sticks

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an area in the countryside that is far from a town or city:

in the sticks I'm sick of living in the sticks.

out in the sticks They live out in the sticks somewhere.

We're stuck out in the sticks, so we don't get to many gigs.

I can't buy exotic food like that here in the sticks.

You chose to live in the sticks, so don't complain that you don't get enough visitors.

The sticks is a humorous way of referring to a place in the country:

My parents live out in the sticks.