[busterarm]

Moved from NYC to South Carolina and the culture shock is real.

Doors aren't locked. Neighbors help each other out with stuff like mowing, or bringing bins up/down driveways on trash day. No words are exchanged about it either.

I removed the rust and repainted my mailbox this weekend and then went around the neighborhood to do the same for others while I had spare time and spare paint left.

This is what I moved here for. No way will I stop working remote and go back.

[xeromal]

Welcome to Appalachia. We have many issues but we get a couple of things right.

[busterarm]

I'm in Midlands SC (and some time in Lowcountry before it). Technically we're just outside of Appalachia, but yeah the attitude applies.

Heck, half of our state seems to be from Southern Ohio anyway!

[xeromal]

Funny how that works. A lot of people from Appalachia and the Deep South migrated to Ohio and the midwest for jobs in the early 1900s

[askin4it]

By and large true, but there are some sketchy rural places, and some rural places that are safe but not friendly....such as the place I moved back when I assumed all rural people were neighborly.

[busterarm]

No doubt. And honestly where I am at wouldn't be considered rural. There are farms 5 minutes down the road from me but we're comfortably suburban.

One thing people need to keep in mind these days is that some folks seek out the most rural places because they don't want to be bothered. Some of them have something to hide too.