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Anonymous Mon 08 Aug 2022 10:08:37 No.2435189 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2435209 >>2435216 >>2436061 >>2436447 >>2436481

What's it like living here? I'm thinking of places to live after I leave the military and W. Virginia seems pretty affordable while also having huge access to a lot of outdoors stuff. Anyone have any personal experiences?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Aug 2022 10:46:44 No.2435203 Report

Quoted By: >>2435209

No idea from what I've seen its a pretty good place. Though I'd assume its drug problems and lack of work.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Aug 2022 11:06:52 No.2435209 Report

Quoted By: >>2435384

>>2435203
its had the highest OD counts in the country for like 8 years running.

>>2435189
Anon, New Hampshire north of the white mountains is paradise. I read about all the garbage in the world, and almost none of it is applicable here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Aug 2022 11:22:24 No.2435216 Report

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>>2435189
W. Virginia apparently has some of the best caving in the country.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Aug 2022 11:25:00 No.2435218 Report

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>>2435216
Also feral humans that live in caves

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Aug 2022 11:28:38 No.2435219 Report

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Damn didn't know it was that bad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Aug 2022 17:35:15 No.2435384 Report

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>>2435209
>source dude trust me

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Anonymous Mon 08 Aug 2022 17:36:34 No.2435385 Report

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Move to Beckley. It is really nice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Aug 2022 17:27:29 No.2436061 Report

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>>2435189
Route 48 is my favorite road. It is very fun to drive on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 02:29:35 No.2436447 Report

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>>2435189
Fuck off boot we don’t have room for you I am sorry

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Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 02:35:34 No.2436452 Report

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>>2436061
Have you seen parallelogram mountain? It's kinda shaped like a pyramid but that comes to a square on top not a point I guess. It's off of 48 somewhere between wardensville and moorefield I think.

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Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 03:51:32 No.2436481 Report

Quoted By: >>2436549 >>2436554

>>2435189
West Virginia’s pretty much a redneck and white trash hellhole. If you live close to the border with KY though then you can hit up the Red River Gorge for rock climbing for a lifetime and the Daniel Boone Natl Forest generally for more hiking and backpacking than you can shake a stick at.

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Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 06:19:21 No.2436549 Report

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>>2436481
>going to an /out/ state to talk to people
ngmi. no one moves to West Virginia to socialize.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 06:25:04 No.2436554 Report

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>>2436481
Red River Gorge is perfectly nice and all but the most scenic part of WV is the highlands where it's 3000 ft + elevation in between about Holly River State Park and Canaan Valley or so. That's another world of rugged.

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Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 06:36:54 No.2436555 Report

Quoted By: >>2436557

Humid. Nice mountain roads. Lots of trees. lots of bugs. easy to get lost in even a small area, because visibility is so poor in dense forest, almost rainforest. If you're lucky, you'll find vines that you can swing on. Just test them a bit before you swing over large drops. Or don't. That's fun too.

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Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 06:40:29 No.2436557 Report

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>>2436555
Way, way more humid in the lowlands than the highlands. Elevation makes a big difference. Davis/Thomas don't usually get that hot.

> If you're lucky, you'll find vines that you can swing on.
If you get unlucky the trail disappears partially off the side of the mountain and you find the rhododendron are the only thing to keep you alive by clinging to with both hands

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 06:44:26 No.2436558 Report

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>>2436557
been there brother. fucked it up once on a shale cliff next to a lake, got loose and rolled down the hill, hit two trees then fell in the lake. the physical pain was not much compared to the emotional pain of doing something so ridiculous lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 06:45:28 No.2436559 Report

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>>2436558
omg shale is dangerous no this was a legit trail in the monongahela forest, just not a recently maintained one.

it was like 600 ft or something down to the bottom tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 06:55:05 No.2436560 Report

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>>2436559
Sounds like a nice trail. I've only seen a few of them over there, but they were all pretty cool.

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Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 07:03:03 No.2436562 Report

Quoted By: >>2436564

>>2436560
Nothing better than a random trail along a creek in the mon
this was in otter creek wilderness

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 07:06:37 No.2436564 Report

Quoted By: >>2436568

>>2436562
Creekside trails are sick.

here's what I don't get, in the west, they call creeks "cricks"
wtf
there's two ee's, crEEk...it's CREEK. it's not fucking CRICK that's ridiculous

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 07:27:58 No.2436568 Report

Quoted By: >>2436569

>>2436564
The best trails in the mon are anything named "run" not creek actually - I guess creek would be something larger
many of the "run" trails are abandoned but potentially still exist due to fishermen and being on public land (with some exceptions) there's some trails that abut or go on private land in parts and most of those have been officially abandoned

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Aug 2022 07:29:56 No.2436569 Report

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>>2436568
fishermen live by their own rules

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