West Virginia stated emptying out during WWII and despite Bobby Bird’s roadbuilding is not filling back up. Maybe when corrider H is finished and Canaan’s and Tygart’s River vallies are hooked up to NOVA that part of the state will look more like Vermont. God help WV in that case.
I have owned homes in both WVA and upstate NY.
In WVA, nobody broke into my house and stole my woodstove. NY - Yep.
In WVA, nobody trashed my posted land. NY - Yep.
In WVA, nobody hurt themselves trashing my posted land with their tresspassing ATV, and tried to sue me for their own carelessness while lawbreaking. NY - Yep.
In WVA, nobody stole my outhouse. NY - Yep.
In WVA - property tax, $70. NY - $3,000
Upstate NY wishes it were WVA.