When I was still truck driving I avoided buying fuel in WV like I avoided the plague.
Taxes too durn high and probably still are.
Fuel taxes were generally lower in KY, not sure why prices would be high there unless they have raised taxes to fund new roads.
Be real interested to hear from a resident about what is going on there.
I don’t know when the following was written, but the situation looks really ugly.
Vast Stretches Of Impoverished Appalachia Look Like They Have Been Through A War
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/tag/west-virginia
I’m getting reports from people in the Midwest, too: more homeless people, meth labs and corruption.