Life in rural America is hell...

[brooklynite]

Flathead Beacon

12:53 a.m. Youths were “running around cussing at people.”

12:14 a.m. A pet goose was killed.

12:17 a.m. A drunk guy was wandering down the street.

5:20 a.m. A man was passed out on the side of the road near Bad Rock Canyon.

6:45 a.m. A man trying to turn the volume up on his phone ended up calling 911 instead.

7:04 a.m. Someone got sprayed in the face with bear spray.

7:31 a.m. Two cows were on the run in Kalispell.

10:09 a.m. A Kalispell woman found a dead bat in her living room.

[murielm99]

1. More farmers are losing their livelihood.

Rural suicide rates are up.

Unemployment is rampant.

Youth are leaving rural communities.

Opioid use is killing people.

[Skidmore]

9. Add

communities are losing doctors and hospitals.

Schools merge between distant towns. Bussing.

Loss of jobs means people move away and property revenue to support schools is lost.



This thread is so not funny.

[Kaleva]

2. A 20+ year old cow that had died made the front page of a local newspaper

[jcgoldie]

3. Well...

I'll fess up... the drunk guy and the passed out guy who accidentally called 911 were all me (it was a real good night!)... and I did get my cows in tyvm, but that was NOT my goose... oh yeah and my wife only THOUGHT it was a bat, truth is the mice have learned to fly in order to eat more of our shit...

[bluedigger]

4. Lead story for today's Journal is "Mancos celebrates burros".

I shit you not.

https://the-journal.com/news

[MicaelS]

5. Burros are really cool. n/t

[GusBob]

6. Lol Kalispell aint rural

Big Sandy now....the lonesome prairie. The peace and quiet out here and the scenery, holy heck! Would not trade it for anything

[walkingman]

7. rural life in Central Texas is worse

7:05 Shitkicker in a dually doing 85 in a 50 mph zone

9:15 passed by another shitkicker with MAGA and various other GOP stickers all over his truck and playing some sort of Country song at 100db

10:00 truck carrying crushed aluminum cans dumped about 3 large bags and cans all over the road

12:12 neighbor spraying herbicide on pastures - pretty sure the drift will get what remains of my garden

1:30 went by neighbor who still had his Ted Cruz signs up from the 2018 election

I'm sure more will happen before the day's over. Finally home and can lock my gate and seak "shelter from the storm"

[Hortensis]

8. A shocking crime wave. Surprised that not even one cowboy

fell off his horse and broke something. Guess that's not quite "everyday" up there.

[Amishman]

10. I like the rural life, deer are far better neighbors than people.

I'll never be willing to live in DC again, so done with that city (and cities in general)

[zackymilly]

11. Sounds like where I live. n/t

[Autumn]

12. Sitting on the porch and had to watch a couple of hundred

head of cattle being moved from one pasture to another, two cows and a calf broke out and came down the drive. The dogs came and got them back up on the road. Those cowboys and cattle made a lot of noise. Had to go in and get another cup of coffee because mine got cold. Yeah, it's hell.

[zackymilly]

13. Two peacocks crossed my property yesterday when I was outside. I almost called 911. n/t

[Autumn]

14. Now I've been thinking of getting a couple of those. Just for a yard decoration.

There were a few peachicks at the livestock auction last week. I might keep an eye out.

[zackymilly]

15. Well YOU SHOULD think about getting some. n/t

[Autumn]

16. I WILL THINK on that. Peacocks are not my area of expertise but they may be someday. nt

[BluesRunTheGame]

17. I lived in Kalispell for 10 years.

It’s kind of conservative. It’s not very diverse. Other than that it’s a fairly pleasant place to live. Small city of 23,000 people. Close to Glacier National Park.