@kdfrawg West Virginia has had one huge hard time since the late 1920s.
The area I came from was given the double whammy by the demise of riverboats and the depression. To the east, a place called Volcano was very rich in oil and natural gas. A mine fire started and managed to burn for many decades. Town shrank from many thousands to a few hundred. Just one hard luck story after another.
// @indigo