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dalton99a

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Sun Nov 23, 2025, 03:16 AM Yesterday

Inside Appalachia's Most Remote Border

We went to Martin County, Kentucky, on Appalachia’s remote border with West Virginia to look into its water problem. Instead, we ended up deep in a holler, miles from any store, hospital, or business. There, we asked locals about jobs, drugs, and life in the holler.


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Inside Appalachia's Most Remote Border (Original Post) dalton99a Yesterday OP
The Scotch-Irish are a minority in Appalachia, but they dominate Gum Logger Yesterday #1
The guy who's timms139 Yesterday #2

Gum Logger

(297 posts)
1. The Scotch-Irish are a minority in Appalachia, but they dominate
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 01:08 PM
Yesterday

They are so colorful, their influence spreads far

timms139

(454 posts)
2. The guy who's
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 03:10 PM
Yesterday

hundred thousand dropped to 70 under Biden is most likely seeing it a lot less under Trump. He probably still blaming Biden and not the nutcase who handed Biden the mess and has today caused it all to crash again .

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