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| Topic | why are poor mostly black areas called the hood but not poor mostly white areas? |
| furb 10/13/19 8:55:28 PM #29: | Upper Ohio Valley region of West Virginia. The county has around 10,000 people total. It had almost 20,000 in 1900. The failure of the rustbelt nuked the economy. We produce huge amounts of natural gas but most of the wealth is moved out of state. My family is a mix of the local medical doctor, newspaper, and independent merchant stock. So, my life was pretty ok. But it was so sad growing up seeing kids who had basically nothing for clothes wear the same things to school every day, and likely only got to eat because of school programs. Heroin and meth the past two decades have made things way worse too. But I've traveled significantly in Southern West Virginia, the eastern mountain region, and some in Eastern Kentucky. --- You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains. -Jane Lane ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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