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The Appalachia Issue

This Is Poverty

I have lived in Radford since 1963 and I’ve seen the place change a lot. The fact of the matter is that family life has gone down and anti-social behaviour has become more of a problem.
Councillor Mohammad Aslam
11.1.06
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Tidbits

The most successful communities in the world are those that take their natural resources and convert them into something that others have a need or want for. It would seem Coober Pedy is screwed.
VICE Staff
11.1.06
The Appalachia Issue

Hold A Grudge?

I'm 20 years old now, and I am unemployed.
PJ
11.1.06
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Live By The Pipe

Bob Hund, also known as Bergman Rock, has been around forever and ever. And right now we've been hearing a lot of rumours about them, including that they've started playing live again, for the first time in years.
Patrick Crotty
11.1.06
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How To Rob

The first day we were in Radford and St Ann's, we kept asking people about how the area got its reputation for violence. People like the councillor on Page 38 told us the reputation was undeserved and was manufactured by the media to make for a good...
VICE Staff
11.1.06
The Appalachia Issue

In Memoriam

This was in The Meadows housing estate. A couple of weeks previously, Nathan Williams, aged 17, was shot in the estate's shopping centre. It was broad daylight and witnesses say it was after an argument over a pushbike.
VICE Staff
11.1.06
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Mountain Momma

I'm 21 and I was raised in Louisa, Kentucky. I love it here. It's peaceful. It's quiet. I have two kids, Destiny and Jacob. They're one and two years old. I'm raising them on my own because their dad was unfaithful.
Sunshine Fannin
11.1.06
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Coal Every Day

Steve Brierly is a coal merchant with a business on Ilkeston Road. We met him outside the chip shop when he was knocking off for the day. The next day we went back to his yard and talked about how the whole industry was screwed.
Steve Brierly
11.1.06
The Appalachia Issue

Small Towns

This issue was going to be called the Poor Issue. We looked at the numbers and found there were a lot of poor people in the north.
VICE Staff
11.1.06
The Appalachia Issue

Air Combat

I'm still in school. I'm 18 years old. I don't know what I want to do when I'm older.
Erik Sundström
11.1.06
The Appalachia Issue

Royal Poverty

Metal has always been small town poverty's own soundtrack. Still, Monarch aren't your usual acne-scarred, faux Satanists from the sweaty, hairy armpits of Northern Europe.
Tony Wilson
11.1.06
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Town Clown

There's no way you can miss Irvin's place. His property sits at the top of a hill where he has somehow managed to acquire more random, insane shit than you have ever seen in one spot. Ever.
Irvin Wench
11.1.06
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