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True. WV Democrat is not usually a 'liberal'. That said, I heard that Justice wanted a massive tax increase while he won't pay his own.
That's not going to help those that are already struggling.
We need more Toyota's and FBI fingerprint centers. More revenue.
And an entire new legislature that can take this state somewhere new.
On the other side of the coin I can safely note that the Devos appointment went over very poorly in WV. Sanders did beat Hillary in WV. WV certainly practices it's politics differently than many other places.
There is rarely a school bond issue in WV that doesn't easily pass. The flood last fall was noted earlier and it took out a couple schools. The state is working together to try and rectify that ASAP.
On the other side of the coin I can safely note that the Devos appointment went over very poorly in WV. Sanders did beat Hillary in WV. WV certainly practices it's politics differently than many other places.
There is rarely a school bond issue in WV that doesn't easily pass. The flood last fall was noted earlier and it took out a couple schools. The state is working together to try and rectify that ASAP.
West Virginia is beautiful, but living there is difficult. Poverty abounds, and if you need to go to any kind of specialist doctor, you have a 2-HR drive. My friend's family doesn't have cell service unless they stand in certain spots, and only recently got satellite Internet that intermittently works. Many people she knew lost their homes in the floods last year, and the local Krogers had their driveway washed away in the floods so the next nearest grocery is an hour away instead of 30 minutes. My friend moved away from the "ape in heels" mentality that pervades her hometown and dreads her visits to see her family. If all that sounds great to you, then by all means, move to WV. I'm sure it's paradise to many people.
All of West Virginia is not out in the middle of nowhere. The cities along the Interstates are much more developed than the places far away from the Interstates. If I need a specialist doctor, it is a 5-10 minute drive. I get cell phone signal anywhere in my house, the nearest grocery store (Kroger) is 5 minutes away, and I have normal cable and high speed internet.
Morgantown, Huntington, and Charleston are nothing like Welch, Richwood, or Union.
Those places were all destroyed by corporate greed, not by "black people" or "liberals," despite your ignorance. Which makes it even funnier when right-wing nutjobs want to let big business do whatever it wants. Here's a hint - that rarely including hiring Americans at a decent, 1st world wage with benefits.
The deep south, meanwhile, has been a miserable, job-starved, ignorant, bigotry-poisoned, delusion hell-hole since before the Civil War, and as bad as Big Business is, even they can't be blamed for the utter failure of the deep south and red-state policies.
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We mock those backward states because they deserve it.
Red states are net takers of federal tax dollars in nearly all cases - ironic considering far-right hatred of "the poor" (they really mean "poor people who aren't white.")
Red states also have the lowest life expectancy and the lowest educational obtainment. They also generally have little to offer in the way of jobs, unless you like working at the dollar store.
But, sure - let's pretend that the whole nation should imitate backwards red states full of bigotry, ignorance, a general lack of jobs, and lousy health. At least they have more churches per capita than blue states, and they done real gud on hating blacks, gays, Muslims, etc.
Your opinion means very little to anyone on here considering you're one of the biggest jerks on here. You're basically spewing hate towards people that live in areas you don't like due to prejudice just because on a political map they're Red and not Blue. You know how pathetic that makes you? I wager you're one of those people that have never left the state you live in. Your "theories" are also truly laughable btw..
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I went to West Virginia in both the Spring and Fall last year. It's one of the most beautiful states I have visited and I have been to 33 and the District of Columbia.
High tax Liberal Utopias:
California
Oregon
Washington
New York
Illinois
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Nor would I want to live in these rural backwater places with nothing going on:
Mississippi
West Virginia
Alabama
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
North Dakota
South Dakota (although I would like to visit this one)
I'm an amateur photographer. I have been all over the state. The cool thing is I can get nearly anywhere in the state and back home on the same day.
This stream is smack dab right in the middle of coal country, between Oak Hill and Thurmond.
This was taken at Thurmond.
This one even further south in the middle of nowhere.
I've fished this hole for probably 45 years and it hasn't changed one bit (outside of someone being a jerk and blocking off the best parking area)
I never stated the entire state had been mined. But a lot of damage has been done. A lot of mountains destroyed, streams destroyed. Rules banning dumping of coal dust in streams were just repealed by the Republicans opening the door to more damage and poisoned water.
I hope none of the impacted streams flow into your fishing hole. WV would be doing itself a big favor by outlawing the mountaintop removal mining and tightening up its stream protection rules.
$10,000 retail sales per-capita in Los Angeles despite all the movie stars and real estate executives shopping sprees compared to $29,000 in Charleston, WV
91% high school graduation in Charleston compared to 75% in Los Angeles
13% uninsured in Charleston compared to 23% in Los Angeles
And yet only fifty some thousand people want to live in Charleston compared to a seven figure population that have chosen LA.
Charleston is a nice city. One that has contributed far more to the world than many realize largely due to discoveries made at the Dow lab that was there. But LA is worldclass.
Nor would I want to live in these rural backwater places with nothing going on:
West Virginia
I think a lot of people are uneducated about WV or a lot of the states in general. WV from north to south is actually pretty big it takes hours and hours to drive through it if you start at the top.
There are some counties that are out in the middle of nowhere but then you have some areas that are close to major interstates and bigger cities. In the tip top of the northern panhandle you're only 5 hours away from Toronto that's how far north it is.
No there isn't. I can't access the first link because of my ad blocker but the second one is misleading. The after pictures are NOT the after pictures. They are the intermediate pictures. The land is reclaimed with new trees planted and the land restored.
I am happy to see the process stopping but I dislike deceitful representations of what is happening. It's far harder to make your argument when you paint a complete picture but just because it takes more work to make a decent argument, you shouldn't resort to deceptive practices.
Which makes coal more expensive.... since you can't just leave the area an environmental mess. Coal simply isn't cheap when you stop subsidizing pollution. Is it a war on coal making companies responsible for their actions?
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