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Is that these are the places where everyone is just doing drugs all the time

i thought that stereotype was more about people in the cities

What else is there to do in rural areas? It was always drugs and teenage pregnancy.

jcmason posted...

What else is there to do in rural areas? It was always drugs and teenage pregnancy.

why do they all have 3-5 babies every female

what is their endgame

Yep.

Never heard of stereotypical rural/trailer park meth/crack heads? As already said, there ain't much to do out in the sticks besides get high.

Here in the middle of Bumfuck Nowhere, Texas, the two favorite pastimes are alcohol and meth.

Heartomaton posted...

Here in the middle of Bumfuck Nowhere, Texas, the two favorite pastimes are alcohol and meth.

someones friend visited and he brought bud light with him and I swear every quip out of his mouth was about white supremacy or mexicans or LGBT people

i wanted to tell him to save it the internet. He does have a gigantic dog that I like a lot.

i drove through Texas and this ranch had this gigantic sign in front of it that said TRUMP WON and TRUMP IS PRESIDENT

you could tell they spent both a lot of time and money on it, I feel bad for the kids they beat

I have relatives in a rural place (Ohio) and when I visit I check the local news. It seems like in rural places, people fight/kill over a wrong word/look/social media post. In a big city, there's gotta be money or property involved. Just an observation. YMMV.

VampireCoyote posted...

what is their endgame

Tax breaks/higher refunds

VampireCoyote posted...

i drove through Texas and this ranch had this gigantic sign in front of it that said TRUMP WON and TRUMP IS PRESIDENT

you could tell they spent both a lot of time and money on it, I feel bad for the kids they beat

Meth's a hell of a drug.

VampireCoyote posted...

why do they all have 3-5 babies every female

what is their endgame

Free farm labor.

bluezero posted...

Tax breaks/higher refunds

I have picked up on so many munchausen by proxy red flags meeting some of these families

makes me feel so bad for the kids

This is why I won't leave Massachusetts. Expensive to live, but we are insulated from most of the lunacy and natural disasters of the rest of the country.

Nosferatu_Zodd posted...

This is why I won't leave Massachusetts. Expensive to live, but we are insulated from most of the lunacy and natural disasters of the rest of the country.

Same. We have a shit ton of racists but they are mostly cowards.

SquantoZ posted...

Same. We have a shit ton of racists but they are mostly cowards.

funny how that is cause they also usually are the types to look for trouble/arguments

I have relatives on my mom's side that live in a rural part of a developing country. They believe in a bunch of superstition like witch doctors. They actually sought one for advice during the covid pandemic. Guess a few of them got pretty sick during that time. The Witch doctor claimed a lady working at a small candy shop was cursing them (i know the lady too she lived less than 100 meters away from my grand parents house; she moved after this incident). So out of paranoia my granduncle nearly killed her with a gun. Fortunately he missed all his shots. He's in jail now lol.

Anyways this story was shocking to me. Didnt realize my family members are pretty crazy on both my mom and dad's side. My dad side actually did have a murderer but he died from a heart attack recently. I thought they were nice people when I was a kid

*edit i got some details wrong/misremembered earlier. My granduncle actually committed suicide by accident. He didn't miss his shots. The gun he was using jammed. when the cops went to apprehend him he tried to lie about knowingly using a broken gun. To prove this he pointed the barrel at his head and fired. Except it actually fired that time.. Kind of crazy imo. I know this prob sounds unbelievable tho

This guy was my grandfather's brother.

SquantoZ posted...

Same. We have a shit ton of racists but they are mostly cowards.

Relatively speaking, we have a fraction of the amount of racists than in most other states. Especially where I live. My city is very diverse.

Cuz there aint nothing to do out there besides drugs and hunting. You have to pack a lunch to drive out and do errands >_>

NeonTentacles posted...

