Political Psychology of Exit

Has anyone ever felt like an outcast and if so, did you want to do your own thing or feel a part of the group?

• I almost always feel like an outcast no matter how social I can be I always feel that I am never truly accepted. I felt like this most as a child in middle school, where everyone had a friend group of two or three and I never seemed to really get along with anyone in the group.

Give an example of why rural and urban areas might have a disconnect in interests.

• I grew up in more of a rural environment where most of the kids I went to school with had large properties of land and all discussed the same things, like their parents powerful positions or the their influence in the communities. Sometimes they would discuss the changes happening in our town like people of different ethnicities moving in and how their primarily white town would manage. For my latino family living in this town is not easy there have been many trials and many experiences that where unpleasant or made us feel unwelcome in the town.

Calexit - Do you think “exiting” is the most realistic action in getting what you want?

• I think that exiting to more an urban area that had more diversity in cultural influences would be ideal, but not in anyway realistic at least in this economy. Affordable housing is scarce and as desperate as someone who be to find a place with similar political views is just inconceivable.

• At this pace of polarization/”exit” what do you think the political and social climate will look like within 10 years?
  I think that those who can afford to move are creating more diversity in political beliefs and ideas in areas that were dominant democratic or republican. I hope that this could create more of an exposure to the ideas of both sides.