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My fiancee is from West Virginia. She doesn't even come from the really rural part of it, but she basically has nothing good to say about living there. Poverty,
by mrtranscendence 5y ago
My fiancee is from West Virginia. She doesn't even come from the really rural part of it, but she basically has nothing good to say about living there. Poverty, drug abuse, environmental degradation. And seeing as half the people I've met from WV are basically lowlifes I'm inclined to agree.
You can get land pretty cheap there, though. I've thought about buying a forested plot before but ... nah. If I want to do that I can afford to do it in a more rural part of Ohio.
- vb6sp6 5y agoYou can see the damage on google maps You start to notice these little brown specks all over the state: https://www.google.com/maps/place/West+Virginia/@38.5978727,-81.4867641,252646m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x884a54a5d4cb0945:0xbb00c768decd3a43!2sWest+Virginia!3b1!8m2!3d38.5976262!4d-80.4549026!3m4!1s0x884a54a5d4cb0945:0xbb00c768decd3a43!8m2!3d38.5976262!4d-80.4549026 https://www.google.com/maps/place/West+Virginia/@38.5978727,... then you zoom in and see the mines: https://www.google.com/maps/place/West+Virginia/@37.9086459,-81.5807737,5237m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x884a54a5d4cb0945:0xbb00c768decd3a43!8m2!3d38.5976262!4d-80.4549026 https://www.google.com/maps/place/West+Virginia/@37.9086459,...
- scruple 5y agoI was born a stones throw away from WV on the Pennsylvania side. I grew up a stones throw away from WV on the Ohio side. That entire geographical region is an economically depressed shithole (until you get up to Pittsburgh and Columbus and their suburban areas). WV may be ground zero (it's also not the only one, Kentucky has it's fair share of the same thing going on) but its contagion rots out from the center. If you're ever looking for land in rural Ohio or rural southwestern PA, I'd implore you to go spend some time on the ground in those communities first.