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

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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.

Again, you’re generalizing. Shepherdstown has pride flags and BLM flags on virtually every downtown shop and home, zero Trump flags, and population that would never in a million years tolerate any of that.

It’s so interesting how folks think nothing of generalizing about an entire state’s population, then call themselves liberal and open-minded and put their noses up like they’re better. Such hypocrites.

Shepherdstown has a population smaller than a single building in Adams Morgan forgive us for the lack of interest in being surrounded by a sea of literal tens of thousands with the opposite viewpoint.

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Anonymous wrote:Dc has just turned so rude. Might be the blue effect though. I'm sick of hearing woke and cringe in response to things that aren't woke.

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:Lol at the West Virginia stereotypes. I live in Morgantown, which is a fine college town and has a huge research hospital.

Yes most of West Virginia is a dump (I said it). It’s also always been “othered” by virtue of it being in Appalachia and the citizens have been and are disenfranchised by design.

It’s not all toothless idiots here.

It’s amazing how all these supposedly woke liberals are perfectly willing to stereotype and be prejudicial towards poor, white people.

Seems like the tolerance is one sided on this thread.

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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.

Again, you’re generalizing. Shepherdstown has pride flags and BLM flags on virtually every downtown shop and home, zero Trump flags, and population that would never in a million years tolerate any of that.

It’s so interesting how folks think nothing of generalizing about an entire state’s population, then call themselves liberal and open-minded and put their noses up like they’re better. Such hypocrites.

Shepherdstown has a population smaller than a single building in Adams Morgan forgive us for the lack of interest in being surrounded by a sea of literal tens of thousands with the opposite viewpoint.

How many buildings in Adams Morgan have 2000 residents? I can’t think of any. In any event, Jefferson County as a whole went nearly 50/50 for Biden, like many Virginia counties just outside the beltway did.

I’m not saying the politics are ideal, trust me. I’m also not saying I’m willing to live here full time and give up my DC house. That’s not gonna happen for a variety of reasons. But damn if this isn’t a great set up for a second home.

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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.

Maybe let’s let those kids be the ones who say whether the crushing racist history of WV is something they notice, rather than a white mom?

Umm you know why it’s West Virginia and not part or Virginia still right

All of the racists from VA have moved there over the last 150 years.

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Must be for the good schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol at the West Virginia stereotypes. I live in Morgantown, which is a fine college town and has a huge research hospital.

Yes most of West Virginia is a dump (I said it). It’s also always been “othered” by virtue of it being in Appalachia and the citizens have been and are disenfranchised by design.

It’s not all toothless idiots here.

It’s amazing how all these supposedly woke liberals are perfectly willing to stereotype and be prejudicial towards poor, white people.

The “poor white people” who don’t think I should be a full citizen?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol at the West Virginia stereotypes. I live in Morgantown, which is a fine college town and has a huge research hospital.

Yes most of West Virginia is a dump (I said it). It’s also always been “othered” by virtue of it being in Appalachia and the citizens have been and are disenfranchised by design.

It’s not all toothless idiots here.

It’s amazing how all these supposedly woke liberals are perfectly willing to stereotype and be prejudicial towards poor, white people.

The “poor white people” who don’t think I should be a full citizen?

You’re missing that poster’s point. Not ALL “poor white people” feel that way. What about “generalizing is wrong in any direction” is so difficult to understand?

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Anonymous wrote:Th panhandle is gorgeous— hiking, kayaking, horseback riding and skiing easily accessed. Housing is cheap, and you don’t have to deal with traffic congestion to run to town or the store. Shepherdstown is one of the most progressive towns in the region - very blue - and a lot of quaint, mom and pop shops.

It's very pretty but when I looked for land there, I didn't want to be the wealthier person among pervasive poverty. Most WV even if surrounded by natural resources, can't access it for lack of time and money. They're not kayaking, riding, hiking. It was really sad

I want to nominate this entire thread for the DCUM Hall of Fame, and this post needs to be on the plaque.

Because there’s nothing else you can do in the countryside other than “kayak, ride and hike.” LOL.

(Hint: people in WV spend a lot of time “hiking.” Except they do it with guns and they call it “hunting.” There’s also this thing called “fishing.”)

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Anonymous wrote:I know they find it quite lovely, I just wish everyone would stop trying to convince me to join them. What am I missing? What towns did you consider?

Bad idea, no need to follow if you don't want to. Everyone has different priorities, lovely landscape isn't enough to make life lovelier.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol at the West Virginia stereotypes. I live in Morgantown, which is a fine college town and has a huge research hospital.

Yes most of West Virginia is a dump (I said it). It’s also always been “othered” by virtue of it being in Appalachia and the citizens have been and are disenfranchised by design.

It’s not all toothless idiots here.

It’s amazing how all these supposedly woke liberals are perfectly willing to stereotype and be prejudicial towards poor, white people.

The “poor white people” who don’t think I should be a full citizen?

Poor people of all races and religions are as capable of being racist and discriminatory as lower/upper middle class or wealthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think people move to WV for the landscape not the politics.

+1

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WV is mainly white with a decent amount of blacks.

Think about how migrated there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol at the West Virginia stereotypes. I live in Morgantown, which is a fine college town and has a huge research hospital.

Yes most of West Virginia is a dump (I said it). It’s also always been “othered” by virtue of it being in Appalachia and the citizens have been and are disenfranchised by design.

It’s not all toothless idiots here.

It’s amazing how all these supposedly woke liberals are perfectly willing to stereotype and be prejudicial towards poor, white people.

Seems like the tolerance is one sided on this thread.

lol white people love to equate not wanting to live near bigots to actual bigotry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Exurban housing developments and the I-81 corridor give the Eastern Panhandle some life, but Martinsburg is still a dump.

The rest of West Virginia is an economic dead zone with a ton of challenges (e.g., high poverty, high addiction rates) and a lot of long-term environmental damage.

I would never live or buy property there.

Have you ever been there? I own a house in Canaan Valley and the scenery from 81 to my house is beautiful. People are much nicer than in DC as well. Too bad I can’t move there full time, but it’s a great escape.

I 81 does not go to “your house” in Canaan valley. You are in it for 4 miles until you exit into 48 for a godforsaken eternity.

For someone who supposedly owns a house in Davis WV you don’t seem to know how to get there.

81 to 48 to 32. I know how to get there.