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Posted: 10/18/2022 6:28:03 PM EDT
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Quoted: You live east of the Mississippi and the nearest Dollar General is more than 10 miles away. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 6:28:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They have been popping up everywhere in the last 10 years or so. I ride through some pretty remote areas on my motorcycle, and I'll pass 3 dollar generals for every gas station.  Not far from where I live there's a town that had the only grocery store in the area for many miles around. It's in the foothills of the Appalachians. A DG was built right across the street from the grocery store after they excavated and carved out a section of the hillside to make room for it.
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Posted: 10/18/2022 6:40:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dollar General built one on the corner of two state routes in my area. Not another store in sight. Not even a gas station. Just a Dollar General sticking up amongst the cornstalks. Closest village to it is about 3 miles away and has a population of ~ 300. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 7:06:59 PM EDT
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I guess I am no longer rural as we now have one seven miles away instead of seventeen. I was against it but the town board wanted it and the land owner had pull with the town board.
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Posted: 10/18/2022 7:08:23 PM EDT
[#5]
Wheres that adak island guy when you need him
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Posted: 10/18/2022 7:54:03 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The company will allow a new store (different franchisee?) to be built even two miles away from an existing one They are a blight filled with chicom shit Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm not really sure how to respond to this thread. The company will allow a new store (different franchisee?) to be built even two miles away from an existing one They are a blight filled with chicom shit And while the per package price is lower, look at the sizes sometime. A lot of it is a smaller package, and the per OUNCE price is quite a bit higher. They're a store for the people who need a bottle of shampoo but don't want to make a special trip to the real grocery store. And they pay lower wages than Walmart, but they're a bit less visible so nobody cares. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 8:02:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Things that are closer that the Dollar General: Ziplines Dinosaur Adventure Park Helicopter Rides ( if you're willing to ride in a Robinson which sometimes fall right out of the sky) 955' Bridge over the Arkansas River Bar and Grill  Are Robinsons really THAT bad of aircraft? Or is it lack of maintenance becausr they're cheap enough for people who have no business flying to buy? |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 8:08:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Beckley isn't that bad Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted:  All joking aside, growing up in Southern WV, the closest Walmart was about 45 mins away. There was a "magic mart" about 20 minds in the other direction. It kinda sucked. They recently built a DG just a few miles from the farm, I figure a lot of people are pretty happy. Beckley isn't that bad At least they had a movie theater that was open all year! Going over White Oak Mt was always fun in the winter. That and going down RT3 to Hinton is where I learned to drive. Eta: because I give zero fucks about persec. 
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Posted: 10/18/2022 8:08:24 PM EDT
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I just looked on DG’s website. There are 10! within a 10 mile radius of me. 
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Posted: 10/18/2022 8:10:32 PM EDT
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Quoted: You live east of the Mississippi and the nearest Dollar General is more than 10 miles away. That’s impressive. Where in Tn? Zipcode or general area ok. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 8:10:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm not really sure how to respond to this thread. Well bless your heart. Im going to go take a piss off my deck now. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 8:17:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Are Robinsons really THAT bad of aircraft? Or is it lack of maintenance becausr they're cheap enough for people who have no business flying to buy? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Things that are closer that the Dollar General: Ziplines Dinosaur Adventure Park Helicopter Rides ( if you're willing to ride in a Robinson which sometimes fall right out of the sky) 955' Bridge over the Arkansas River Bar and Grill Are Robinsons really THAT bad of aircraft? Or is it lack of maintenance becausr they're cheap enough for people who have no business flying to buy? It’s Both, and sometimes, just because they are being flown by people lacking good judgement or skill. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 8:17:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Corner of 235 and 55? I run up 235/29 when I go to see Mom in St. Marys. Pleasant drive. Lots of opportunities to pass slowpokes. Often little to no traffic. Beats I75 in so many ways and adds only 15 minutes to the drive. That’s the one. I couldn’t figure out what they were building there at first. I guess they get some business from Christiansburg, but St. Paris has one just a few miles up the road. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 8:21:55 PM EDT
