Where's the Duck Dynasty?

Now that it's Thanksgiving break, I went back to my home in Northern Virginia and spent time with my family. As I am getting into the groove of getting accustomed to my house again, I went to Walmart to pick up a few groceries today. Remember how I was shocked at all the Duck Dynasty apparel in Walmart? Well, it seems that the influx of Duck Dynasty shirts and gadgets and toys was just specific to the Walmart down at JMU in Harrisonburg because I only saw one little stand of Duck Dynasty at Walmart today near my home. It was weird because I wasn't bombarded with all the advertising apparel that I was back at the Walmart at JMU. I expected to see Duck Dynasty plastered everywhere, but it took me by surprise to see Duck Dynasty almost non-existent at my Walmart.

This just shows the huge culture difference between the interests of the two different areas. I found it odd that there was such a big difference in the merchandise two hours up north and how media affects certain types of areas of Virginia. Growing up, I definitely did not get introduced to shows like Duck Dynasty and it's hard to keep up with the white Americans at JMU if I never watched 1) the shows that they all watched and were surrounded by when they were young and 2) any TV much at all when I was a child. I've definitely felt more of a sense of disconnect with the American kids at JMU than at my home just because there were less of an expectation to keep up to date with shows. Northern Virginia has more diversity so not many people were focused on one certain show and less people were acquainted with the same shows. It was hard enough trying to not let my lack of TV affect me in high school where the culture wasn't as focused on certain media, but in Harrisonburg everyone knows all these different shows that I'm unfamiliar with and many times I find myself lost in conversations because everyone is talking about what happened on a TV show or on their social media websites and I'm not sure how to connect with people without any of this media.