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		vundercind on May 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: America is in the midst of an extraordinary startu... Appalachia’s a big place I guess, but the thing I found most remarkable in the North Carolina portion of it was that damn near every rural-road mountain driveway seemed to have a sign marking that the house was also home to a small business.

coffeebeqn on May 12, 2024 [–]

Probably also out of necessity. There aren’t many employers in the mountains

rm_-rf_slash on May 12, 2024 | [–]

People in rural places have supplemented their incomes selling things from flowers to honey to moonshine for ages.

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