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I still think this ARC is crazy! My friend in Cleveland was none too happy to find out that her mother and sister are now HILLBILLYS in Ashatabula County!
Article states: "Don Boyd, a senior fellow at the Rockefeller Institute, credits a booming coal market, relatively no change in the state's housing market and its limited reliance on financial and insurance businesses now in crisis."
No thanks to the environmentalists. Heard today they have succeeded in getting a permit suspended or revoked for some coal mining in the Northern part of the state.
'Cooking the Books for the MoJo Presidential run..4 years away...Mojo gave a speech at the convention...that's all it takes to run for Pres on the Dem ticket...He will be running as U S Senator MoJo.
Wifey-poo will be serving out the unexpired term in the gov chair...Wait and see a great plan in action...
Will rescue the Democrat Party...as conservative, Pro-life and NRA backed...The Dems want that White House and will re-invent themselves to get it...In the works as Obama goes down in flames...Rebub's will counter with German born Theresa Kerry...
If WV leads the nation in growth i would hate to see who's last!
I absolutely agree. It would be interesting to see what exact figures they used in these calculations. I feel a long post coming along so please bear with me...
DK could have a valid point that this is some form of MoJo cooking the books, after all, it is the ROCKEFELLER Institute that released this study. My questions/ concerns about the valdity of this study begin here. If energy and cheap housing are the main sources of this "growth" then why did Texas, which is booming from tech and oil along with having some of the lowest housing costs in the nation, only grow by 0.6 percent? How did a state that has seen little to no growth in years make such a leap to the top?
Do the people of this forum honestly believe that West Virginia is leading the nation in economic growth? HONESTLY. No judgement here, I just want to know individual opinions based on what you've observed. I keep hearing "coal is coming back" but I just cannot fathom why the state is even remotely interested at this point. After being burned by several coal booms and busts since the 1950s, you would think elected leaders would learn the importance of diversification.
Obviously nobody that has grown up in WV can forget our coal heritage, but do you also think that a job in the coal mines fits in with this 21st century economy? Go to the Marshall campus or WVU or any other college and randomly ask a dozen or so students if they are interested in working in the coal mines. I guarantee you won't get many takers.
The reason I ask questions such as these and sometimes refute claims is this: I hear constant talk on these threads about how great the economic times are in WV, how there are plenty of jobs if you look, how things are changing, etc. It's nice to hear speak so passionately about their state, but it is always in COMPLETE contrast to what I hear/see when I'm back in WV speaking with friends and family still living in the state.
I just find it hard to believe that the state economy is growing so much, but I know that earns me a negative label by other posters. If it truly is then good, WV could use a lot of it to get back on track. But in the past ten years, not only have I left, but so have my three siblings, many relatives, high school friends and countless others. I don't think we all hated WV or somehow overlooked good economic times before we hit the road.
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