Comments on: The West Virginia Chronicles, Vol. 1: Defeated by WV http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/ hyperbolic excellence Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:06:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: The Bagel of Everything http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-14639 The Bagel of Everything Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:04:02 +0000 http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-14639 War, WV is one of our greatest names, FFE. My mom was born in Hell Creek, WV. One of the towns in my highschool's district was Breeden. The zipcode was 25666. <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=25666&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7DKUS" rel="nofollow">Honest</a>. It was the inner ring of hell. Natch, I had good times there. I made up a joke, but noone got it: <i>What are you doing when you're in Breeden?</i> <i>You're inbreeden'</i> lolzers War, WV is one of our greatest names, FFE.

My mom was born in Hell Creek, WV.
One of the towns in my highschool’s district was Breeden. The zipcode was 25666. Honest.

It was the inner ring of hell. Natch, I had good times there.

I made up a joke, but noone got it:

What are you doing when you’re in Breeden?

You’re inbreeden’

lolzers

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]]> By: Frontier Former Editor http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-4933 Frontier Former Editor Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:35:52 +0000 http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-4933 It's a friggin medieval manor in some places, but you see some of the damndest things. After I moved from northern Virginia, the first 7-11 I saw in two years was in downtown War, West Virginia. I kid you not. It’s a friggin medieval manor in some places, but you see some of the damndest things. After I moved from northern Virginia, the first 7-11 I saw in two years was in downtown War, West Virginia.

I kid you not.

]]> By: Soylent Ape http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-4930 Soylent Ape Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:56:49 +0000 http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-4930 Some counties in WV don't have hospitals located inside their borders. Others don't have a single radio station. It's kind of primative in some places...and dangerous, because medical and law enformcement resources may be very far away if you need them. Some counties in WV don’t have hospitals located inside their borders. Others don’t have a single radio station. It’s kind of primative in some places…and dangerous, because medical and law enformcement resources may be very far away if you need them.

]]> By: bagel of everything http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-4916 bagel of everything Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:38:20 +0000 http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-4916 I was brought up in a single-wide trailer, not 3 feet from a narrow creek on one side, a dirt road on the other. We drove 45 minutes to the county seat to go to the supermarket, hospital, or see anything resembling civilization. That county seat was simply called "town," but to little me, it was a huge urban area complete with a McDonalds (actually, the McDonalds wasn't even in WV, we had to cross the state line for our Big Mac fix.) Now, as an adult, I see it for what it is. A depressed little area with all 3 streets lined with bars and store-front churches. It's filty, ugly, and heartbreaking. I was brought up in a single-wide trailer, not 3 feet from a narrow creek on one side, a dirt road on the other. We drove 45 minutes to the county seat to go to the supermarket, hospital, or see anything resembling civilization.

That county seat was simply called “town,” but to little me, it was a huge urban area complete with a McDonalds (actually, the McDonalds wasn’t even in WV, we had to cross the state line for our Big Mac fix.) Now, as an adult, I see it for what it is. A depressed little area with all 3 streets lined with bars and store-front churches.
It’s filty, ugly, and heartbreaking.

]]> By: Frontier Former Editor http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-4914 Frontier Former Editor Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:05:36 +0000 http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-4914 The most soul-draining drive I ever took was Route 52 from Bluefield to Buchanan County, Va.14 years ago. I am not being sarcastic or humorous when I say it was just like Bram Stoker's description of traveling the Borgo Pass in Transylvania. And, despite what you may hear and see in the popular media about southern West Virginia being the land of hillbillies, it's actually a battleground with the desecndants of eastern and southern European anarchists, socialists and anti-royalists on one side and the descendants of WASP pseudo-royalty on the other side. You can walk through many cemeteries in the region and think that you somehow stepped into a graveyard in Italy or Rumania or the Ukraine. And those roots show in the tensions throughout society there. The most soul-draining drive I ever took was Route 52 from Bluefield to Buchanan County, Va.14 years ago. I am not being sarcastic or humorous when I say it was just like Bram Stoker’s description of traveling the Borgo Pass in Transylvania.

And, despite what you may hear and see in the popular media about southern West Virginia being the land of hillbillies, it’s actually a battleground with the desecndants of eastern and southern European anarchists, socialists and anti-royalists on one side and the descendants of WASP pseudo-royalty on the other side.

You can walk through many cemeteries in the region and think that you somehow stepped into a graveyard in Italy or Rumania or the Ukraine. And those roots show in the tensions throughout society there.

]]> By: Soylent Ape http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-4910 Soylent Ape Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:40:12 +0000 http://rationreality.com/2007/10/22/wv1/#comment-4910 @ FFE: You hit the nail right on the head. What's happening in Appalachia right now is just a continuation of what happened in the British Isles 350 years ago. Same players, different field. @ Laurie: I used to be reluctant to admit my own white trash-itude. Now, I bitterly embrace it, because I can no lonter deny what I am. Some might find me a bit too, erm, <i>ethnic</i> to be <i>white</i> trash, but whatevah. @ FFE: You hit the nail right on the head. What’s happening in Appalachia right now is just a continuation of what happened in the British Isles 350 years ago. Same players, different field.

@ Laurie: I used to be reluctant to admit my own white trash-itude. Now, I bitterly embrace it, because I can no lonter deny what I am. Some might find me a bit too, erm, ethnic to be white trash, but whatevah.

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