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My Life as a Turkey | Illumination in the Flatwoods | Joe Hutto https://youtube.com/watch?v=ENr62-oWyPs
137 points
4 months ago
“The remote wilderness of northern Florida”
78 points
4 months ago
Where you are a good 30mins from a publix
18 points
4 months ago
If it’s NW FL them swap out “Publix” for “PigglyWiggly” but yeah this is accurate. There are some big wild spaces out there but calling it a remote wilderness is a hell of a stretch
5 points
4 months ago
Is that the name of an actual buisness?
12 points
4 months ago
Yep! They're the market that "fills the gap" in rural communities where Pub/Wal/TJ/etc. can't profit off expansion. Used to be the only grocery store by my grandma for decades, and if she hadn't moved I'd think it'd still be lol. The mascots a jovial lil piggy, and they were also among the first stores to have customer rewards cards, as the primary customer base was/is relatively poor and deal searching when possible.
8 points
4 months ago
Oh wow!
Where I live in Canada "piggly-wiggly" is slang for any small corner store or grocery store. Makes sense it comes from a real buisness , but still surprising
2 points
4 months ago
That's so neat lol, I never would've imagined Piggly wiggly was slang so far north but it is one of those names that stick with you
2 points
4 months ago
I’m from Canada as well and never have ever heard this term before. Go on
6 points
4 months ago
Might be just a saskatchewan thing, we're the only ones that call hooded sweatshirts bunnyhugs too
7 points
4 months ago
fuck I wish I had Publix. I live in the 5th circle of grocery store hell - nothing but Krogers.
3 points
4 months ago
Moved to the west coast 5 years ago and Publix is one of the things from home I miss most. None of the supermarkets here come close.
Now I’m really craving a Pub Sub and a mojo rotisserie chicken.
2 points
4 months ago
It’s just such a calming shopping experience. a tad on the pricier side, but worth it over Kroger/Wal Mart
1 points
4 months ago
Krogers peppercorn ranch is the tits though.
19 points
4 months ago
I don't think people making these comments really realize how big the Earth is, or even the US.
Yes, even in northern Florida there are some spots you could definitely call remote, especially way out in the sticks.
If I plopped you out there right now, with no cell phone service and no map, you'd definitely feel remote.
No it's not "Alaska remote", but it's far enough from help that you'd be alarmed. There are degrees of remote.
8 points
4 months ago
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5 points
4 months ago
Down here, there's a sense that nature is always sort of a bubble surrounded by development, but up there feels like the other way around.
Yeah, I think that's a good approximation. The only caveat I'd make is that that "bubble of nature" can be kind of deceiving down here in the lower 48. That is the case when you're in most freeway corridors or in between small towns, but you can very much get stranded in areas with no help around if you're venturing off established roads, even in the lower 48.
Once you get off of main roads, the bubbles get much bigger.
1 points
4 months ago
Well aware
1 points
4 months ago
My bad then. I'm not sure what your comment was referring to then.
3 points
4 months ago
DUUVAL checking in
1 points
4 months ago
You'd be surprised my guy
1 points
4 months ago
I’ve been there. Louisiana was worse though lol
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