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McDowell County, WV – What You See and What You Get

Appalachian towns are used to painted as “declining industrial hubs” or coated with similar sympathetic but depressing monikers. Fit for a politician’s Milquetoast ceremonial welcome speech at the local chamber of commerce, we can easily indulge the sympathy of a nation by reciting similar pleasantries. With a population of just 19,111 as of 2020, it’sContinue reading “McDowell County, WV – What You See and What You Get”