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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 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.