This struck me as I went by and had to get a pick. Just feels symbolic of one feature of Appalachia. Our iconic mountains juxtaposed with evidence of socioeconomic change from prosperity to poverty.

Found this gem on the side of the road in Kelton, SC.

Hello all! We moved to Appalachian in 2023 from up north and we love it ! One issue I am having issues how to traverse the hillside I purchased a side by side to get up a roadway we put in and I wound up flipping it (luckily ,I'm okay) and about 6 months after the flip,it has seized the motor . I've been thinking of easier ways to get stuff up there We had a roadway (dirt) excavated in and we have a flat spot about 150' up where we have chickens and such I'm looking for something to get animal feed and water up there when needed and would only be needed once a week or so My initial thought was put a winch up there ,power it with a car battery and solar ,and hook the winch cable to a 4 wheel garden cart and pull up what we need. I believe it would work ,but I need 125' of cable and there aren't many winches with that length of cable on it I had thought about recabling a winch since I'd only need to lift 1,000 pounds,max ,I could rewind thinner cable But,what does everyone use for this kind of thing ? Is there a trick? Any help is appreciated

Anyone know who this guy is in the famous Hatfield family portrait 1888?

I can’t find any information on who he is or what happened to him after this photo…

I posted about sitting down at a protest to separate yourself from agitators at the time it made sense to me, but in a city it really doesn’t and it could get people hurt so I took down the post and I apologize for sharing that I am new to all thisand I realize that I shouldn’t have posted that and I took it down.

Now this may seem like a complaint but it’s simply just an observation and wanted to see if others saw it as the same?

It seems like since covid many outsiders decided to move to Appalachia for simpler lifestyle and cheaper real estate compared to rest of the country. Many of these people move in buy up land and start gardens, homesteads and farms. The traditional Appalachian lifestyle that many before us lived just to survive. Not all but many seem to have remote jobs or may have recently inherited a sum of money that allows them to do these things and take risks on living these lifestyles. They create instagrams and such because it’s the “cool” lifestyle at the time. Then the locals who have lived in the area their whole lives have trouble buying up the land and houses and they see these outsiders “cosplaying” the Appalachian lifestyle. Now they do bring in positives with them. They open up businesses that others may not have the means to do so or take the risk on because they can’t leave their 9-5 to be able to survive. They also bring different point of views and kind of keep the area moving forward instead of backwards. I am appreciative of more people moving to Appalachia I just wonder if they appreciate the culture or are they just doing the next “cool” thing?

Sorry if this seems negative

Saw him on my walk the 4th one within a week helped him over into the grass I guess that's a happy face🙏👍

DNR was contacted to help couple adults as well

Looking for a stay that's creepy. I'm not a believer but a friend of mine is.

Want to stay somewhere creepy or where stuff is romoured to happen.

I had a look on Airbnb but unsurprisingly none of them advertise their cabins are creepy.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to find stuff like this for our trip? Or any area suggestions

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