I empathize with the the people that live here. My father in law now in his early 90s is from West Virginia originally. Do you know how nearly most of his family died? LUNG CANCER FROM WORKING IN THE COAL MINES. You are a PHD yet you leave out relevant facts like coal is one of the most harmful energy recourses on the planet! I can not speak to West Virginias current state, and I do believe when the government shut the coal mines down these citizens should have been offered settlements. But don’t leave out relevant facts.

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