re: Justified - anybody on here from Kentucky?

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Wrong:

- Parts of Eastern Kentucky are much, much poorer than they portray.

- The topography (which we've discussed at length).

- The general notion that they're all dumb hillbillies. I've met some fantastic people from out that way that would survive much longer than I could with their knowledge of the land and other things. There's beautiful culture from that area from crafts to music. Especially Bluegrass music.

- Nobody's driving a towncar outside of Harlan and getting where they go on the show.

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I would add that, in addition to being a lot poorer, the place is much more raw than a fictional TV show could probably do justice.

The addicts, the grinding generational poverty, the trash, using soft drinks as currency, the physical appearance of the people, and so on - even Justified, which never tried to glorify things - couldn't help but gussy up and put a sheen on how things really are there.

This brings to mind the movie about the Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. I couldn’t finish it. It was painful to see people like that. Louisiana trash got nothing on them.