>>2570983I have to agree, go to texas between Dallas and Houston. off 45 if you ever have a chance. that's strip mine- coal country, like you heard happened in WV, it was happening there [arguably WV was just more pretty before it] that coal is everywhere you can find hunks of it naturally occuring in the small creeks and rivers.
That region hates Obama because his policy's closed down the coal plants and with them gone the mines. drying out most towns income.
but it's been less than 20 years, and most of it you cannot even tell from the roads or tops of the hills it was once stripped mined. Trees grown on it, and grasses replaced/let grown back.
I'm not saying it's a pretty place to live- large portion of people there are horrible people. The younger folks leave and never come back unless they have no other choice. Their boom was in the 80's and every house built in the region is a cheaply slapped up Mcmasnion thats rotting from the ground up, at least every 4 out of 5 homes I saw had termite damage, rot, or some electrical fire in the past. along with the corruption of local small town politics, where who ever in town has the most money, gets to do what the fuck ever they want. God help you if that person is also a righteous bible thumper.
