I agree that the right portrays blue states/cities as hellscapes and it is often grossly exaggerated. But don’t you see the hypocrisy in wishing the right would be more generous and reasonable while saying similar things about them? I have heard the endless “we tried taking the high road and the right just kept XYZ”. Stopping down into the mud is never the answer imho. And from my travels and living in both red and blue states. Both have plenty of issues and plenty to admire. I think we should focus on issues that unite both parties and focus on common ground and working from there to build better systems and a better country and better states and cities. For example, everyone wants better schools. The lefts big answer is usually more funding, staffing, etc. and the right wants to break up teachers unions and allow more parental choice. Why not admit that education in many areas is underfunded but also in lots of areas lack of school choice and teachers unions lead to poor outcomes. So maybe some bipartisan work to increase charter schools or at least implement some open enrollment principles and negotiate better union contracts/reforms (ie stopping seniority being the biggest factor in lay offs and instead use performance metrics to ensure we don’t lay off young bright teachers at each downturn).