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What if you live north of the Mississippi? And it's about 15 miles to a DG
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Posted: 10/18/2022 8:44:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s impressive. Where in Tn? Zipcode or general area ok. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You live east of the Mississippi and the nearest Dollar General is more than 10 miles away. That’s impressive. Where in Tn? Zipcode or general area ok. I live on the back side of Fredonia Mountain on the edge of the Cumberland plateau. The nearest DG is 4.8 air miles but 10.1 driving miles. There are two others in Dunlap that are just over 10 miles driving but because they are in the valley that are about a 20 to 23 minute drive. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 9:06:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lemme look... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/219829/DSC_0051_JPG-2567344.jpg Nope, don't see one. Damn, Missouri....the local methbillies done stole youuns whole Dollar General this time! |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 9:07:21 PM EDT
[#17]
No stop lights where i live…
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Posted: 10/18/2022 9:20:57 PM EDT
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Pretty funny, and accurate. I’m rural enough I can walk outside and shoot an AR off the back porch for an hour and nobody will care, but I just looked on google maps and the closest dollar general is 4.5 miles away.
I just went somewhere last weekend where they sent me directions ahead of time because there was no cell service, and they included ‘when the road turns to dirt go 12.5 miles and take a left at that fork’ I was like oh wow. It took me about 30 minutes to hit that fork and the road was pretty well maintained. That place was truly out there. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 9:45:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s Both, and sometimes, just because they are being flown by people lacking good judgement or skill. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Things that are closer that the Dollar General: Ziplines Dinosaur Adventure Park Helicopter Rides ( if you're willing to ride in a Robinson which sometimes fall right out of the sky) 955' Bridge over the Arkansas River Bar and Grill Are Robinsons really THAT bad of aircraft? Or is it lack of maintenance becausr they're cheap enough for people who have no business flying to buy? It’s Both, and sometimes, just because they are being flown by people lacking good judgement or skill. There's a particular maneuver that causes what is called mast bump. When that happens, it pretty much crashes. https://www.keranews.org/news/2022-04-18/robinson-helicopter-model-in-fatal-rowlett-crash-involved-in-68-deaths-since-2012 https://affiliates.legalexaminer.com/transportation/robinson-helicopters-inherently-defective-or-improperly-operated/ |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 10:23:59 PM EDT
[#20]
Your wife orders something, and you pull a shotgun on the Amazon delivery driver.
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Posted: 10/19/2022 6:54:07 AM EDT
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When you can trade deer hides for glove making at retailers for store credit.
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Posted: 10/19/2022 7:04:56 AM EDT
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Musk is going to be pissed when he disembarks on Mars and sees a Dollar General already there.
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Posted: 10/19/2022 8:32:31 AM EDT
[#23]
You drive your tractor to the bars.
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Posted: 10/19/2022 8:36:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No stop lights where i live… There's one in my county where the two highways meet. No clover leaf, a stop light. |
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Posted: 10/19/2022 8:40:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's a particular maneuver that causes what is called mast bump. When that happens, it pretty much crashes. Q: What's a mast bump? A: The gravest hazard associated with teetering rotor systems is mast-bumping, where the heavy main rotor hub leaves its normal plane of rotation and actually smashes into the mast, causing the mast to break and the rotor system to depart the helicopter, which means the helicopter is now an aircraft without wings. This can occur during drastic maneuvers or during turbulence or if the pilot reacts less than correctly to an in-flight emergency such as an engine failure. It can happen almost instantaneously–before the pilot can react. |
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Posted: 10/19/2022 9:04:23 AM EDT
[#26]
You cannot find an MLK Boulevard.
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Posted: 10/19/2022 9:12:11 AM EDT
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My first assigned patrol area comprised of four townships. I had one traffic light in the whole four town area and it was only a steady blinking light, red in one direction, yellow caution on the other.
