From: blindhobo13 | #015
Don't they have some mines or something?
Ah yep, that's true. West Virginia has coal mines, but the connection isn't as strongly embedded in the national ethos as corn for Nebraska or potatoes for Idaho.
Also, I think a part of the problem is West Virginia's disassociation with other states. Plucky Rhode Island may be smaller in mass and population, but at least it's part of New England. Kentucky is part of the South/Bible Belt. Kansas and Nebraska make up the heartland. West Virginia... is what
IS WHAT
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