I don't think any of them gave the right answer. If you want to live in the bluest of blue areas, you need to move to South Central Los Angeles, the lovely Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, downtown District of Columbia, Harlem, Little Haiti, or the south side of Chicago. Most of these neighborhoods would have apartments DUmmies could afford, and if DUmmies moved in they would certainly add to the wonderful diversity of these progressive neighborhoods. The DUmmies would rarely have the irritation of running into a redneck, and would not have to look at any "W - Still the President" stickers. They would be able to find plenty of gay bars, and lots of drugs, but it might be a long bus ride to Costco.
This Mendocino, Ann Arbor, Austin, Marin County business is pie in the sky. Too expensive. Not every DUmmy can be as lucky as TiTtyboy, to find a sleeping room in back of a trinket shop.