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GABA ghoul posted:That's not what the numbers are saying. I've talked to them and they say that rural areas are dying pretty much everywhere in the developed world. The MAGA revolution is basically a last desperate attempt to make these places relevant again before they become totally depopulated wastelands and shooting locations for horror movies about inbred mutants abducting campers or whatever As a rural liver, the more depopulation the better imo.
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Dr. Quarex posted:there is seemingly a direct and nearly perfect correlation between "people I know who went to college beyond four years" and "people who moved out of our small Midwestern hometown." Basically everyone else I know left because that last bit about jobs wasn't a possibility. I still enjoy visiting there (not this year obvs) but I was bored to the point of tears when I lived there because there's really nothing to do.
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TheAardvark posted:I'm stuck in the city because of COVID this year, so to make up for it I've been loving around on Google maps/reviews. Here are some of the images I've found to fill the small town void. that looks like this kid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsaSG-0U4mU
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blight rhino posted:that looks like this kid: That’s the best. Thanks.
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A good 90s memory here, "Americana" = "big dick club" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2B_er2Bm9k
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https://i.imgur.com/u8uoqMC.mp4 enabling the optional audio not really necessary to experience it. that bitch be chuggin ranch. americana.mp4
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Bronze Fonz posted:It's a cabane à sucre and it's where you eat some pretty amazing traditional food and lots of maple. Quebec is a combination of the best parts of Canada with some of the worst parts. It's a beautiful province with a ton of history but it is more racist than Alberta which is saying a lot. There's a strong progressive bent to most of the policies of the province but the ones that are bad are real loving bad. mikerock fucked around with this message at 01:25 on Dec 26, 2020 |
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mikerock posted:Quebec is a combination of the best parts of Canada with some of the worst parts. It's a beautiful province with a ton of history but it is more racist than Alberta which is saying a lot. There's a strong progressive bent to most of the policies of the province but the ones that are bad are real loving bad. Yeah, we got it bad racism wise as soon as you leave the city. Not if you ask the average québécois, of course, they'll tell you they're patriotic.
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not enough vietnam era vet hats in these pictures.
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Wheat perv Jesus is watching you
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TheAardvark posted:what is going on with that huge ball building??
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snergle posted:not enough vetnam era vet hats in these pictures. Here I've included one in this post. It was literally the first image of a person at this place.    
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Bronze Fonz posted:Yeah, we got it bad racism wise as soon as you leave the city. Not if you ask the average québécois, of course, they'll tell you they're patriotic. My experience is somewhat out of date from a personal perspective, my mom's family are anglos from Gatineau-Hull, and I've been to Montreal a handful of times. I loved visiting and was able to use my really lovely French to communicate so didn't really experience the anti-Anglo sentiment that I understand was still simmering in the early to mid 2000s after the 90s Referendum. I feel the anti-Anglo sentiments have been replaced by anti-Immigrant sentiments and dialed up to 11, but that's my impression from the West Coast. Montreal is still the only other place in Canada I would live if I had to leave the PNW.
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TheAardvark posted:what is going on with that huge ball building?? It's actually not relevant to the thread, it's Orange Julep restaurant in (a suburban part of?) Montreal. I haven't been but my wife stayed at a hotel a block or two away on a business trip last year. It's basically a 60s-era French Canadian Orange Julius. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibeau_Orange_Julep
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Sega 32X posted:It's actually not relevant to the thread, it's Orange Julep restaurant in (a suburban part of?) Montreal. I haven't been but my wife stayed at a hotel a block or two away on a business trip last year. It's basically a 60s-era French Canadian Orange Julius. I did post I was interested in funny poo poo from other countries with a similar feel  I love really stupid tourist attractions like this.
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TheAardvark posted:I did post I was interested in funny poo poo from other countries with a similar feel True that. As a dude originally from Kentucky, the existence of the Orange Julep was initially baffling to me until I understood the root of both drinks. And the place is like a weird mini epcot restaurant.
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Link to transcription of the sign below  "For just plain, wholesome fun, it's hard to beat the big swing...and there have been a few not so...ahh, I don't think I'll go there, suffice it to say that there has been plenty of friskin' around on that ol swing over the years." AARD VARKMAN fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Dec 26, 2020 |
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TheAardvark posted:what is going on with that huge ball building?? Answered better already but yeah, the orange julep is still there and I really should go at least once just like trying the Madrid at least once. I've only ever driven in front of the infamous dinosaur restaurant, it's got quite the history.
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Revins posted:I've driven past south of the border at least two dozen times but never once stopped in You should stop there to at least take a piss. It deserves it.
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If you told me all of the things in this thread were within 25 miles of me I would be like, "yeah, makes sense". drat. Love it here tho.
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Anyone else ever stayed at one of these?
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Lol so many time capsules gonna be dug up and be immediately forgotten again, although I guess that’s the nature of time capsules
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1redflag posted:Lol so many time capsules gonna be dug up and be immediately forgotten again "Wow, what a bunch of old crap!" will be the collective response. All that energy spent in the hopes that younger generations will be thrilled to see the mass produced goods of their forefathers might amount to a few newspaper articles, some listicles, a handful of Reddit threads, and maybe a half dozen Tiktoks. Edit: Well, this has to count as Americana. 
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The Moon Monster posted:Anyone else ever stayed at one of these? I stayed in one in cali, the inside is just like a regular motel room but the windows are small 
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We need to catalogue the contents then seal it back up inside an even bigger box with some 2025 crap as padding, to be opened in 2075 for round three.
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We are still in trumps America. They are drenched in piss
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TheAardvark posted:what is going on with that huge ball building?? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3952814&perpage=40&pagenumber=1#top
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Waterbed Wendy posted:why are the apples dripping wet what the gently caress I'm the sacred american flag being used as a table mat
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there's a couple places like this in the Great Empty between places in kansas, one or two of which have the temerity to self-describe as a 'gentlemen's club'. one of my day trip ideas is to unironically hang out in one of them just to see how weird of an experience it is. to be clear, i'm not trying to pretend like i don't belong in horny jail for this post. but after seeing both the best and worst of what strip clubs have to offer in four major cities i find myself unable to quite visualize what to expect from one in the middle of nowhere. does it adhere to the small town america standard of "aggressively average, but also overtly sad and lovely" or is it the horrifying tribute to depression and decay that defines "downtown" in most of these towns
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Coolguye posted:there's a couple places like this in the Great Empty between places in kansas, one or two of which have the temerity to self-describe as a 'gentlemen's club'. I wonder if they ever pull on a guys weener if he tips them real good 
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