Poorest Region of America – What It Really Looks Like
Comment: I’ve posted articles on politics, travel, food, foreign countries, history, movies and from archaeology to architecture; but this has to be one of the best pieces of journalism or mini-documentaries that I have encountered in a very long time. The people of the Appalachians may be poor by societies standards; but are richer in ways that we could only hope to be.
Southern West Virginia to Eastern Kentucky is the largest region of economically distressed counties in the country. In many ways, it’s a different America here. But what’s it feel like to travel through this region in Appalachia and what do the locals have to say?