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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joe2007, post: 506856, member: 1262&quot;]I live on the edge of Appalachia. Incredibly pretty countryside and small towns but the poverty and economic decay is always present. As an economy based on resource extraction the has always been times of boom and bust but in the past few generations the times have been particularly lean with the decline of coal and the loss of manufacturing jobs. Some of these towns may not exist in 50 years at the rate things are going. So many abandoned homes and homes that are obviously occupied but are in disrepair are a significant percentage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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