How Did Astoria Become So Socialist? One neighborhood in New York has elected so many democratic socialists—including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani—that people have started calling it “the People’s Republic.”

“Observers of this political confluence have dubbed it the People’s Republic of #Astoria, or a part of the #CommieCorridor, a wider term that also includes nearby #Greenpoint and #LongIslandCity.”
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I now know I lived in the #commieCorridor, which is also the most bougie in case anyone needs to know. I therefore like the snark on the hashtag, as it needs desensitizing in US discorse.