This is the ugliest cat I’ve ever seen! Next thing you know, they’ll find a “black cat” with a white stripe down its back and wonder why it’s so stinky.
One thing you can usually count on if you live out in the country in the USA: everyone is armed! Not only do most people have gun racks in their pickup trucks, but you’ll even see gun racks on ATVs.
And even if there’s no vehicle, you’ll often see people walking around with a sidearm. Because you never know when you’ll run into a bear or copperhead snake, of course.
We Americans love (are obsessed with?) our guns!
One of the great aspects to living out in the stix is the constant stream of wildlife you encounter on a daily basis. This is even more true in much of Alaska, which is home to wildlife, and humans are simply the guests.
Moose are the largest members of the deer family and can be very dangerous. Male moose weigh 1,200 to 1,600 pounds and stand over seven feet tall. Wild moose have been known to attack humans and pets. Check out the amazing photo of a moose kissing a cat in Alaska by Tracy Adams.
Rural areas (also referred to as "the country" or "the countryside") are large and isolated areas of a country, often with low populations. Today, 75 percent of the United States’ inhabitants live in suburban and urban areas, but cities occupy only 2 percent of the country’s area. Rural areas occupy the remaining 98 percent.
About 91 percent of the rural population now earn salaried incomes, often in urban areas. The 10 percent who still produce resources generate 20 percent of the world’s coal, copper, and oil; 10 percent of its wheat, 20 percent of its meat, and 50 percent of its corn. The efficiency of these farms is due largely to the commercialization of the farming industry, and most are not single family operations.
From the Urban Dictionary:
Originates from the River Styx in the underworld in Roman mythology. So out in the Styx is somewhere so remote, you’d rather not be there. Stix is an American variation on the term.
Synonyms include boonies, boondocks, isolated, middle of nowhere, remote, stix, styx.
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