[vundercind]

Appalachia’s a big place I guess, but the thing I found most remarkable in the North Carolina portion of it was that damn near every rural-road mountain driveway seemed to have a sign marking that the house was also home to a small business.

[coffeebeqn]

Probably also out of necessity. There aren’t many employers in the mountains

[rm_-rf_slash]

People in rural places have supplemented their incomes selling things from flowers to honey to moonshine for ages.