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Keepthesoulalive

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2. We tell the young folks to leave

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 11:04 PM

Jun 9

There is no future in these small towns unless they are near a city. Teachers don’t want to stay here and doctors move to teaching hospitals or large cities.
They know what they know and they are good with that. Drug use, superstition, no job prospects and they are not ashamed of having a record. As Scrooge said they are to old to change.

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My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country [View all] Zorro Jun 9 OP

They sound just as stupid as they appear to be. Wingus Dingus Jun 9 #1

We tell the young folks to leave Keepthesoulalive Jun 9 #2

Call them brain-dead, backwards, ass-scratching hillbillies, and everyone loses their minds. Aristus Jun 10 #3

Oh, thank GOD!!! I haven't seen a Cletus Safari on the pages of the NYT in . . . . days . . . . hatrack Jun 10 #4