weird thing that just happened

[asakiyume]

I was talking to my neighbor on her front lawn, and an unknown-to-us guy, White guy in his 50s, maybe, or maybe 60s, short silvery hair and sunglasses on, drives up. He rolls down the window and...

Him: Hey, hey, I need to ask you something.

Us: .... Yes?

Him: My daughter is thinking of moving into this neighborhood, is looking to move into this neighborhood, but I need to know: are there a lot of Trump supporters here?

Us: .... There are ... some. You'll see a few signs if you drive around.

(I would guess my neighborhood is 80% anti-Trump or neutral and 20% pro-Trump.)

Him: But it's mainly anti-Trump, right? She's coming from Texas and doesn't want to live with a whole bunch of Trump supporters.

(I can't speak for my neighbor, but at this point I was feeling very uncomfortable about this guy.)

Us: Well, yes, there are probably more anti-Trump people than pro-Trump people, but you'll find both.

Him: Okay, thanks. *Drives off with a vroom along a quiet residential road.*

Me: That felt fake. I don't think that guy was really asking for his daughter.

Her: He drove off like a Trump supporter.

It was very strange

Comments

[queenoftheskies]

People are sooooo weird these days.

[threemeninaboat]

When we were looking at this neighborhood I asked one of the old guys if this was a loud neighborhood and he said, "You can hear the cows sometimes."

[sovay]

Her: He drove off like a Trump supporter.

That sounds weird. I hope nothing weirder comes of it.

[kore]

Wow, that's fucking gross.

I probably would have said "Well I don't think the nice ladies at the Chattering Order of St Beryl are Trump supporters!" and gotten myself in trouble.

[kore]

Also "He drove off like a Trump supporter" makes me love your neighbour.

[sartorias]

Creeeeeepy!

[anna_wing]

How bizarre. Do you have Neighbourhood Watch or something like that? Report as a Suspicious Occurrence?

[athenais]

Yeah, sure she is. Strange days.

[cmcmck]

How very odd!

[mallorys_camera]

What kind of car was he driving? Serious question.

It's an odd question to ask, fashure, and I trust your instincts and therefore (by association) anyone you think is worth hanging out with. If you thought something was weird, something probably was.

On the other hand, I can see not wanting to move into a Trumper neighborhood, and I'm not entirely sure how one learns about that kind of stuff without asking.

[amaebi]

Brrrrrrrrr.

What seemed hinky to you about the man?

I have in fact been thinking lately about how we haven't ever thought about a neighbourhood's politics when housebuying. The cul-de-sac our last house was in was-- or at least those who chose to erect markers-- very Republican. Our next-door neighbour had up a Tom Tancredo sign in 2008.

In our current neighbourhood and throughout the town nearly all the signs are Trump/Pence. I have seen a QANON sign near Chun Woo's middle school.

I have wondered whether leftie people are not posting signs. We have only a Penzey's Vote sign. I have read snarling conversations on Nextdoor about sign-stealing.

I have wondered whether the Dem campaigns were not concentrating much on signs.

Yesterday Sheeyun and I went for lunch in Golden, whose downtowner residents have largely posted Biden/Harris signs. Sheeyun tells me that Golden is typically conservative.

[wayfaringwordhack]

Very strange indeed. Passiv-aggressive at the least

[ivy]

I hope it was just a passing weirdness and you never hear from him again.

[rimturse]

Very odd. Of course we tend to not speak about politics or religion here. I have no clue what my neighbours vote for and the same goes for most of my family and friends. Guesses is as close as I get. :p