Re:Where Johnny Cash Came From
by CapitalistCartr on Sunday December 17, 2023 @02:03PM
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My mom grew up in Appalachia, in the same time as Johnny Cash, dirt farmers in a "holler". No indoor electric, plumbing, or phone. Wood stove cooking and heat. A spring house for water. Baths every Saturday night. Their livelihood was completely dependant on growing food and lumber. I find it unimaginable. Technically I know how it worked, but it's completely alien. In one generation.
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Re:Where Johnny Cash Came From
by itronitron on Sunday December 17, 2023 @04:44PM
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My father had a similar childhood. Grew up in a 3 bedroom cabin that his father built, shared a bedroom with his 3 brothers, and spent a lot of his childhood running around the woods with a rifle and trapping animals to sell furs. Despite having a very successful career, he refers to this time in his life as 'when we were wealthy'.
You're not kidding. Not even a billionaire's kids today could run around the woods with rifles and do the same.
They absolutely could, and still do in Appalachia. The real world still exists, you just have to look a little harder...
Re:Where Johnny Cash Came From
by freedomben on Sunday December 17, 2023 @05:31PM
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Same, my grandfather grew up the same way. Horses were their way of life, and the house was located in a spot where electricity and other utilities would never make it, and paving a road was unfeasible. The house was essentially abandoned once the kids were raised and the parents wanted to nice