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Petrushka

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2. Somewhere, recently, I read that West Virginia is losing population . . .

Reply to MadCrow (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 8, 2014, 01:45 AM

Apr 2014

. . . not so much because young people learned their three Rs---Readin', 'Ritin', & Route 77---before leaving the state, but because there are more deaths than births among those left behind. Considering how West Virginia is now only second to Florida when it comes to an aged and aging population, "A Wake-up Call" might have served as yesterday's alarm clock. Today, however, to this olde biddy, "Wake up people!" ain't gonna mean the same thing as "Wake up, people!"

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West Virginia: The Story Of A State That Got Bought [View all] Petrushka Apr 2014 OP

A Wake-up Call MadCrow Apr 2014 #1

Somewhere, recently, I read that West Virginia is losing population . . . Petrushka Apr 2014 #2

And an aging, undereducated population... theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #3