R.I.P. Scout26
I think Subarus are fine cars. They just got adopted as "cool, hip, the in thing" by an obnoxious subculture.
I was always pleasant, friendly and within arm's reach of a gun.
If government is the answer, it must have been a really, really, really stupid question.
Meh, I'd say it's regional. In WA they're one of the most common cars, and have no connotations about politics etc. I think it's mainly in places that don't get snow that they're viewed as lesbian Obama-voter mobiles.
Explain Boulder then.