#Rural Area

[brutalcomplex]

[nowheresville-dakota]

[ahedderick]

Trashy

Just got back from roughly an hour spent picking up roadside trash. It's much better to do it this time of year; no bad smells, no flies, the vegetation has died back pretty much. We got two bags' worth. Can't believe there are still people just throwing their empty cans and fast food trash out their car windows. In the year of our lord 2025.

My mother used to go up and down the road with me as a toddler, hauling the bags in the little red wagon that every rural kid had back then. In fairness, I think there's less trash now, overall. However, there is one particular yahoo who a) hates us and b) tends to throw as many empty bottles of alcohol as he possibly can on our road. Thanks, Joey. You asshole.

[bonguri]

20241014 Rokusho shrine 4 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: 3回くらい心臓を破裂させながら名もなき峠を超えて、ようやく六所神社の第一鳥居到着。 Photo taken at Rokusho shrine, Toyota city, Aichi pref.

[nicdoesntexist]

[soapdispensersalesman]

Anybody want to want to move to a rural area with me and start a local slowcore band there?

[torivincentmusic]

July 10th, 2020

[malfnction-54]

i love using ai to edit out the glare from my car window :,)

[bernaticneon]

Roman archaeology in smaller rural areas deserves so much more love. Everyone’s obsessed with the Egyptian pyramids, Pompeii, and the Colosseum (don’t get me wrong, those are iconic), but the smaller sites? They’re the unsung heroes of ancient history. These little rural spots are often where you find the real stories—the stuff that rewrites everything we thought we knew.

Like, I was reading about Huerta Varona the other day (in Palencia), and it’s wild to think about how Spanish Romanisation played out in ways historians didn’t even imagine. These sites might not have massive amphitheaters or shiny marble statues, but they hold the evidence of how people actually lived. Small settlements, local adaptations of Roman culture, the blending of traditions—it’s honestly fascinating.

But the problem? They barely get any recognition. There’s little funding, no big marketing campaigns, and sometimes even the local governments overlook them. Meanwhile, they’re out here telling us how empires spread and how everyday people interacted with history’s big movers and shakers. They’re just as amazing as the famous spots, but because they’re “rural” or less flashy, they don’t get the spotlight they deserve.

So yeah, let’s hype up the small sites. They may not have the drama of Pompeii, but they’re rewriting history piece by piece, and that’s just as incredible.

[katesemeniuk]

Cute village house with an apple tree

[brutalcomplex]

[chkmnpd]

Picture of paddy fields at Jatiluwih Rice Terraces, Bali

Location: Jatiluwih Rice Terraces

Where to find more picts: here.

[kleinefreiheiten]

10.2022 Neusaß

[photozoi]

Spring in the Pacific NorthWest

[bonguri]

20240824 Itadori 3 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: 少し下界に降りて21世紀の森公園の株杉の森。伐採されては新たな芽が出て・・・を繰り返して成長した株杉です。株杉は世界でもここだけだそうです。 Photo taken at 21st Century Forest Park, Itadori area, Seki city, Gifu pref.

[theplaguedogs]