Cuz there aint nothing to do out there besides drugs and hunting. You have to back a lunch to drive out and do errands >_>

the roads here are not walkable at all

VampireCoyote posted...

why do they all have 3-5 babies every female

what is their endgame

Free Gov. checks.

VampireCoyote posted...

why do they all have 3-5 babies every female

what is their endgame

People who have been systematically deprived of sex ed and upward mobility and have nothing better to do than fuck and get high don't really have an endgame, tbh.

masterpug53 posted...

People who have been systematically deprived of sex ed and upward mobility and have nothing better to do than fuck and get high don't really have an endgame, tbh.

This.

jcmason posted...

What else is there to do in rural areas? It was always drugs and teenage pregnancy.

There's actually a ton to do in rural areas, but it's more of the kind that you have to do for yourself, not have put together and done for you. That said, those tons of things to do in rural areas aren't for everyone, so the people they aren't for that still live there turn to stupid stuff like drugs, promiscuity, and such.

I've always enjoyed things like hiking, camping, building things, designing things, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, arts and crafts, four-wheeling, snowmobiling, target shooting/trap shooting/skeet shooting, taking care of wild animals, landscape work, biking, rollerblading, lawn games, board games, sledding, snowboarding, snowshoeing, card games, playing sports in a large yard as well as solo activities like video games, playing/making music, writing, reading, drawing, painting, and more.

So, I've really been able to enjoy life and keep busy pretty much wherever I am, regardless of rural, suburban, or urban. I actually somewhat pity those who can't seemingly make their own fun/enjoyment without having to be super reliant on others or needing a mind-altering substances.

VampireCoyote posted...

why do they all have 3-5 babies every female

what is their endgame

In all honesty, what is the endgame of anyone, really?

For instance, what is your endgame?

Zangulus posted...

Theres only 4 things to do in rural areas: fight, fuck, do drugs, and a fourth I cant say.

I find that extremely sad that that's all people can think to do in rural areas. That just screams to me that they have no imagination, no desire to actually do anything.

There is ton of wilderness around you in rural areas... Enjoy it. Use it to your advantage to have fun with. Climb trees. Go swimming in a river/lake. Go exploring. Go hiking. Go mountain biking. Go ATVing. Build things. You have all that space. You could quite literally do something like build your own personal mini putt course. Heck, a farm near my parents' house converted its unused fields into a personal golf course that they later opened to the public. It's not amazing, but it's theirs and they can go golfing whenever they like. If they don't like a feature or layout, they can hop on a tractor/lawnmower and change it. There's all kinds of activities that can be done, I feel.

WTGHookshot posted...

In all honesty, what is the endgame of anyone, really?

For instance, what is your endgame?

I demand that the government pay my rent, buy my food but I choose it, my car and car accessories, and some good herb

in exchange I follow most laws and keep my house clean I think its a fair exchange most people cant do both of those things

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are people fightfucking?

I'll still take it over city life.

PoopPotato posted...

I'll still take it over city life.

I miss being able to walk to the store

That's how it is here in Southeastern Kentucky, x.x . The problem is so widespread that a common joke in high school was "shaking a pill bottle is our mating call".

VampireCoyote posted...

i drove through Texas and this ranch had this gigantic sign in front of it that said TRUMP WON and TRUMP IS PRESIDENT

you could tell they spent both a lot of time and money on it, I feel bad for the kids they beat

Texan here and there's this long stretch between here and another town I regularly go to where every other ranch you pass is like that. And I suspect most of the ones without the signs support him too but just aren't the kind to go through the trouble with the signs.

SquantoZ posted...

Same. We have a shit ton of racists but they are mostly cowards.

The ones here in Texas are cowards too, but unfortunately it's a strength in numbers kind of thing, so they feel emboldened.

VampireCoyote posted...

