Sampiro’s right, Abbie: There are gay Republicans. Mostly folks who think lower taxes and gun ownership are important enough to belong to a party that largely regards them as abominations unto the Lord.
Anyway, I wouldn’t mind living in a predominantly black, gay, Asian, or otherwise neighborhood. In fact, I think it’d be interesting to live in a neighborhood full of gay Republican Inuits.
Can you elaborate on this. Also, do your politics put you at odds with Blacks(considering most of us are liberal/democrats)?
Same comment as Monstre, this feels more like an IMHO.
My answer, well… my location bar doesn’t show it, but I’m in Singapore which is supposed to be 77% ethnic chinese, and then Malay, Indian and ‘other’.
I identify outwardly as ‘white’ (whatever that means*) but I’m mixed. The wife is ethnically chinese, as is most of our apartment block. However, there’s a good mix of Malay and Indian in the block and the neighbourhood, and a surprisingly high number of mixed relationships in our block alone (not a common thing here). So when we were looking for a place, is wasn’t the cultural or social mix of the neighbourhood, it was the physical quality of the flat that we chose.
(*years back we had a Western Russian woman join the team. Blonde hair, fair skin. The response, almost en masse, was “wow, you can be friends, cos you’re both ‘ang moh’ (slang for ‘white guys’)”. It took some degree of explaining for me to communicate to the office that I probably had more in common with them (as South East Asians and my colleagues of many years) than I did with this woman from Russia. But they wouldn’t have a bar of it, cos we were both ‘white’).
Reminds me of Silent Filmdom’s least successful sequel, Nanook of Piedmont Park (about the founding of Atlanta’s Log Igloo Republican chapter)
There are gay communities? I had no idea. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a thing. Or maybe I just wouldn’t recognise it as it would look just the same as anywhere else.
I’d live in any community that I would feel comfortable in. Asian communities would be difficult, as they tend to not speak english very well, which would bother me a lot I think. But a gay community, assuming that it’s not crime ridden or something, would be okay.
Well, as I live alone they might think I’m gay too, I suppose. That could be awkward.
Well, I just bought two condo’s in a black community both at 15K a piece. Assuming I can keep them occupied (AT least most of the time) I’ll have these suckers paid off in four years or under.
Then after I get them paid off I’ll just use the rent I charge for my retirement fund.
(Or pay for the kids college… grumble…grumble…)
They are usually in large cities- most medium sized cities and smaller don’t have enough of an open population to merit one. Midtown lofts and reclaimed older areas tend to be by far the most popular sites (one reason being that most gays are either singles or half of a Dual Income No Children (DINC) couple and thus the fact the area is zoned for inner city schools or has too much traffic for kids to safely play isn’t an issue. Generally the only difference is just a major upswing in the number of openly gay couples in restaurants, supermarkets and other businesses and perhaps a higher number of gay bars or gay bookstores. There will probably be more rainbow flags in windows or on cars than in most areas (and of course there are the IKEA delivery trucks).
Some gay people are not fans of the “gay ghettos” as they feel it encourages separatism from mainstream America- it’s not uncommon for gays who live in these enclaves [especially the younger ones who’ve come there from repressive backgrounds] to have exclusively gay friends, interests and sensibilities. Others feel that they provide a major service: a safe zone (though arguably you’re statistically more likely to be the victim of a homophobic hate crime in a predominantly gay area than in an average neighborhood) where people can express the physical demonstration that straight people take for granted (being able to hold hands in a restaurant or kiss a partner’s cheek while shopping for ball gags) and where you can concentrate enough of a gay population in a small zone to force local city and state politicians to take notice of you and court your vote. (Any official elected to represent the Piedmont Park/Midtown area of Atlanta in the city council or state legislature could hang it up if they took a rabid anti-gay stance.)
Personally I’m mixed but basically believe “do you rresearch and live where you feel like”. As for the awkwardness aspect you mentioned, the vast majority of gay people will accept “I’m straight” as enough of a response- you’ll meet the occasional assh*le who won’t know when to quit but that happens in the Muggl… um… straight world as well.
Seeing as there’s about fifty gay-pride flags of varying designs, a couple of gay bars, and three antique stores* on the main street of my town, you’d notice, if you passed through. And that’s not even looking at the citizenry.
*I’m not exaggerating.
Well, all my properties happen to be in 99.99% Chinese communities. 
No it wouldn’t be an issue to me, as I already live in such a community, where I am the minority.
All my neighbors are white.
I have no idea weather any of my neighbors are Black, Gay or Asian. I bought a house that suited me, with a track of land for privacy. Wanting privacy, I pretty much give it to my neighbors. But if any of them are Black, Gay or Asian or if all of them were, I wouldn’t care, as long as I got the privacy that I am seeking.
This doesn’t seem to be about arts or entertainment, so I’m moving it from Cafe Society forum to the forum called “In My Humble Opinion” since it seems to be asking for opinions.
Black, it would depend, because my experiences with them lead me to think loud music.
Asian: Why not? Although the wonderful food would make me jealous.
Gay: Sure.
I would not move into a gay community because I would not want to be the least cultured, most shabbily dressed man on my block with the worst interior decor.
Just kidding 
Or am I? :dubious:
I would rather not have neighbors at all. But as long as they are quiet, didn’t let their pets roam the neighborhood to shit in yards, kill shrubery with urine, and kill songbirds, and kept decent care of their lawn. I don’t care what they are.
I have been the token straight/Anglo/white in a number of the communities I have lived. I kind of enjoy it although I feel kind of like a thorn among roses at times.
My wife and I have often gotten invited to community (or block) activities and bring food and stuff that just doesn’t seem to measure up. I hate to reenforce sterotypes but once in Denver when we were in a mostly gay area there was block party that we brought some sort of covered dish to and I really felt that when we left the gay population was saying, “That straight couple is nice but somebody really has to teach straight people to cook.”
I really wanted to go from table to table saying, “It’s not because we’re straight. We’re just lousy cooks.”
Yes, if I could afford a house 
I’m pretty much with phouka, except that I probably wouldn’t move into a predominantly Indian neighborhood, being Indian, and my fiance wouldn’t want to move into a Chinese neighborhood, being Chinese. They tend to be quite nosy about their own people, and we really like our privacy and don’t like people dropping in at odd hours.
I’d be cool with any neigborhood that had a house I could afford and was safe enough. I’ve always wanted a community to live in, not the quintessential suburia my parents live in where no one knows anyone. I lived in a shared house with entirely Asian people this summer. The only issue was that my landlord spoke next to no English. That’s my new goal, a landlord I can understand. That’s all I’d care about.
My wife and I (we’re black) are looking to buy sometime in the next year. We like out current neighborhood which is really mixed (roughly 50% black, 30% white with asians and latinos making up the rest). We won’t be moving to a predominately black area, because my wife feels strongly about it. Personally as long as it’s a large house with plenty of privacy, I’ll take it. If it’s sufficiently far enogh to make family dropins inconvenient, that would be a plus.