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Appalachia

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5. I was thinking about repurposing the mines themselves.

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 01:37 PM

Sep 2015

Above ground, turn the isolation thing on its head by building superfast internet, as Chattanooga has done.

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Coal’s Decline Is Choking Appalachia Towns (xpost from GD) [View all] KamaAina Sep 2015 OP

What are the states of KY and WV and the affected counties doing to address No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #1

Mushroom farms? KamaAina Sep 2015 #3

Maybe something above ground would provide more jobs. No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #4

I was thinking about repurposing the mines themselves. KamaAina Sep 2015 #5

How many mushrooms can the economy realistically expect to absorb? No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #6

OKay. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #8

From what I can tell A Little Weird Sep 2015 #9

That's what I thought. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #10