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15 Things You Know To Be True If You're From Red Bank, South Carolina

What's not to love about ole Red Bank?

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15 Things You Know To Be True If You're From Red Bank, South Carolina
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Only people from small, country towns know the true essence of the small town vibe. Limited activities, farmland, mudding, and camouflage make a small southern town noticeable. But what makes Red Bank, South Carolina famous and extremely noticeable? Is it the lack of things to do, the possible bombing, or the murderer of the Charleston Nine? Here are some things that only people from Red Bank and towns alike know about small, southern towns:

1. A small town isn't truly on the map until it has an auto part store.

Well, Red Bank has 4 and counting. Every time they start building something, the residents get excited and it just turns out it's yet another auto parts store. Why can't Red Bank just get a Chick Fil A or some decent sit-down restaurant?

2. Rebel flags and deer emblems are on everything

trucks, clothes, tattoos, and more. If you don't know someone with most of these things, are you even truly from here?

3. No town is complete without a Walmart!

We've got that at least.

4. Want to go to a sit-down restaurant?

Take a pick: San Jose or the other generic Mexican restaurant. That's about it. Oh, and a Highway 55 which is decent.

5. You have to drive 30 minutes if you want to go anywhere or do anything productive.

6. You'll never run out of gas though!

There's a gas station on every corner.

7. Trucks are the most popular automobile of the little town.

They’re all decked out: spray painted, lifted, camo, you name it. (lol, sometimes all three)

8. We have our own town animal

Abraham the Camel.

9. Need a trusty steed?

Visit the local donkey farm for more information on how to buy a Red Bank donkey.

10. We've had a terrible kidnapping and murder that was right across the street from where White Knoll is currently at in 1985.

Sherri Smith was kidnapped and killed right in front of where White Knoll is at.

11. Harvest Fest

Our little version of a fair. It's so tiny and even has tilt-a-whirls. It's located at the main church in front of the high school.

12. Nothing ever normal happens in Red Bank, South Carolina.

How one randomly picks White Knoll out of a phone book to bomb, we'll never know...

13. There’s always that one park that floods intensely.

People took canoes out there one time.

14. The Lexington and White Knoll High school rivalry is real.

The school went on lockdown because there was a rumor of a Lexington student threatening to stab students at the pep rally.

15. Oh, and one of our own committed a hate crime.

Dylann Roof? Yeah, he attended our school sadly.

If you still don't understand Red Bank, South Carolina, just watch the music video:

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