Jobless rate increases for 45 of 55 W.Va. counties

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3. Lovely sweet people

My parents are from SW Virginia.. off of Garden Creek.. near Vansant.. I am not sure if you are familiar with that area.. but it is a hop skip and jump to W. Va.. and we used to take the W Va turnpike to get back to see the grandparents.. I have a deep affection for mountain people.. My Dad left for educational purposes and we have been out in Iowa for 60 years..but I still have "people" as my folks would say in Va, W. Va and Pikesville Ky..

My Dad was in the mines when he was a young man.. in the really bad old days of mining..

Its not too different in northern Mn with the taconite miners.. or west of us with the loggers..

Though taconite is steel based and not energy so to speak, making steel and iron.. its still using up resources

We have to move mentally to a different place as far as energy usage and just using up our resources.

That is where the work is.