• @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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    46 days ago

    That is sadly been the case for a very long time. In the 1890s and 1900s there was a saying in America that if you lived in the countryside you didn’t have many books. You had the Bible… and the sears-roebuck catalog (yes they had groceries and grocery versions).

    • @wanderwisley@lemm.ee
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      35 days ago

      Yes, this is very true. I’ve lived in the same town my entire life and in the last 40 years not a whole lot has changed. In the late 90s we got a McDonald’s and a subway and about five years ago we got a Carl’s Jr. fine dining.