"Of the most liberal cities, Detroit heads up the list with 93.96% of voters casting votes for
liberal candidates in the 2004 presidential election, followed by Gary, Indiana with 93.08% of
the voting going to liberal presidential candidates, and Berkeley, California in third with a
92.76% total for liberals. Other cities in the top twenty five in descending order are the
following: the District of Columbia; Oakland, CA; Inglewood, CA; Newark, NJ; Cambridge,
MA; San Francisco, CA; Flint, MI; Cleveland, OH; Hartford, CT; Paterson, NJ; Baltimore, MD;
New Haven, CT; Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Birmingham, AL; St. Louis, MO;
New York, NY; Providence, RI; Minneapolis, MN; Boston, MA; and Buffalo, NY.
Provo, UT heads up the top twenty-five conservative cities with 86% of the vote going to
conservative presidential candidates in 2004, followed by Lubbock, TX at 74.81% conservative
support, and Abilene, TX in third with 72.80% of its voters choosing conservative candidates.
The remaining cities in the top twenty-five in descending order are: Hialeah, FL; Plano, TX;
Colorado Springs, CO; Gilbert, AZ; Bakersfield, CA; Lafayette, LA; Orange, CA; Escondido,
CA; Allentown, PA; Mesa, AZ; Arlington, TX; Peoria, AZ; Cape Coral, FL; Garden Grove, CA;
Simi Valley, CA; Corona, CA; Clearwater, FL; West Valley City, UT; Oklahoma City, OK;
Overland Park, KS; Anchorage, AK; and Huntington Beach, CA."
You said Asheville, that was going to be my suggestion. I like where I live in Falls Church, but way too much traffic. When I visited Colorado I thought Denver was like Austin in Texas. You can find what other parts of the world use "Texas" as a slang term for now to understand that context.
I was going to say Portland Oregon as well. I would avoid the Southwest and southern California not for political reasons but for livability. They are in a big drought.
Good luck, watching to see where you land and what you think of where ever that may be. :)
