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GiqueCee

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16. Billboards are banned...

Reply to pat_k (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 09:07 AM

18 hrs ago

... here in Vermont, so some Vermont businesses advertise on them just over the state lines of New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

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Billboards are FANTASTIC!! pat_k Friday #1

Ted Turner started his media empire with 1 billboard..the 2...then a UHF station underpants Friday #3

Good old WTBS. It was rather cheesy back in the day... paleotn Friday #5

ted's father left him the billboard business rampartd 19 hrs ago #13

I didn't know that. Thanks underpants 19 hrs ago #14

Ted Turner was also an avid sailor... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #15

Thanks for sharing the experiences! pat_k 2 hrs ago #33

Billboards are banned... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #16

Mississippi? 3catwoman3 Friday #2

Don't write off Mississippi! pat_k Friday #4

$4+ gas has a way of doing that for average folks. paleotn Friday #6

The South is far more nuanced than most people who never lived there suspect. Martin68 15 hrs ago #20

So, way back in the day, I did a children's musical theater tour through Jackson, MS. OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #30

MAGA... BattleRow Friday #7

Good sign. Joinfortmill Friday #8

Fantastic!!! niyad Friday #9

ding. this . AllaN01Bear Friday #10

Jackson is a blue city. Their congressional district voted Harris in 2024 by 21 points IronLionZion Friday #11

Jackson: A blue capital city besieged by a red state legislature, a red Governor and a red Congressional delegation Marcuse Friday #12

Just like much of the coastal states are blue SomedayKindaLove 10 hrs ago #31

My only memories of Mississippi Stacey Grove 17 hrs ago #17

Heavily Democratic Cirsium 16 hrs ago #18

Other people who live in college towns. yardwork 16 hrs ago #19

Understood Cirsium 14 hrs ago #21

I'm right there with you. yardwork 13 hrs ago #22

Yep Cirsium 13 hrs ago #23

That would be great! yardwork 13 hrs ago #24

I believe there were many areas that were blue that were secretly flipped red... by those tiny little satellites slightlv 10 hrs ago #29

I would urge caution Cirsium 9 hrs ago #32

MAGA is just another name for LogDog75 13 hrs ago #25

I mean, it's a city... The D v R divide is starkest in urban v rural not actual state by state. RockRaven 13 hrs ago #26

Point well-taken. Stargleamer 12 hrs ago #27

The times they are a changin' enid602 11 hrs ago #28