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Why is Appalachia so trashy?
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:15 am
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:15 am
Speaking specifically about West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Every time i drive through I marvel at how pretty it is and then I stop to get gas or eat and im blown away at the type of people i see. Some of the areas I've passed through look like a third world country.
Why is it like that? When did that start?
Every time i drive through I marvel at how pretty it is and then I stop to get gas or eat and im blown away at the type of people i see. Some of the areas I've passed through look like a third world country.
Why is it like that? When did that start?
This post was edited on 7/18/18 at 7:21 am
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Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:16 am to dallastiger55
Meth
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:18 am to dallastiger55
Drugs and poverty, the two things that make every bad area a bad area
This post was edited on 7/18/18 at 7:20 am
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:18 am to dallastiger55
Poor AF, Isolated, uneducated. It's like a Perfect Storm for trashiness.
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:18 am to dallastiger55
Government dependence
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:19 am to dallastiger55
poor people
next question?
next question?
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:19 am to dallastiger55
Part of the reason I moved 
Though I’m really from right outside.
Though I’m really from right outside.
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:21 am to dallastiger55
A lot of their regional economy is based on coal mining, so there's that
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:25 am to dallastiger55
Visit Scotland or Northern Ireland, or the borderlands of North England and Scotland, and it is the same story.
So, genetics.
So, genetics.
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:26 am to VADawg
Coal lobbyists in West Virginia frick over the state. This still doesn’t explain Tennessee or NCar though
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:27 am to dallastiger55
I like Appalachia.
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:28 am to JDogg33
How is it isolated? It’s not like the west where there is nothing for miles.
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:29 am to dallastiger55
No HOAs
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:32 am to dallastiger55
Keep driving then. I like it just fine. There are lots of non trashy areas.
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:42 am to dallastiger55
Pittsburgh, Asheville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, & Huntsville are all pretty dope cities with lots of cool smaller towns around them. Some of the really backwoods areas can be sketchy, but the entire area isn't what you're making it out to be.
This post was edited on 7/18/18 at 7:43 am
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:44 am to dallastiger55
Because the vast majority of the population has a high school education at best and their blue collar jobs are disappearing.
So, lack of education and money.
ETA: this is in regards to the small mountain areas of Appalachia, not the more metropolitan areas.
So, lack of education and money.
ETA: this is in regards to the small mountain areas of Appalachia, not the more metropolitan areas.
This post was edited on 7/18/18 at 7:46 am
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:45 am to dallastiger55
They are poor. The average income in some of the areas is 1/4 of the poverty line. The lack of understanding that a higher income is available elsewhere is generational.
Some of it is beautiful country though.
Some of it is beautiful country though.
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:47 am to dallastiger55
These things are trashy...
Moonshine
Meth
Collecting disability checks
Moonshine
Meth
Collecting disability checks
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:48 am to AbitaFan08
Scotch-Irish clans settled there after being run out of Ireland, while not being able to return to Scotland.
They kept their old clan family culture, brought over their stills, and the region is pretty difficult to travel into, so they were able to remain isolated.
They kept their old clan family culture, brought over their stills, and the region is pretty difficult to travel into, so they were able to remain isolated.
Posted on 7/18/18 at 7:48 am to TRUERockyTop
quote:
Pittsburgh, Asheville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, & Huntsville are all pretty dope cities with lots of cool smaller towns around them. Some of the really backwoods areas can be sketchy, but the entire area isn't what you're making it out to be.
My guess is the OP made several wrong turns off the highway and ended up in an area where he shouldn't have been with spotty cell phone service.
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