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Appalachia

theHandpuppet

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3. And an aging, undereducated population...

Reply to Petrushka (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 8, 2014, 06:30 AM

Apr 2014

... isn't going to attract the kind of new business West Virginia (and Appalachia in general) needs to replace its 19th century economy. It's a vicious circle -- the young people, especially those with college degrees, move away to find well-paying jobs, shrinking the pool of skilled workers that would attract new business. The question becomes one of how to break the cycle.

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