this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You left out "TRUMP 2024" painted on a barn in fading paint with tattered American flags around it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I live in the country in wisconsin this hits to close to home man

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I’ve seen the billboards in Minnesota and the states that border it. And not just here and there, I’ve seen stretches of road where it’s every 3rd billboard.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

C H E E S E

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Corn Corn Corn Corn HELL IS REAL Corn Corn Corn Grandpa’s Cheese Barn Corn Corn Corn/soybeans Corn Corn

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Also about a million and one billboards for marijuana dispensaries, in the states that legalized it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Driving from Ohio to Michigan: Welcome to Michigan, BUY WEED!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well twist my arm!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

No graphic photos of fetuses?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, those adult stores in the middle of nowhere Midwest have a straaaange vibe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

W A L L D R U G

whatever that is

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My friend and I were on a cross country road trip, and we started seeing Walldrug billboards like 3 states away. We ended up stopping just to see what the hell it was.

Very touristy, vaguely old timey shops, pretty good ice cream. 8/10 would satisfy my curiosity again

[–] Shoresy 4 points 1 year ago

They have thousands of signs including locations in other countries. I'm not sure what the current count is, but 10 years ago there were 100 Wall Drug signs between Rapid City and Wall (about an hour drive on I-90).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that way out west i thought? There are a lot of signs for it tho

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I saw a bunch of signs going north towards Fargo on the interstate two states south. Like what the hell is the hype over a damn drugstore? I've been to CVS/Walgreens theyre basically Dollar General with a pharmacy.

Guy below says it's something different tho so idk. I didn't go cuz I had a damn UHaul to move. 0/10 will not recommend moving ever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm in central PA and it's damn near the same. Swap "cheese" with "Bass Pro"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Change Cheese for Rock City and you’ve got a The South starter pack

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yo theres a P I E billboard too that matches the cheese one. Ive seen it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You know what he does

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I know I’m not in the UP anymore whenever I start seeing these on Wisconsin and LP road trips lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I feel attacked!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wisconsin gas station cheese is the best fr

Also I've only been to a Kwik trip once, maybe twice. They just dont seem to have them as much in indiana

[–] wander1236 2 points 1 year ago

This is the Bethlehem, PA area to a tee

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've only ever seen one Lion's Den, and it's gone now. Fireworks billboards all around the borders of the state, because we used to have very restrictive fireworks laws. They aren't anymore, but the shops still remain near the borders. Never seen a Kwik Trip. Or a Cheese. Or a Hell is Real. Might've seen a Cracker Barrel sign once. I know where one used to be, but it's long gone now after an outbreak of .. lysteria? i think, was unable to be purged from the property, and the entire property was condemned and slated never to be used again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Everywhere in the US looks the same from Wendover

Stroads from Not Just Bikes

Don't mistakenly think this is a unique piece of midwest culture. Pretty much every highway exit looks the same in the US. The billboards are interchangeable. You practically can't tell them apart. Sub out one regional chain for a different regional chain that is SO different (but actually exactly the same). Our culture of extraordinarily bad land use meshing with our financial system that favors national chains that export wealth over local businesses that builds communities is just gradually turning all of our places into ugly, expensive, worthless trash.

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