6 surprisingly liberal cities to visit in Trump’s America in 2025

Donald Trump has officially started his 2nd word arsenic President of The United States, aft triumph successful the polls successful November.

His divisive leadership has led immoderate Americans who disagree with his authorities to emigrate, with notable names similar Ellen DeGeneres and Eva Longoria upping sticks to Europe.

And for wide travellers, trips to the States present consciousness problematic, too.

During his past term, much than a 4th of UK holidaymakers said they were less apt to sojourn the US portion Donald Trump was successful the White House. A survey connected the time the 2024 predetermination results were announced recovered 17% of Brits inactive consciousness this way.

But 50.1% of Americans did not ballot for Trump, and much than 6 cardinal radical are employed successful the tourism industry, who each trust connected visitors to support businesses thriving.

So, wherever should you spell if you privation to acquisition America, without feeling similar you’re going against your wide views?

Houston

Texas is considered a Republican stronghold, celebrated for its blimpish views connected weapon control, termination and clime change.

But Houston is 1 of the fistful of bluish Texan cities successful a oversea of red, voting Democrat for much than a decade.

The metropolis has been celebrating Pride for 47 years, playing big to the third-largest Pride lawsuit successful the USA, attended by thousands of partygoers each year.

And there’s nary shortage of sites to spot here, with the Space Centre definite to beryllium apical of each traveller’s list.

The archetypal connection ever spoken connected the satellite was ‘Houston’, and abstraction nerds tin sojourn the likes of Mission Mars, an interactive grounds that documents the travel towards it, arsenic good arsenic spot countless spacesuits, photographs and displays.

Houston besides has much than 10,000 restaurants, and has 1 of the astir divers nutrient scenes successful the United States. Most radical person heard of Tex-Mex and Southern comfortableness food, but the metropolis besides has a monolithic Nigerian colonisation and its Chinatown is 8 miles long.

Atlanta

The superior of Georgia and famously the location of Martin Luther King Jr, Atlanta played a captious portion successful the Civil Rights question passim the 1960s.

Until 1964, Georgia was historically a bluish authorities – but it was the Republican ‘southern strategy’ that turned voting patterns connected its head, drafting connected blimpish values arsenic a effect to radical tensions astatine the time.

Until Biden’s predetermination successful 2020, determination were lone 3 periods of bureau wherever Georgia broke with Republican trends: 1976 erstwhile Jimmy Carter took office, 1980, and 1992 nether Bill Clinton.

So, successful November, Georgia was watched closely, having unexpectedly gone backmost to bluish for Biden successful 2020.

It mightiness present beryllium reddish erstwhile again, but Atlanta itself is mostly known arsenic a bluish metropolis successful a reddish state.

Visitors should caput to the thought-provoking National Center for Civil and Human Rights successful downtown Atlanta, an engaging depository wherever visitors tin presumption the idiosyncratic papers and items of Dr King. There’s besides a programme of acquisition events passim the year.

There are different reasons to sojourn too: Piedmont Park is the city’s reply to Central Park, and Ponce City Market is an aged warehouse turned buying space, with boutique stores and eating options.

And, Coke fans volition surely privation to marque a travel to the World of Coca‑Cola, a depository wherever you tin research the past of the beloved drink.

Pittsburgh

Trump might’ve won large successful Pennsylvania, taking 50.4% of the ballot stock compared to Kamala Harris’ 48.7%, but Pittsburgh typically breaks from the remainder of the authorities politically, arsenic bash Philadelphia and Harrisburg.

The Steel City was antecedently described by NBC News arsenic a ‘powerhouse of progressive politics,’ and it has a peculiarly beardown LGBTQ+ community.

The city’s first-ever Pride took spot successful 1973, which might’ve been 2 years aft Atlanta, but it was advertised with the slogan ‘Gay Pittsburgh Is Coming Out.’

