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Originally Posted by Miss Blue
People who do not live in East Ky but spend a lot of time adding to the stereotyping of us need to put that time into visiting and helping clean up the poverty and drug problems and the residents in their own cities, counties and states. It is like closing one's eyes to their own problems while peeking through their fingers at the same problems in East Ky because of the wide spread stereotyping of a rural, sparsely populated part of the state that everyone wants to see only the problems not the accomplishments in fixing the problems.
East Ky is working on its problems as many of the posters have pointed out here. We are busy taking care of our problems while many who do not live here seem to be busy insulting us. BTW I have a daughter who lives outside Indianapolis, I came from the Cincy, Dayton area and I have family all over this nation who send me nice pictures of the accomplishments and beauty of their area , but also has sent me some of the areas that they would never go to alone because of the drug and underachievers who live there. Those folks sure could use some help at least with cleaning up around their homes. Must be just lazy dopeheads with no education or ambition.
Of course Diane Sawyer would not be interested in filming those parts of anyplace else, because the toothless , trashy uneducated lazy "pillbillies" according to some posters here are already the "famous" as far as ratings go.
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hey, I just started reading this old thread. I live in Northern Michigan, so not real familiar with
E.KY, but I think you all live in a beautiful area, and I love coming down into the Appalachians
in the Spring or Fall ! I do not hold any of those "Deliverance" or " PillBilly" stereotypes about you
all. There are a lot of poor people up here, too. I would market the natural beauty of your area,
and get the message out that you are welcome to visitors. Believe it or not, up North we still
hear a lot of BS about how rural Southerners still hate Yankees, and how it is not safe for any
of us with out of State license plates to be in rural Southern areas after dark.
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