[Cronos]

As far as Appalachia, part of the problem is that even if they do get an education, there’s nowhere to USE that education unless they move far from home. Kind of a vicious circle.

And that's the same issue facing blacks living in ghettos

[RockinRight]

True, but moving from inner-city DC to Reston, VA (for a better job) isn’t the same as having to leave an entire state like West Virginia.