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Thursday, August 4, 2022

Rural Kentucky – The Other America

How Coal Mining and Years of Neglect Left Kentucky Towns at the Mercy of Flooding
The region, one of the poorest in the country, is full of modest, unprotected homes and decaying infrastructure. Some residents say they won’t return.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/us/kentucky-flooding-coal-industry.html
The median household income is about half of the national. The median home value is just $54,700.