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Raftergirl

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9. Never have flown the flag and I'm almost 70. Neither did my parents.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 10:20 AM

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Very few flags in my town of 40k on peoples homes.

When we drove from Austin to San Antonio once I was shocked to see the Texas State flag effing everywhere. It was so cringe. Except for government buildings no one in NY flies the NYS flag.

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