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Jarbidge NV back in the early 70's. A neat place but primitive a hell back then. I took several elk and mule deer from that general area over the years. In the '70s you could walk for a week w/out seeing a person in most of the northeast 1/2 of Nevada. Rule #1, never pass a chance to fill up w/ gas and water. mike r
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Some of the small town bars in northern Minnesota are pretty hilarious. It's like a different country up there.
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had lunch here the other day.......... had to bring my own sandwich....... no lines......no traffic..........or people..........
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Jarbidge NV back in the early 70's. A neat place but primitive a hell back then. Was there a couple of years ago, it must have improved. Places sure change. Was in Silver City Idaho 30 some years ago. only people we saw was a couple of guys we talked to that were living there. Was there again a few years ago and the place was completely over ran with hundreds of tourists, ATV's, 4x4's etc. the dust was so terrible we turned around and left. My best friend lives in Elko, we hunted Deer in area 6 for about 25yrs. It was an annual ritual to spend the last day in Jarbidge trying to drink the bar dry. There were only about 20 residents back then. The south road was snowed shut for about six months and the north road wasn't much better. They'd spend the winter snowed in and screwing each others wives....or so the bar tender said. He also said that most everyone that moved there left after their first winter. I just googled it.....it's definitely changed. Looks like the north RD into ID is open all winter these days.
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Driving truck, and just living here and spending time in the Hillbilly state, I have seen a lot of American backwaters. But, those are the places I love. They comprise my list of "places I would like to live, if I didn't have to work for a living."
Now as too chitholes, any city that has 10k or more population.
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Jarbidge NV back in the early 70's. A neat place but primitive a hell back then. I took several elk and mule deer from that general area over the years. In the '70s you could walk for a week w/out seeing a person in most of the northeast 1/2 of Nevada. Rule #1, never pass a chance to fill up w/ gas and water. mike r Rule #2.......always carry two spare tires.
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couple of places in mexico when i was young.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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El Indio, Texas. Small? Both town limit signs are on the same post. As my stepdad used to say, "It aint the end of the world but you can see it from here with a good pair of binoculars". Another vote for Port Au Prince, Haiti. Unbelievable poverty. If the cops caught you with a camera they would confiscate it. '79.
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Outside the US-- Kerachi, Pakistan, and Bandar Abbas, Iran Hard to describe how much a sh%t hole they were
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That's funny. I have family in a mausoleum there. When my son & I were driving back from New Orleans I wanted to stop and pay our respects. One of my son's co-workers told me there is nothing in Monroe. What he failed to mention is that there is pretty much nothing between Baton Rouge and Monroe. I thought I lived in about the most backwater place in the world. The population of our County hasn't changed since the Civil War. Delta Airline started in Monroe, LA... DF and anyone with any sense flew out on same.
Imagine a corporate oligarchy so effective, so advanced and fine tuned that its citizens still call it a democracy.
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Primitive camp on the beach 40 yrs ago at a place called (iirc) LaPesca Mexico where a big freaking river ran into the Gulf.
No town or stores, just a shark fin fishing camp of Mexicans. Waded the surf to catch snook.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
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Ghost, I'd like to have a cup of tea at the Funkly bar. There are often severe rigs parked there.
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until you see a naked man walking down a path and haul up and squat to take a crap in the trough next to a crowded street eatery and no one notices or cares, you haven't seen backwards. That is China. At least in India they speak English. Spent a lot of time in Mexico and there is no comparison
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Carbon, Wy Not much water, front or back, but decent Antelope hunting.
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I think Carbon is just like home
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We sure enjoyed it, but then I'm from the country. Nearest town is about 3k, 60 miles to the nearest town of 20k, I like it that way.
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This is a tough one. Some areas I have been to are really remote, such as a several inuit villages in Alaska and some South Pacific islands. Other areas such as the Middle East and parts of Africa are absolute shïtholes but for straight up backwater;
Jarbidge NV Lots of places in WY Some areas in the Florida Panhandle Browning MT
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Working in gulf of Mexico in mid 70's and docking navigational survey boat in Fourchon LA! Nothing but a bar that was a old Shrimp boat and fuel. Mid 70's
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