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[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago

A lot places didn't. My family comes from a rural location and there were places without telephone service in the 70s.

[-] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I guess to expand further what was crazy to me was these were the people who were providing power and services to everyone else that they were not receiving themselves. Harlan County is coal mining country.

Edit: accidentally a word

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

The house I grew up in didn't get running water until the 70s when my parents got it and put in a well.

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