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[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

When I lived in small town USA where there is nothing to do but meth and everyone knows everyone else’s business the dream of packing your shit in a backpack and getting into the car and driving 4 hours away feels like freedom. You can go to a city or town and get away from it all.

That's mainly because they quit running passenger service on those train tracks running through town 50 years ago.