Rural living.

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36. It's pretty much the same where I'm at

only I'm in ranching country/public lands in the Rockies, the people treat each other about the same around here. Unless you're getting too nosy or into someone else's stuff, including their side of the fence.

Heck, even I don't drive a four cylinder truck. But my six cylinder still isn't tough enough to haul the horse... but it has enough guts to get through a foot of snow.

Guns, everyone out here has them, even me... haven't shot them in ten years at least-black powder show guns I inherited. My neighbors, they use them for hunting and predators, we have everything out here from wolves to bears and big cats. If you have livestock, predators are a concern, how you deal with them says a lot about how you perceive things like wildlife conservation and public lands. And I am thankful for the organic meat they share with me when they have it and after a successful hunting season.

It's a different world out here. I grew up in the northeastern cities and countryside, it's completely different and the perceptions of folks from out in the rural west aren't ignorant. They do see that one of their freedoms comes in the form of not being involved in politics in any way. The ones who do vote often vote out of spite as much as for anything else because they don't see how their vote actually matters in the end when they see no tangible benefit to having cast a vote or gotten involved in some way. We do get involved in our communities but it often goes no further with many people.