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re: Life in West Virginia
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:45 am to JasonDBlaha
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:45 am to JasonDBlaha
quote:and disability.
Sounds nice until you move there and find out that all of your neighbors are meth addicts who live off welfare.
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:02 am to Bama Bird
Drove through Beckley, West Virginia in the early 2000s. It was rainy, cold and overcast.
It looked so impoverished and at the time the most depressing place I had ever seen.
It looked so impoverished and at the time the most depressing place I had ever seen.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:29 am to Bama Bird
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:36 am to Bama Bird
Where you at baw? Life was so cheap near the mason dixon line. Saved soo much in 5 years there.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:43 am to Bama Bird
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Wheeling area
I grew up just outside of Moundsville. Both sides of my family have been in upper Ohio Valley area since the 1780s.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 6:55 am to Rebel
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But isn’t the Whittaker family from WV?
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Very cool family that wouldn't harm a soul.
You know them well, sounds like.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 6:55 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 8:40 am to LB84
Good atv riding in all of these areas. Favorite was probably the nation forest in ironton
Posted on 12/6/23 at 8:44 am to LB84
isn't the panhandle more Ohio than WV, in a sense?
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 8:45 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 9:00 am to Nado Jenkins83
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Good atv riding in all of these areas. Favorite was probably the nation forest in ironton
Ironton...
You have to pronounce it correctly - Like you were from across the river in Ashland: "Arnt'n"
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 9:00 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 9:01 am to terriblegreen
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One could live very well in WV on 100K a year. Might be a good place to retire.
Absolutely.
Its also beautiful.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 9:02 am to SteelerBravesDawg
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You live in Morgantown?
I'm guessing Stuebenville.
Eta: Dammit, that's Ohio. It's Wheeling, if you get the feeling.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 9:05 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 9:09 am to Bama Bird
When I was a teenager we had a trip to WV to work on people's houses. I don't remember where in the state we were, but it was POOR. Depressingly poor.
These days, opiates are ravaging much of WV, there's little corporate investment in the state, and it's riddled with poverty.
Beautiful? Oh yeah.
Some nice parts? Definitely.
But let's be real, there's a reason the population is so low in that state...it's a shithole, for the most part.
These days, opiates are ravaging much of WV, there's little corporate investment in the state, and it's riddled with poverty.
Beautiful? Oh yeah.
Some nice parts? Definitely.
But let's be real, there's a reason the population is so low in that state...it's a shithole, for the most part.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 9:10 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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isn't the panhandle more Ohio than WV, in a sense?
Northern WV, southeast/eastern Ohio, and western PA I would say are more connected to each other than their respective states. It is northern Appalachia.
Pittsburgh for example has way more in common with the people of that area than Philadelphia on the other side of the state.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 9:17 am to cyarrr
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It looked so impoverished and at the time the most depressing place I had ever seen
Before or after you went to Ferriday.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 9:18 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 9:18 am to Bama Bird
I grew up in a holler in southern WV. Those of you who are saying it's a beautiful place are 100% correct. One of the hidden gems of the country. Those of you saying it's a very impoverished place with limited opportunities are also 100% correct. Opioids and the lefts war on fossil fuels have transformed it into a very different place than I remember.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 2:41 pm to LB84
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Pittsburgh for example has way more in common with the people of that area than Philadelphia on the other side of the state.
Philadelphia is a east coast cosmopolitan city that has a lot in common with NYC and NJ in terms of the kind of people that live there. Very diverse, a lot of Italians and Jewish people that live there, and it has an Ivy League university that bolsters the economy.
It has absolutely nothing in common within Western PA or WV at all. Trying to compare Philadelphia with a dying rust belt city like Pittsburgh is laughable.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:45 pm to Purple Spoon
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Before or after you went to Ferriday.
It was worse than Ferriday, or maybe just seemed to be due to the gloomy weather. Whatever the reason, it left a lasting impression on me.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:54 pm to Bama Bird
They not afraid to let their toddler ride 4 wheelers...we should strive to be more like them.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:14 pm to kengel2
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Skylar is my new favorite news host
She checks all my boxes.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:23 pm to mmmmmbeeer
Was this before or after you fantasized about your daughter getting creampied. You sick frick, you’ll never live this down, you might as well delete this account and start another one.
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