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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:42 PM Original message |
Have you ever seen a place that was straight lost in time? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Morocco. Straight outta Biblical times. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was out in the sticks in Bolivia last year and saw towns where people made and sold mud bricks. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Appalachia |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. As I drive further away from NYC I notice the towns seem to go back in time |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Was that Afghanistan? |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It was... |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yeah |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Afghanistan in the 60s |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Come on over, dude... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Anthony Bourdain did a few shows on "No Reservations". One place in Africa had people |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Don't knock the Kalahari! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Albania |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. It borders on the Adriatic. nt |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Cliff Claven, right? |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Actually a mnemonic thing Coach came up with. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. Crimea |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. Central part of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sure -- Waukesha County, Wisconsin |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Bwah! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. I felt like rural Iowa/Minnesota was that way, in 1971 |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. High Amana, Iowa - one of the Amana Colonies |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. plenty of places in rural madagascar still in the stone age when i visited |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Don't get confused... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. Rural Russia. Nothing like it. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Tell me more |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. What do you mean, "Do it right?" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. Some towns in |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. My hometown, Ulen, Minnesota. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The rest of the country is rapidly catching up. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. There (or were, before Katrina) some amazing places in Southern/rural Louisiana... |
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riverwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. Bhutan |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. Dufur, Oregon |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Weird, just spent a weekend in Mitchell, Oregon... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yeah, I've been there too. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yes, a few fishing villages in Mexico. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I saw shacks outside of Mexico City. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Yep, our coursers perdidas |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. Freepville. |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
35. many parts of rural india have a pre-modern quality to them |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Saw that one big time in Afghanistan too... |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. the only reasonable starting point is comprehensive land reform |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
39. We should bomb them into modernity. n/t |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
40. Erongaricuaro, Mexico. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes, but not to that extreme. A small town in Southern Oregon |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
42. Rural South Korea |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. My mom grew up in a small town in Iowa. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Doesn't surprise me a bit... |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. I've driven through Iowa, many of the towns I saw looked like |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. I was talking to a couple of Indian colleagues who had just visited Amish country |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. an interesting exchange. |
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logosoco (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
51. Not on a "large" scale... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
52. I live in a town which hasn't changed substantially since probably 1950. |
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