/siberia/ - Off-topic

I was born and raised in western Pennsylvania in what many would consider “Appalachia.” Thought technically in the north and not usually what you would consider to be Appalachia it is still a part of the mountain range and only a short drive to West Virginia. I grew up in a middle class neighborhood not suffering at all which was much better than those in Appalachia proper. Those living outside the green zone in the map above are stuck in their own abusive relationship with conservatism, the Republican Party has ravaged this region for decades and if you go to West Virginia there isn’t a hospital for miles. In North Carolina they have not been able to rebuild Asheville for a year meanwhile China has just built the world’s largest bridge. It’s such a shame to see the suffering of the people of Appalachia, they call them Rednecks but many don’t know the organ of that term. Every time I go to the country side and see a Confederate flag, a Gadsden Flag, or a Trump sign I am filled with a sense of sadness knowing that the grandfather of the Hog who hung up those flags and signs very well could have almost died fighting cops so he could have worker’s rights.