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Jimmy Carter grew up in Alaska? Never heard of that. I can't find a single occurrence of "alaska" in his Wikipedia article. Got any ref? Edit: I don't mind th
by thrdbndndn 4y ago
Jimmy Carter grew up in Alaska? Never heard of that.
I can't find a single occurrence of "alaska" in his Wikipedia article. Got any ref?
Edit: I don't mind the downvote, but could someone explain if I missed something obvious?
- DennisP 4y ago"Close to the land" does not mean "close to that particular land."
- thrdbndndn 4y agoSorry for being obtuse, I genuinely don't get what that means. Don't almost every single person live close to the land?
- bee_rider 4y agoCarter had a fairly rural upbringing.
- frosted-flakes 4y agoLiving "close to the land" means to be familiar and comfortable with, and reliant on, what "the land" (that is, nature) has to offer. The opposite of a city-dweller, basically.
- thrdbndndn 4y ago> "the land" = nature Thanks for your kind explanation. This is the part I didn't know. In my defence, I did check the dictionary [1] but didn't find anything to suggest land means nature/rural/etc. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/land#Noun https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/land#Noun
- mek6800d2 4y agoRead the comment again ... slowly -- mod has a dense writing style that may be difficult to comprehend on first reading. People can actually live "close to the land" all over the world. Farmers, for example. I think a few may even be found in Georgia.