There’s plentifulness to spot and bash present too. Famously location to the first-ever Heinz factory, there’s an full depository dedicated to herb ketchup, implicit with elephantine bottle.

Beyond condiments, it’s dubbed the metropolis of bridges, boasting much than Venice, and creation lovers mightiness besides beryllium alert of a little-known creator by the sanction of Andy Warhol who was calved there.

The depository holds an extended imperishable postulation of creation and archives from the Pittsburgh-born popular creation icon. 

Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City was famously founded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with the archetypal Mormons settling determination successful 1847.

And portion the religion hasn’t ever been synonymous with wide values, Salt Lake City is firmly known for its politically wide culture.

As we’ve seen with the likes of Atlanta and Pittsburgh, some wide oases successful a oversea of Republicanism, Salt Lake City is nary different.

For those who fancy a travel here, its upland mounting means determination are outdoor activities aplenty, from skiing to hiking. Arches National Park is celebrated for its 2,000 earthy sandstone arches formed millions of years ago.

There’s besides the Great Salt Lake, from wherever the metropolis gets its name. At 20,000 quadrate miles, it’s the the 2nd saltiest successful the world, attracting millions of migratory birds each year. Go kayaking to witnesser the water up close, oregon research its brackish flats.

Palm Beach

Palm Beach successful Florida is famously inclusive of LGBTQ+ people, with immense queer communities recovered successful the Lake Worth Beach and West Palm Beach areas, the second of which scored 100% connected the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index.

Again, Florida mightiness beryllium a Republican authorities (the Democrats haven’t held bureau present since 1999), but Palm Beach was really the archetypal spot successful Florida to state itself a ‘sanctuary city’ for LGBTQ+ radical successful 2023.

If it’s the luxe beingness you’re after, Palm Beach is worthy a trip. Long known arsenic being the playground for America’s affluent and famous, its location to The Breakers, a jaw-dropping Italian-style edifice which archetypal opened successful 1894.

While you mightiness not person the fund to enactment astatine this decadent oceanfront spot, you tin inactive dine astatine 1 of its galore restaurants. If you’ve got currency to pain you tin besides store ’til you driblet successful Worth Avenue, considered arsenic 1 of the world’s astir beauteous buying streets, with high-end stores aplenty.

This affable assemblage is besides a cleanable destination for quality lovers. Loggerhead Marine Life Centre is simply a fashionable choice, wherever guests tin sojourn the oversea turtle hospital. Once the animals person been nursed backmost to health, they’re released backmost into the world.

New Orleans

Once again, New Orleans’ Democrat-voting quality differs from the remainder of Louisiana, which is mostly Republican.

The metropolis has a 300-year-long way grounds successful supporting the LGBTQ+ community, with the city’s oldest cheery societal organisation, the Steamboat Club, formed successful 1953.

The Black assemblage successful New Orleans is besides thriving, and is simply a driving unit down the civilization of the city. During the 1950s and 1960s section civilian rights activists held luncheon antagonistic sit-ins (the archetypal of their kind), boycotts and marches to telephone for equality. They were 1 of the archetypal cities to statesman schoolhouse desegregation successful the 1960s.

For many, New Orleans is simply a bucket database trip, particularly those who flock determination for Mardi Gras, which takes places astir Easter. Soak up the ambiance successful the French Quarter (which has an full portion of of LGBTQ+ venues known arsenic the ‘Lavender Line’) oregon connected Bourbon Street, 1 of the oldest streets successful America and the beingness and psyche of the New Orleans party.

You’ll ne'er beryllium excessively acold distant from idiosyncratic making music, and astatine The Jazz Museum, you tin adjacent spot Louis’ Armstrong’s archetypal cornet. The nutrient present is world-renowned too, from gumbo and po-boy to beignets.

The metropolis is adjacent location to an organisation for self-identifying vampires – the New Orleans Vampire Association. Arguably, thing screams inclusivity rather similar a vampire club. To each their own, we say.

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