There's been something of a move away from Florida for a certain kind of retiree who wants to live in a nice place (what that ever had to do with Florida, I have no idea) but were scared of climate change. One area where they...
appalachia
Just for the sake of talking about something different today, I enjoyed this short essay by the writer Chris Offutt about spending his career battling the stereotypes of Appalachia, including.
I do have to respect one thing about J.D. Vance: he's got a hell of a grift going on. After all, being the conservative that explains white Trump voters to.
Another key addition to the important backlash against Hillbilly Elegy and J.D. Vance's grift on liberals who just want to understand those white people. The fact that people will read his book, and assume that all Appalachian people are trying to actively run away from...
I confess I knew nothing about 19th century hog drives, which were like cattle drives except with much more independent minded animals and generally took place in Appalachia and not.
Eric Lipton's feature on the decline of coal in Kentucky is interesting, though flawed. He tells a heartbreaking story for these coal miners, helping us understand just how deeply people.
Building on my post from the other day about what the decline of coal is going to do to the already horrible economy of southern Appalachia, Brad Plumer weighs in on the matter. Like myself, he notes that while it's probably best for the country...