Leaving home: West Virginia population drop is largest in US
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In an effort to reverse the population losses, West Virginia started encouraging remote workers to move to the state of 1.79 million residents through a program that will pay them $12,000 cash along with free passes for a year’s worth of whitewater rafting, golf, rock climbing and other outdoor activities. The energy poured into luring out-of-staters, she said, should be spent “helping people there who are suffering the most.” About 16% of West Virginia’s residents live in poverty, surpassed only by Arkansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, Louisiana and Mississippi. I couldn’t with that state anymore.” Except for the occasional gift shop, Recco said, West Virginia is merely a passing thought for motorists on the interstates. Snyder, whose relatives still live in West Virginia, dreams of moving to Morgantown one day to earn a master’s degree.
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