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I’m curious what part of the country you actually live in. As somebody who just got back from a couple of weeks in boring, rural, flyover country: it’s no surp

• mrguyorama 6y ago
  So I'm literally "stuck" in rural Maine for this entire month. The landscape might be pretty sometimes, but there is absolutely nothing of value here. There are no jobs, no industry, no creativity, nothing being made or done or thought of here. The only people still left are the ones who couldn't run away. It actively feels like the town is dying, and it's not due to COVID as most people here think it's a hoax. What could these people possibly have to be patriotic of? This is my home town. My mother still lives here. I cannot fathom how. The grocery stores look so run down the the Walmart one town over has entire chunks of the store just flat and open and missing. I tried to purchase a basketball the other day and there was not a single one to be found in any of the three low quality dollar stores or anywhere else. I tried to get something mailed to me and instead of prompt delivery it disappeared into a USPS facility for five days. The town feels sick and dying