldt Bay. I don't think there's anywhere in the US that's NOT within 1.5 hours of a racist enclave.
According to an amalgam of climate change related studies propublica put together a few years ago, areas of Vermont are gonna be one of the safest and most stable areas in the US in the coming decades.
It's the only place in the country where the majority of rural people are liberal or progressive. It is also extremely white though.
It's been said, but I would be remiss if I didn't second Chicago.
Any major city in California has a leftist presence. I say this as a cis white person, but you will deal with less persecution than most other places in the US. LAPD and the LA sheriff's department are the main exceptions, other than the far-right rural areas. Although climate change will continue making things worse, you will never face a hurricane and your state government won't turn fascist
Also a perpetual housing crisis pretty much everywhere, that always seems at least a couple years more advanced than elsewhere in the country
But you know, if you can tolerate these things then it's unironically a wonderful place to live
Denver is fairly diverse, even though Colorado is like 80% white. Of course the most diverse parts are also the most heavily policed. Rent and food are pretty expensive, but not as bad as LA or NYC. There's some public transit but it's not that great. There's local chapters of DSA, PSL, CPUSA, Food Not Bombs, etc., and some of them do good work. The local music scene is pretty good, although covid killed some of the smaller venues.
I'm a straight cis white guy so I'm not fully aware of the levels of bigotry, but it seems to be on par with the average American city, maybe slightly less (unless you're dealing with cops).
I have family in the Great Lakes region and I might end up moving there when climate change turns Colorado into a full-on desert.
Minneapolis is bad for on the racism index but good on the queer acceptance index. CoL is... idk, moderate? Not as bad as some places, certainly. It's a smaller city but it does have a music scene, some anarchists, some punks. It's very hard to make friends with white Minnesotans. They're just not friendly people. There's a joke that goes something like "They've been my best friend for 13 years and I've never been in their house" but it's not a joke. You'll never get invited to dinner by white Minnesotans. You'll never meet their families. You'll never meet their other friend. You might, if you're lucky, get introduced to their spouse.
Another joke is (White) Minnesotans will give you directions to anywhere except their house.
Yet another is "How do you make friends with a (White) Minnesotan? That's easy! Go to kindergarten with them!" These are jokes that aren't funny because they accurately reflect how white Minnesotans behave. It took me 18 years to learn this. I regret ever moving to Minnesota.
Obligatory:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/v0xi5l/will_you_be_offered_food_when_you_are_a_guest/
Now remember which parts of Europe the Minnesotans are from.
I would argue that the UP is better, especially the Keewanaw Peninsula or Marquette because the lake makes the winters less brutal.
If you're worried about climate change the great lakes region and Vermont are supposed to be fairly unaffected. The west coast is going to be on fire and the Southwest will be hot. I would think Minneapolis/Twin cities would be a cool, same with Chicago and Burlington if you want a smaller city. Seattle would also be pretty good except for the fire. California is expensive as hell but it's a semi-functioning government if you have some money.
NYC and NJ would be fine, but I wasn't aware of OP's profession and the only job available in NYC is working in the podcast mines and I didn't know if they were down to wake up at noon, go to "the club", snort Adderall off of Fran Lebowitz, and record a podcast for 2 hours a week all for six figures. Sounds like hell to me. And the only job in NJ is taking the train in to the City to do the above, but for less notoriety.
Would your parents also be willing to move with you? NYC might (emphasis on might) work if you all move together and can all chip in for rent. And if you can get into public housing, which admittedly isn't the easiest thing in the world, it could actually work out great. I think its the only way I've been able to live in the city for much of my life as we've been in public housing for a long time.
I've looked into moving out on my own as my income has increased over the years, but rent increases feel like they far outstrip whatever gains I've made. If you plan on moving by yourself it wouldn't be viable unless you want to live with roommates. Its not for me personally.
