So many people are moving to West Virginia - Colleagues, childhood friends, neighbors

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re trying to convince you because they’re surrounded by kind but simple-minded Trumpers. Everywhere they go - their banks, their churches, their teachers, the police and it wears on your soul. But boy is it nice to have 5 acres for cheap!

You folks on this board make everything about politics.

This is actually one of the things I love about WV, people don’t make everything about politics like they do in the dmv. It’s so nice. People like the first poster who are obsessed with other people’s politics are exhausting.

Politics kinda matter. Haven’t you been paying attention to what’s happening? There are real world consequences coming out of all of that. Even to WV.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread seems to be entirely populated by white people.

Straight white people no less. Good luck having a good experience while being LGBTQ or a person of color in WV. I literally saw, with my own eyes, a black family refused service at a Dairy Queen in West Virginia. Their SUV had NY plates. I've also interacted with white hillbilly's that use the N word like it's just normal.

BUT PP, they’re just so “nice!”

-pp who grew up in WV, never going back

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re trying to convince you because they’re surrounded by kind but simple-minded Trumpers. Everywhere they go - their banks, their churches, their teachers, the police and it wears on your soul. But boy is it nice to have 5 acres for cheap!

You folks on this board make everything about politics.

This is actually one of the things I love about WV, people don’t make everything about politics like they do in the dmv. It’s so nice. People like the first poster who are obsessed with other people’s politics are exhausting.

It must be nice that you can escape politics. For some of us, other people's politics are tangibly impacting our lives on a daily basis, even if we rather not engage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re trying to convince you because they’re surrounded by kind but simple-minded Trumpers. Everywhere they go - their banks, their churches, their teachers, the police and it wears on your soul. But boy is it nice to have 5 acres for cheap!

You folks on this board make everything about politics.

This is actually one of the things I love about WV, people don’t make everything about politics like they do in the dmv. It’s so nice. People like the first poster who are obsessed with other people’s politics are exhausting.

It must be nice that you can escape politics. For some of us, other people's politics are tangibly impacting our lives on a daily basis, even if we rather not engage.

Yeah, they totally don't make it all about politics. I was in Southern WV at the start of COVID and wearing a mask inside a souvenir shop. He looked at me and said, "Damn Democrats" then went to the employee working the register that he knew (it was slow and no one was in line) and started talking about crap he saw on Fox News. Sure there are some people that aren't going to talk about politics all the time but it's sadly way too common even there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread seems to be entirely populated by white people.

Straight white people no less. Good luck having a good experience while being LGBTQ or a person of color in WV. I literally saw, with my own eyes, a black family refused service at a Dairy Queen in West Virginia. Their SUV had NY plates. I've also interacted with white hillbilly's that use the N word like it's just normal.

BUT PP, they’re just so “nice!”

-pp who grew up in WV, never going back

I grew up there too and was back visiting family during both of these occurrence. As far as the man using the N word constantly, he was a friend of my father's and I think it made him comfortable to go full mask off around me because of that. I don't even want to go back and visit my family there any longer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We bought a vacation home in an area called Shannondale literally less than a mile from the VA border.

House cost: $280K
Taxes per year: $800 (NOT a typo)!

We have a beach / lake club, sunset views of the valley, driving distance to over 30 wineries and breweries, Charles Town, Harpers Ferry, tubing, hiking.

The people are very friendly and contrary to what people say about folks in WV I like them a lot. Hard working, honest, kind.

A “beach”? Is that where you pick up brain-eating amoebas?

Yeah. Only cold lakes are safe .

[Anonymous]

I loved our visits to WV over the past few years as WV reminds me of my rural hometown, but I did sense that I would not have been welcome if I weren't white. Specifically, there was a "Blue Lives Matter" sign hanging in the window of the police station.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread seems to be entirely populated by white people.

That is the most concise summary of a dcum thread ever.

I won’t even visit WV. I am not white.

[Anonymous]

You guys act like WV is one entirely homogeneous place. As if every town or country in VA is the exact same or even every part of DC were the same when it comes to politics, attitude, safety, economic health, etc.

It is NOT. Any thread about moving to "West Virginia" is useless unless it is about a specific town or local area that you can actually determine if it is the right fit for you. Otherwise it is just garbage useless posts like entire thread, aside from 2 or 3 posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys act like WV is one entirely homogeneous place. As if every town or country in VA is the exact same or even every part of DC were the same when it comes to politics, attitude, safety, economic health, etc.

It is NOT. Any thread about moving to "West Virginia" is useless unless it is about a specific town or local area that you can actually determine if it is the right fit for you. Otherwise it is just garbage useless posts like entire thread, aside from 2 or 3 posts.

+1, WV is like VA, largely a southern state with the exception of a few suburban pockets. Panhandle WV is different from Charleston, just like Alexandria VA is different from Lynchburg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loved our visits to WV over the past few years as WV reminds me of my rural hometown, but I did sense that I would not have been welcome if I weren't white. Specifically, there was a "Blue Lives Matter" sign hanging in the window of the police station.

I was at Seneca rocks a few weeks ago and there was an entire school bus of children at the visitor center. Probably half were black. No one even looked twice. I’m not sure why people are dead set on assuming West Virginians are all racist trump supporters.

[Anonymous]

I’m generally not on the name-changing bandwagon but a town is actually still named Lynchburg? Are people trying to change it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We bought a vacation home in an area called Shannondale literally less than a mile from the VA border.

House cost: $280K
Taxes per year: $800 (NOT a typo)!

We have a beach / lake club, sunset views of the valley, driving distance to over 30 wineries and breweries, Charles Town, Harpers Ferry, tubing, hiking.

The people are very friendly and contrary to what people say about folks in WV I like them a lot. Hard working, honest, kind.

You are happy hanging with people educated in a place where public schools are 47th in the nation.
You are happy giving your money to people who voted Joe Manchin in over and over again.
WVA ranks at the bottom for health care.

Shall I continue? Nah you have fun. Keep giving your hard-earned monies to grifters.



Move there you will be happier.

[Anonymous]

How many ppl do you know doing this, OP? A handful? Dozens? And they all work remotely?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We bought a vacation home in an area called Shannondale literally less than a mile from the VA border.

House cost: $280K
Taxes per year: $800 (NOT a typo)!

We have a beach / lake club, sunset views of the valley, driving distance to over 30 wineries and breweries, Charles Town, Harpers Ferry, tubing, hiking.

The people are very friendly and contrary to what people say about folks in WV I like them a lot. Hard working, honest, kind.

You are happy hanging with people educated in a place where public schools are 47th in the nation.
You are happy giving your money to people who voted Joe Manchin in over and over again.
WVA ranks at the bottom for health care.

Shall I continue? Nah you have fun. Keep giving your hard-earned monies to grifters.



Move there you will be happier.

Hate to be mean to you, but you are unfortunately an extremely elitist, ignorant, and rude person to make comments like this. Good thing you get to hide behind an anonymous forum.