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The Appalachia Issue

Twenty-six Feet Under

People who live in Coober Pedy make city kids look like pampered assholes. Life in the outback is often harsher than a straight-up hash pipe, and death is something that you tend to become pretty familiar with.
VICE Staff

Carl’s dying wish was that the whole town had a drink on him. He took out a last minute loan and shouted everybody beer at his funeral. Apparently the priest actually poured beer from this keg for all the guests.

Mining shafts like this are normally obscured by a mountain of dirt. This is the local dentist’s surgery which opens once a month.

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