Devastating population decline predicted in deep red state by 2040 as counties lose up to a third of residents

[róisín_dubh]

30. Give me a break

I lived in West Virginia for 10 years. My legal US residence is unfortunately still there, though I reckon I’ll make one more trip back and that’s that. I loved it for about a year until realising it is the loneliest, most backward and bitter place I’ve ever lived…and I spent 7 years in Oklahoma.
— people continually vote for politicians who’ve sold them down the river. Current case in point is their abomination of a former governor now junior senator
—they despise outsiders (with the possible exception of Shepherdstown I guess), yet outsiders in places like Morgantown WANT to help make it better
—they despise unions, yet unions tried to protect workers last century and were famous for it

So no, some of us are well aware of Appalachia and rural America and got tired of being treated like dirt as outsiders because our mammies and pappies weren’t from there