r/geography • u/True_Antelope8860 • 2d ago

Whats the place you refer to when something is very very far Discussion

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u/MudExpress2973 2d ago

"Out in the sticks" just means a rural forest area. Bone apple tea.

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u/RingCard 1d ago

Domo arigato, Mr Roboto

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u/AgreeableSystem5852 2d ago

There's a Styx Valley (not sticks) in Tasmania

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u/logaboga 1d ago

That’s not what they’re referring to lmao

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u/Icy_Delay_7274 1d ago

I’m about to start referring to that though lol

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u/elpajaroquemamais 1d ago

Sure. But the phrase is still “out in the sticks”

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u/Fuhrankie 1d ago edited 1d ago

Tbf we also have 'paradise', 'nowhere else', 'promised land', and 'snug'. Not to mention a heap of other interesting location names... 😂

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u/grap_grap_grap 1d ago

promised land

*Sephiroth noises intensify*

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u/The_Nude_Mocracy 1d ago

They must've been talking about that river in Hell