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Originally Posted by kane
Like others have said, I think you are over thinking it. I have seen a number of episodes of the show and most of the people they meet seem to be either living on land that has often been in their family for a very long time. I grew up in a small redneck/country town and there were tons of big farms all around town that had nothing going on them. At some point the farm might have been used for something, but those days are long past and now it is just a bunch of land, but those that own it don't want to sell it.
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I grew up in a similar area. I would say it's probably common in small towns all over the US. I knew plenty of people who did this sort of pack-rat thing on old farm land. Some collected for a hobby and others collected stuff to resell for antiques or scrap. I didn't think it was that weird until all these shows started springing up like American Pickers and Storage Wars.