Watched a great episode of Paul Santenello’s show where he tours West Virginia. As always, his shows are eye opening, showing us people and places we’ve never encountered before.

WV is a wasteland of poverty due to the collapse of coal. You can imagine how they feel about continuing coal mining. It’s all they’ve known, for 3 generations.

They didn’t try to pivot to any other sort of economy and now they’re buried alive. WV is the most beautiful place I’ve ever visited, bar none. Damned heartbreaking.

And while I’m at it, let me stump for his channel. Take a look at the linked home page. He goes into places most have never seen. East LA, Compton, Appalachia, Mississippi, nowhere does he shy away from the people. He’s as neutral as they come, isn’t afraid to ask hard hitting questions, no sensationalism, just straight investigation and reporting.