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Chuck Bryant

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Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And again, that's specifically the green bank, which is the most restrictive area where you're not going to have any cell service.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And like I said, until very recently, no Wi-Fi at all there, like no Bluetooth devices, no RC cars and trucks for the kids and playful adults, no microwaves.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

But like you said, I think you hinted at it.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

A lot of people or some people, because there's not a lot of people there, period.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

But some people move there for that reason.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

They want a simpler lifestyle.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

They want less technology.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And we'll talk a little bit more about, you know, kind of some of the people that tracks because it can get very interesting.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Other people can get annoyed.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

most people there probably just, you know, that's where they've always lived.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And so that's just the deal.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

It's a way of life.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

I think in 2016, there was an Italian graduate student named Gioffredo Collini,

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

who traveled there to study, like, the people and were like, you know, what's it like for the people that live there?

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And he found, and this is a very small-scale study, it wasn't, like, the most robust scientific thing, but I think just walking around and studying and talking to people, he found that people seem to have lower anxiety there.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

But it's different, you know?

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

They use maps.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

They use payphones still.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Teens there do have things like iPhones.