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Holding On to Home. A Reprint of Articles from the Gazette's Series on the Economy and Quality of Life in the Mountain State.
Charleston Gazette, 1989
In the 1980s West Virginia lost 70,000 mining and manufacturing jobs and nearly 4% of its population. Yet, despite the economic decline and a poverty rate of 23%, most West Virginians choose to stay. This series of newspaper articles focuses on why they stay. The story of one laid-off coal miner and his family illustrates the plight of many. Since…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Economic Change, Economically Disadvantaged, Editorials