Anonymous #1 23h

Like there are soooo many school boards that are full of batshit insane people and that’s because people don’t pay attention to those elections and a tiny number of people vote. So some crazy megachurch will back one candidate and then they win and try to make Jesus Day in school or ban books with gay characters.

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Anonymous #1 23h

"Voting does matter you can change the local school board" Nigga that does not affect me

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Anonymous OP 23h

Does it? If the school board gets in a lawsuit over putting up some Jesus stuff, and they lose, then they need to foot the bill. And then your local tax dollars will be going to paying off legal fees instead of improving roads. The quality of education will impact the economic future of graduates, which will impact whether your community has higher unemployment rates, crime rates, gang violence, whether money is coming into your community or leaving it.

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Anonymous #1 23h

Sounds like that'd lead people to move away, and property prices to go down. Fine with it.

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Anonymous #1 23h

Your city council or county board has a massive impact on your day to day life. They determine zoning. Do you want a data center in your back yard? Are you for or against high-density zoning or mixed use housing. Do you want a new shopping mall? Do you want more bike lanes? Do you want access to local city and county parks for recreation? How much or how little are you being taxed? Do local roads need repaired?

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Anonymous #1 23h

There's literally no zoning laws where I am

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Anonymous #1 23h

All those things are fine the way they are too

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Anonymous OP 23h

Not everybody lives where you do. People moving away might be good for you to a degree. But there’s a limit. If you’re ever driving through South Carolina you might see Bamberg. Bamberg used to have a thriving downtown, until the local government widened the highway. Downtown became inaccessible, nearly all the businesses closed. Unemployment increased, the population is shrinking.

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Anonymous #1 23h

God I would love to live somewhere like this

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Anonymous OP 23h

I mean cool if your local area is idyllic and you also don’t care about the quality of life for your broader community then you don’t need to vote. If that’s your attitude I doubt you’d make good voting choices anyways. But other people have actual priorities that matter in communities where that is relevant. And other people care about their local communities thriving even if it doesn’t impact them directly.

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Anonymous #1 23h

If voting made your local community idyllic then you wouldn't be complaining about this to me

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Anonymous OP 23h

If you want your local area to be decaying with no stores or employment but everything is cheap, go and move to the Deep South dude. Your money will go far there. Plenty of empty houses because everyone is leaving. I personally don’t want my local community to suffer though. And I don’t want to live somewhere where everything sucks.

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Anonymous #1 23h

Well why don't you go there and vote them back into order then lol

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