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by Rebelgecko 2081 days ago
Affordable housing is an easy one-- look at a map of US housing costs, and make a decision about which areas are affordable [1]. Then look at a map of political party distribution. There is a strong correlation between affordable communities and Republican ones

It's also trivial to find examples of republican led cities/counties investing in public transit and green energy. Here's a twofer [2]

[1]: here's a map that takes COL into account although it's California only https://edsource.org/2019/interactive-map-where-teachers-fin... Here's a national map that compares the minimum hourly wage to rent a 2 bedroom house, it also let's you zoom in on a region- https://reports.nlihc.org/oor

[2]: https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicles/article/2111467...