Elizabeth Catte on what you are getting wrong about urban planning in Appalachia.
I emailed with the author of "What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia" to see if it's possible to dispel the same notions about urban and rural planning in the region.
J.D. Vance hoodwinked me and he’s going to hoodwink you, too.
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I read Hillbilly Elegy in late-2016, hoping to get some sense of the “Appalachian mindset” and why West Virginia voted for Donald Trump by a 40 point margin. I thought I had it figured out, with Vance’s help: there was a special combination of the dregs of Albio…
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