My traffic jams were cows crossing the road. When I left a few years later they added two more blinking lights, so one town had two blinking lights and another had one. The other two had none. |
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Posted: 10/19/2022 9:20:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ollie's Bargain Outlet > Dollar General. There, I said it. Yes and no. Ollies has more oddball cheap bargains and I grab them when I see something. Like 28 oz fruit cocktail cans for a $1.39. (USA not china product too )They threw up a dollar g a mile away. It is handy, the cheapest eggs around, has bread, and rudimentary groceries like the odd sour cream and taco shell needs versus having to go 10 miles to the real grocery. Their store brand stuff is actually acceptable grade, in fact their stuff is often better than the supermarket store branded items, ie blocks of cheese at the big supermarket where the house brand is very low grade. I quit buying Price Chopper branded cheeses and even their bread and rolls are fubared, like thick and thin slicing of bread or hot dog rolls where the slicing doesn’t coincide with the rolls. Minor annoyances when you don’t want your chili dogs to self destruct before you even get to eat them. |
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Posted: 10/19/2022 11:11:43 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I live on the back side of Fredonia Mountain on the edge of the Cumberland plateau. The nearest DG is 4.8 air miles but 10.1 driving miles. There are two others in Dunlap that are just over 10 miles driving but because they are in the valley that are about a 20 to 23 minute drive. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: You live east of the Mississippi and the nearest Dollar General is more than 10 miles away. That’s impressive. Where in Tn? Zipcode or general area ok. I live on the back side of Fredonia Mountain on the edge of the Cumberland plateau. The nearest DG is 4.8 air miles but 10.1 driving miles. There are two others in Dunlap that are just over 10 miles driving but because they are in the valley that are about a 20 to 23 minute drive. Thanks for the reply.  I envy your solitude.
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Posted: 10/19/2022 11:14:47 PM EDT
[#30]
15 miles from a Walmart, 6 miles from a dollar store.
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Posted: 10/19/2022 11:19:32 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: At least they had a movie theater that was open all year! Going over White Oak Mt was always fun in the winter. That and going down RT3 to Hinton is where I learned to drive. Eta: because I give zero fucks about persec. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/Screenshot_20221018-201210_Maps-2567927.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: All joking aside, growing up in Southern WV, the closest Walmart was about 45 mins away. There was a "magic mart" about 20 minds in the other direction. It kinda sucked. They recently built a DG just a few miles from the farm, I figure a lot of people are pretty happy. Beckley isn't that bad At least they had a movie theater that was open all year! Going over White Oak Mt was always fun in the winter. That and going down RT3 to Hinton is where I learned to drive. Eta: because I give zero fucks about persec. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/Screenshot_20221018-201210_Maps-2567927.jpg IM Location, I'm in Beaver for work, looking for side jobs. |
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Posted: 10/19/2022 11:24:08 PM EDT
[#32]
Looks like the nearest Dollar General is 82 miles away..
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Posted: 10/19/2022 11:30:09 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks for the reply. I envy your solitude.Thanks. Only a few more weeks of this...  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/19/2022 11:31:02 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm a DG fan. I don't know what all you haters are about. Seriously. They're the only thing close, and mine is a test store so the have all kinds of random shit for cheap. Other than the fact that the workers seem beat to shit, I don't know what there is to complain about. I'm in a town of 600 or so, it beats driving to "civilization" |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 12:04:12 AM EDT
[#35]
You see beat up trailers on the side of the road, with non-functioning vehicles in the yard. The trailer looks like scrap, but people are actually living in it. And, they have a mud driveway. |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 12:39:39 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ewww dollar general is for the poors There's corn across the road, but we have 2 DG's within 2 miles. Beer is cheaper there |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 12:48:05 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: IM Location, I'm in Beaver for work, looking for side jobs. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: All joking aside, growing up in Southern WV, the closest Walmart was about 45 mins away. There was a "magic mart" about 20 minds in the other direction. It kinda sucked. They recently built a DG just a few miles from the farm, I figure a lot of people are pretty happy. Beckley isn't that bad At least they had a movie theater that was open all year! Going over White Oak Mt was always fun in the winter. That and going down RT3 to Hinton is where I learned to drive. Eta: because I give zero fucks about persec. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/Screenshot_20221018-201210_Maps-2567927.jpg IM Location, I'm in Beaver for work, looking for side jobs. @INI I live just outside of DC now. But grew up in Nimitz, WV. |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 12:54:17 AM EDT
[#38]
If the gas station has fried chicken
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Posted: 10/20/2022 1:04:33 AM EDT
[#39]
The nearest hospital with a trauma center is an hour or more drive.
