
I live in Idaho, a state known for being conservative. Ever since the Covid panic, our state has been overrun by people from liberal states who were looking for a less tyrannical state government. Many of these newcomers bring their liberal ideas and city lifestyles along to our rural areas, and mess up the way of life we oldtimers once enjoyed. I was aware such a stereotype existed, ever since we moved here over 25 years ago. But I hadn't personally encountered that kind of stereotypical people until just a few years ago, when a family from a certain liberal state moved in across the road from us. Perhaps it can't all be blamed on the state they left. Some of it may be signs of the times, of their particular generation, of what society has become. But they have an air of entitlement about them, an attitude of "I'll do what I want and if you don't like it, too bad." They didn't take the time to get the feel of our quiet neighborhood; they just barged in with their noisy ways and expected the rest of us to put up with it. They have toned down their lives a little over the few years they've been here, and it's not as bad as it was. Maybe they are finally catching on.