[ek_hornbeck]

There's a strong case to be made that there's a correlation between political/economic liberty and the existence of wide open spaces and frontier country. The less densely populated a place is, the less likely you are to have the kind of social problems that invite government bureaucrats to come and say "we're here to help" (and for things to get so bad that the public is willing to accept that "help").

So there are two things going on - as places get more densely populated, they become more regulated. Second, there's the question of where that increased population is coming from. In the case of Texas and Arizona, that increased population seems to be made up primarily of Mexicans and liberals fleeing the states/societies that they've already ruined, with absolutely no desire to change their ways once they arrive there.

[ConservativeWarrior]

The third deleterious effect of concentrated populations is anonymity. That’s why homosexuals flocked to sanfran. They aren’t judged in a mass of thousands of freaks the way they’d be judged in a small town.

That anonymity also removes accountability and personal responsibility. Cities are a plague.

[Mr Rogers]

You’ve nailed it. Cities are liberal. Non-cities are not. More people crowding into cities = more liberal votes. Not a white or brown issue. Something about big cities ruins the mind. Or maybe the soul. Robs it of independence.

Different state, but urban sprawl has reached out 20 miles and is forcing us to move. Again. Hopefully next year. Looking for towns with little or no population growth in the last 30 years. Maybe I can find a place to live in until I die.