it's really left wing. i'm pretty solidly left of center politically, and some of the conversations i overhear on trains and on the street make me want to get into an argument with the rabidly anti-GMO folks who think the entire country should be powered by the sun (since too many birds die in wind farms). i could see aggressively right wing people not coping well with the number of gays and hippies they'd see regularly. Well, yeah, but even to just visit? I guess since I'm very left-wing, I can't really empathize with someone of that mindset.