You know, I don't know when that happened - it becoming a bastion of liberal thinking. There were two couple in a neighborhood that were from California, but only one seem to have liberal leanings. I know that some places were more liberal than others, but a friend of mine in Prince William County ran as a Republican to the State Legislation and had no problem getting elected - in fact, he is still serving, and his equally Republican wife is an Occoquan District Supervisor.
I honestly don't know if I could live up there anymore. I was apolitical all those years (but of course I had personal opinions that I kept to myself) and I don't really think I have moved so far to the right - but maybe the left has moved much more to the left.
You've been up there for ages now. Any plans to return to Alabama at some point?