Worst Towns in WV. (Hinton, Shinnston: houses, living in, gas)

[FlipperX]

Here are a few towns that make my list for worst, ugliest, and strangest towns in the Mountain State.
Worst- Oceana aka HO-ceana, or Oxy-ana.
Ugliest- Keystone- the town is literally black, the run down houses have black soot all over them and the people are all black- is it from the soot or are they really black?
Strangest- Ronceverte- so drab and boring, like a ghost town and strange acting people that seem to be in a trance.

[italianbluesboy]

These towns may have some good people living in them, but they are terminally depressed and I think have no hope of recovery:
Iaeger, Matoaka, Montcalm, Northfork, Lester, Hinton, Shinnston

[Triplewillow]

It's sad too that many of those listed here are so charming! Matoaka was once a boom town during the hey days of the mining industry... until they shut down the mine. It still has a great deal of charm but it is a very poor and depressed town now. Same with Montcalm. I used to love driving thru there.

[FlipperX]

There is no way you could say anything positive about Keystone, Northfork, Gary, or others like them though could ya?

[LovinTheMountains]

I drove thru Keystone travelling to Davis and was shocked. We stopped to get gas and my husband went in the store. A young kid pulled up with his rap music blasting I thought the bass would shatter my windows, lol. The whole town just seemed so out of place from other areas I visited in WV. I do think the sign is pretty neat though - "Friendliest Town in WV."

[wvajim]

you need to get out more and meet the folks who live in these small towns that you have given up on, "in surviving"! where do u live? wvajim