
So the “blue cities” thing really happened only in like 1990s, before then there was actually kinda a mix of red and blue cities!! A lot of it was because in the fallout of Reagan rural areas stagnated and cities transformed to less manufacturing, and more finance/texh/education, which pushed them more blue
I haven’t traveled to every city in America. People talk a bunch of nonsense on the internet. It’s interesting to see who’s from where and been where knowing what which cities actually produce. For instance: there’s a reviving market for clay/brick in the south east and coal cities/large towns may see a revival as well.