I demand that the government pay my rent, buy my food but I choose it, my car and car accessories, and some good herb

in exchange I follow most laws and keep my house clean I think its a fair exchange most people cant do both of those things

How is that an endgame? Maybe I am misunderstanding your use of the term "endgame" previously? I'm asking what you are building up your life to be, what you want out of life. I assume that's what you meant when asking what these people with 3-5 babies' "endgame" is. If I am incorrect in my assumption, then would you mind clarifying?

Yea like in Alaska, I've heard the rural places are a wasteland of meth

masterpug53 posted...

People who have been systematically deprived of sex ed and upward mobility and have nothing better to do than fuck and get high don't really have an endgame, tbh.

Did you hear PRO child labor laws are being passed. The more desperate people are, the lower the wages can be.

masterpug53 posted...

People who have been systematically deprived of sex ed and upward mobility and have nothing better to do than fuck and get high don't really have an endgame, tbh.

yeeeep.
A lot of rural places don't really have anything real in the way of prospects, so why not just get high and fuck? In my country we have a program where in certain rural areas, every woman over the age of 15 get offered a p-staff or an iud free of charge, simply to try to mitigate teen pregnancies.

The idea that cities are the home of vice and degradation is absolutely not based on reality. You show me a town with a population of less than 50,000 and I guarantee you, I'll be able to show you more drug abuse, rape, violence, physical and mental abuse and grooming than you'll find in New York or LA.

Was this topic made in the 90s prior to the popularization of the internet? Through the internet you could build an entire high paying career without even leaving your backwoods home. With the internet / computers you have everything to do always.

And for some reason, ritual animal sacrifice is still a really big thing in Christian rural bumfuck land

Chicken posted...

And for some reason, ritual animal sacrifice is still a really big thing in Christian rural bumfuck land

I've seen that movie too

WTGHookshot posted...

There's actually a ton to do in rural areas, but it's more of the kind that you have to do for yourself, not have put together and done for you. That said, those tons of things to do in rural areas aren't for everyone, so the people they aren't for that still live there turn to stupid stuff like drugs, promiscuity, and such.

I've always enjoyed things like hiking, camping, building things, designing things, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, arts and crafts, four-wheeling, snowmobiling, target shooting/trap shooting/skeet shooting, taking care of wild animals, landscape work, biking, rollerblading, lawn games, board games, sledding, snowboarding, snowshoeing, card games, playing sports in a large yard as well as solo activities like video games, playing/making music, writing, reading, drawing, painting, and more.

So, I've really been able to enjoy life and keep busy pretty much wherever I am, regardless of rural, suburban, or urban. I actually somewhat pity those who can't seemingly make their own fun/enjoyment without having to be super reliant on others or needing a mind-altering substances.

Yea, Im not surprised at the replies in this topic.

Sure theres some truth here, but if all you think there is to do in rural areas is to have sex and do drugs then you definitely live in a bubble

Violent crime is statistically worse in cities and drug problems are rampant everywhere. Bizarre posts in this topic, and I say that as someone who would rather live near a city than the endless farms of the Midwest.

VampireCoyote posted...

I miss being able to walk to the store

Walkable suburbs are the best of both worlds.
Shame they're not that common.

Dakimakura posted...

Was this topic made in the 90s prior to the popularization of the internet? Through the internet you could build an entire high paying career without even leaving your backwoods home. With the internet / computers you have everything to do always.

...the quality of internet service is an issue.

Obviously, companies will invest more in the infrastructure of a region with higher density of population (because more customers.. aka urban settings) than less densely populated areas (aka rural).

Dakimakura posted...

Was this topic made in the 90s prior to the popularization of the internet? Through the internet you could build an entire high paying career without even leaving your backwoods home. With the internet / computers you have everything to do always.

Bruh, don't even get me started on how shitty our infrastructure is when it comes to rural broadband access. In many areas the best you can get is a Hughesnet installation for a fraction of the service at thrice the price (and it's not just the piss-poor speed; pathetically-low data caps are what hamstring you the most).

I haven't been in that kind of living situation since 2018, but I highly doubt things have wildly improved since then.