Clearwater is Scientology Central. Not a standard I'd use to compare things. There are plenty of nice Scientologists, but Clearwater simply isn't a normal town.
Notice that most of the others involve cities that don't actually produce anything? They're either suburbs, vacation resorts or towns whose main industry is government -- the military, in the cases of Colorado Springs and San Diego.
Like red states, it appears red cities can't survive without government welfare.