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Posted: 10/20/2022 3:51:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The nearest hospital with a trauma center is an hour or more drive. For us it is exactly one hour. That was actually one of the requirements (no further than an hour) when we were hunting for property. |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 3:54:48 PM EDT
[#41]
You know you're in a rural area when none of the local kids wear helmets when riding their bicycles or motorcycles.
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Posted: 10/20/2022 4:12:45 PM EDT
[#42]
When there are two stoplights and both are 4 way stop
There is no bowling alley The local town own the gun range The 12 cops in the county are all usually in bed at 2am There are no cops patrolling day shift Saturday and Sunday The on call officer is probably at church Sunday morning Wearing polo shirt, khaki pants and a gun belt Deer have been seen on n town at night Skunks and armadillos are usually put down with a 410 |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 4:14:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You know you're in a rural area when none of the local kids wear helmets when riding their bicycles or motorcycles. And way too many of them around here die in ATV accidents. 
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Posted: 10/20/2022 4:23:35 PM EDT
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Dollar General, Piggly Wiggly, and a locally owned hardware store are the only options close enough to avoid "going to town" from my little one-caution-light community... and God bless 'em, because these days I don't go to town unless I absolutely have to.
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Posted: 10/20/2022 4:28:52 PM EDT
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There's 5 counties close by that do not have a single stop light.
The county I am in has 1. |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 4:35:08 PM EDT
[#46]
Rural and you know it when it's faster to take gravel roads than the nearest highway...
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Posted: 10/20/2022 4:39:13 PM EDT
[#47]
 The trifecta… |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 4:41:54 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There's 5 counties close by that do not have a single stop light. The county I am in has 1. But how far's the closest DG? j/k That's impressive. I grew up rural in Alabama. Don't know how county sizes compare to Mo. I'm sure one adjoining county didn't have a light. I'm pretty sure another didn't. Both do now.
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Posted: 10/20/2022 4:47:11 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: At least they had a movie theater that was open all year! Going over White Oak Mt was always fun in the winter. That and going down RT3 to Hinton is where I learned to drive. Eta: because I give zero fucks about persec. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/Screenshot_20221018-201210_Maps-2567927.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: All joking aside, growing up in Southern WV, the closest Walmart was about 45 mins away. There was a "magic mart" about 20 minds in the other direction. It kinda sucked. They recently built a DG just a few miles from the farm, I figure a lot of people are pretty happy. Beckley isn't that bad At least they had a movie theater that was open all year! Going over White Oak Mt was always fun in the winter. That and going down RT3 to Hinton is where I learned to drive. Eta: because I give zero fucks about persec. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/138374/Screenshot_20221018-201210_Maps-2567927.jpg You know it’s rural when a couple hollers over is a place called ODD, WV. I’ve spent time out that way. Liver in Bluefield for a year. Nice country. |
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Posted: 10/20/2022 5:11:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You know it's rural when a couple hollers over is a place called ODD, WV. I've spent time out that way. Liver in Bluefield for a year. Nice country. I live in Slapout, Alabama.  It's right between Flea Hop and Possum Trot and, yes, it is SLAP OUT in the middle of nowhere. 
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