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progressoid

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13. When my parents moved to the small town they are currently in (and will die in)...

Reply to Aristus (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 04:45 PM

4 hrs ago

One of the questions the superintendent asked to all applicants to teach at the public school was, "what church are you going to go to?"

This went on for years until the 70s.

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"The real reason the rural US is so red" [View all] Collimator 7 hrs ago OP

I find this to be true in the rural farm communities I have lived in. SamKnause 7 hrs ago #1

There are also lots of churches looking at people cachukis 7 hrs ago #2

Yeah. If you move anywhere in the South, outside of the big cities (and even there, sometimes, maybe), the first thing Aristus 5 hrs ago #6

When my parents moved to the small town they are currently in (and will die in)... progressoid 4 hrs ago #13

Would need to see a lot more data before I would believe this assertion Raven123 5 hrs ago #3

Ya load sixteen tons, and whatya get? Permanut 5 hrs ago #4

This is true, but only to a certain extent indusurb 5 hrs ago #5

Correct Cosmocat 4 hrs ago #9

Yea But modrepub 4 hrs ago #10

Envy Johnny2X2X 4 hrs ago #7

THIS is the heart of it Cosmocat 4 hrs ago #11

Small town gossip Johnny2X2X 4 hrs ago #14

Large majority of Trump supporters in Mi live in urban areas Kaleva 3 hrs ago #22

I've seen this before. She's not quite right. progressoid 4 hrs ago #8

There are other factors, too. wnylib 4 hrs ago #12

The end of the fairness doctrine and Buzz cook 4 hrs ago #15

The entire Texas side of my family is magat. ananda 3 hrs ago #16

It won't load for me senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #17

Here ya go, senseandsensibility Niagara 3 hrs ago #18

Thanks! senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #21

My pleasure Niagara 3 hrs ago #23

Why have I never heard this before? It's Yellowstone TV series. lindysalsagal 3 hrs ago #19

Interesting ProfessorGAC 3 hrs ago #20