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Where are you from in West Virginia? learned this IN WV yesterday (Original Post) underpants May 2019 OP
I might be due north Dennis Donovan May 2019 #1
Be glad you're not in Martinsburg happybird May 2019 #5
Elkins mtngirl47 May 2019 #2
I live right in the tip of the thumb teenagebambam May 2019 #3
Hi, neighbor! happybird May 2019 #4
I am from the pinkie knuckle exboyfil May 2019 #6
Have distant kin between Beckley and New River Bridge - TheCowsCameHome May 2019 #7
We have a saying in Pittsburgh FakeNoose May 2019 #8
I'm from the pinkie knuckle! Alliepoo May 2019 #9

happybird

(4,604 posts)
5. Be glad you're not in Martinsburg
Sat May 4, 2019, 03:29 PM
May 2019

The opiate epidemic is really bad (which we were not aware of when we moved here 5 years ago). A cop running for Sheriff (R) in 2016 OD'd twice in 2 days:

https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/west_virginia/candidate-for-berkeley-county-sheriff-charged-with-heroin-possession/article_1b48d5f2-58cf-11e6-84c0-5fa525075423.html

And it's only gotten worse. I am so glad to be moving soon.

teenagebambam

(1,592 posts)
3. I live right in the tip of the thumb
Sat May 4, 2019, 02:59 PM
May 2019

and this is how I always have to explain to colleagues in DC that I don't actually live all that far from them.

FakeNoose

(32,633 posts)
8. We have a saying in Pittsburgh
Sat May 4, 2019, 04:05 PM
May 2019

Flipping the bird (giving someone the finger) is what we call "the state bird of West Virginia."
Don't get me wrong, I love West Virginia! But it is one of their main activities, after all.

Alliepoo

(2,215 posts)
9. I'm from the pinkie knuckle!
Sat May 4, 2019, 04:35 PM
May 2019

Or, I should say I was born there. My parents actually lived in South Shore KY at the time. Don’t go back much except to make the graveyard rounds on Decoration Day.

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