42/50 unrelenting positivity about the westest of Virginians.

Posted by CupBeEmpty@reddit | AskAnAmerican | View on Reddit | 35 comments

This is our newest unrelenting positivity post.

The state in question is the great state of West Virginia.

To all our foreign friends give a shout ask questions send praise. To our Americans do the same.

Ask questions, share stories, make jokes. Just remember not to be a jerk.

Recall the famous phrase my grandma invented “if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything that isn’t redemptively funny.”

Stay tuned for 43/50 after this one. Only a few more.

The states are in random order based on my whim at the moment. Today’s whim is losing my dog in hill country and it scared the heck out of me.

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Athrynne@reddit

Highly underrated outdoors. Dolly Sods is gorgeous.

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WARitter@reddit

And if it too crowded Roaring Plains, Canaan wildlife refuge etc. will be nearly empty.

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CupBeEmpty@reddit (OP)

I haven’t been but please do not get me started about how much I like federal wilderness areas.

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They're are so many beautiful areas! I used to live in Northern VA and I would hike out along the VA/WVA border all the time in GWNF and it's a delight. So quiet because people would rather go to Shenandoah.

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Asleep-Hold-4686@reddit

Question, will they ever build an airport in the eastern West VA?

West VA is home to some of the kindest people.

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WARitter@reddit

I mean eastern WV is so close to Dulles.

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G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit

If you have an interest in Fallout 76 and road trips this segment on West Virginia is great https://youtu.be/iSIDtxHaFpk?t=7955

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LexiD523@reddit

I was there for the Wasteland Jamboree earlier this month, and the guy from Bethesda who picked the location for 76 said that he's heard from some of the towns/locations that the game generated enough tourism to pay for desperately needed maintenance and restoration. Helvetia in particular has seen a massive increase.

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CFBCoachGuy@reddit

Morgantown is one of the most underrated college towns in America

Unbelievable scenery

Mothman (or the Flatwoods Monster)

Birthplace of a ton of great college football coaches. Nick Saban, Lou Holtz, Curt Cignetti, Jimbo Fisher.

One of the best state mottos: Montani semper liberi (mountaineers are always free).

The Quiet Zone is fascinating.

The state’s “Byrd droppings” means that West Virginia is home to a lot of neat government-related stuff. A spy telescope. The congressional bunker (which you can tour at the Greenbrier). The presidential bunker (which you can’t tour). The FBI archives. If you own a savings bond, it was likely processed in Parkersburg, WV.

Morgantown’s Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system is one of the neatest public transportation systems in the world.

The New River Gorge Bridge is a great spot, but Wheeling is home to one of America’s first suspension bridges.

Tudor’s Biscuit World.

Birthplace of much of the labor movement in the United States.

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WARitter@reddit

Randy Moss is also from WV.

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MaverickLurker@reddit

Sing it with me everyone...

COUNTRY ROADS!

(The original songwriter of this song, who penned the lyrics for/with John Denver, confirmed that the song lyrics reference the state of WV, and not western Virginia, despite the geography mentioned in the first verse)

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WARitter@reddit

Technically the blue ridge and Shenandoah river are in like, 20 miles of WV.

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rapiertwit@reddit

There’s a culture of “you do you” in rural WV that you don’t often find in rural areas. People will help you if you ask for help, but they stay out of each others’ business mostly. The downside is you get some really eccentric people. The upside is you get some really eccentric people.

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WARitter@reddit

One of the most beautiful states, certainly east of the Mississippi. My spouse is from there, we go back as often as I can.

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LexiD523@reddit

I was in Braxton County about a month ago and had a great time. The scenery is beautiful, the little cryptid museums in Sutton were fun, and it was artsy in a way my HCOL Maryland town likes to pretend it is but no artists can actually afford to live here.

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