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[quote=Anonymous]Well, in my family it's either one of two reasons: 
1. lost a good job & looks down on all other available jobs
2. lazy (often learned laziness from the parent in #1)

Both of my parents are from WV. 90% of my relatives still live in WV.

When my uncles and cousins lost their coal mining jobs, most never really got other jobs. Why? Because when you were a coal miner in WV, you were living like a king. You were WV rich. There are not many jobs in WV where someone with no education can earn $60k-90k/year. Going from working as a miner to working at Dollar General or Kroger is the equivalent of someone in our area going from working as a Fed to working at Walmart. Everyone who has worked in a mine has some kind of injury that they can milk to get on disability, so that's what they've all done. They ride out the SSDI until they're old enough to 'retire' and get their regular Social Security.

Some of my cousins were able to go from coal mining to working on the pipelines. Switching from mining to pipeline work was much easier for the younger guys than the older ones like my uncles. When all you've known from age 16/17 is coal mining, anything else can be scary, I suppose. [/quote]

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