I still live here. I just don’t see the rampant homophobic behavior, but maybe that’s because we surround ourselves with a lot of diverse people. If that happened to my kid, I’d be raging at the school administration and board. I hope they are responding appropriately because it shouldn’t be tolerated.

There are rednecks here, that’s for certain, but there’s also a lot of professionals who love the beauty of the surrounding area.

As for affordability, not so much anymore at least in the nicer areas.

I’ve lived in Shelton for decades. It gets a bad rap. My kids, now in their mid 30’s had several LGBTQ friends growing up here, including one of ours. Mostly, people keep to themselves, don’t advertise (or debate) their politics and love the landscape around them. Frankly, we love we have the bad rep, because it keeps the judgmental elites out.

Spawning chum. Smells like this around here every year.