Saying that Shoprite charges more for apples than Pathmark does is a negative statement.
Saying that a community may be too right-wing for a particular person is not a negative statement. (it’s true that one should be careful about those kinds of comments though in general. I generally do refrain from community comparisons, since often they can have negative connotations. I thought that the way it was phrased in the particular context was okay since it was clear that it wasn’t meant to reflect negatively on either the person or the community.)