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[andrewducker]

Results of the 2000 US elections
Map of population density

Obvious, innit? If you're used to living packed in with vast amounts of other people then you see the need for society to help those who need it and for laws to take into account the vast differences you see all around you. If you live in smaller communities which are going to be much tighter knit, with less differences, then you want laws that protect that and leave you alone as much as possible.

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[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

less density may or may not equal tighter knit communities. One mode that is becoming more common for exurban development is for their communities to be determined by interests and history, not geography. Living 3 miles form downtown Atlanta, my "communities are equally diffuse. I don;t really know my neoghbors on one side (they rent, and deal (I suspect)). My other neighbor is a great guy, but not of my generation.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

If you live in smaller communities which are going to be much tighter knit, with less differences, then you want laws that protect that and leave you alone as much as possible.

Of course, the problem with such feelings is that laws that leave you alone and laws that protect you can be not only quite different, but can (and these days often are) in direct opposition to one another.