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living in the sticks 

To live in the country, far away from any major city or urban center. Living in Suburbia does not count.

Living in the sticks requires a person to reside in an area that is well forested, has farmland, and maybe some dirt roads.

Because people live in these rural areas, they are surrounded by trees, which are known as sticks. Trees are a most common thing in these areas...

Folks who live in the sticks are often refferred to as:hicks or country blumpkins or rednecks or hillbilly or farmer or ruralite

Language- English, interspersed with poor grammar and lots of double negatives.

Contrast- concrete jungle,suburbs,city
Kruti: Where do you live?
Ankit: Far away from civiliztion.
Kruti: Oh, you live in the country! Living in the sticks, eh?
Ankit: Yeah, the nearest convienence store is 20 miles away.

Quick on the Sticks 

To have extreme hand eye coordination and be very talented at video games. Reaction time is reduced and usually relates to high-level Call of Duty players.
Quick on the Sticks by Hendrix315 January 2, 2012

those are the sticks 

"That's the situation". "It is what it is". The sticks have fallen and where they lay is now what you have to deal with (from the childhood game of pick up sticks).
"Aw man, I totally chunked my audition."
"Sorry dude, those are the sticks! Onto the next one."

live in the sticks 

a dismissive way to describe someone who hails from an unsophisticated region. The city mouse would describe the country mouse as "living in the sticks."
City dweller to country bumpkin: "You are a hick and you live in the sticks."
live in the sticks by nycounsel September 11, 2013

on the sticks 

The act of playing playstation or xbox. The idea being that the two analog sticks on the controllers are sticks.
Hey you faggot you wanna bang? Alright man, let's get on the sticks.
on the sticks by Tim Buckley September 5, 2006

Cracked on The Sticks 

An incredibly underrated controller player whose aim is so good and their flicks are so fast you would think they're on crack
Guy 1: Dang, this guy's pretty good at Fortnite!
Guy 2: Yeah, the young TTVer's cracked on The Sticks.