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Originally Posted by HardDrive
I love riding my motorcycle in SE Ohio, Kentucky and W Virginia. So many great conversations with folks in small towns. Plenty of poverty, but there are some surprisingly nice towns in the hills.
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Same here. I've been in some of those towns before and after the crash. Petersburg WV was where I'd stay on my way down to the Monongahela. It had a very nice MC friendly hotel with a rather good restaurant. The last time I went through there ( 20 yrs ago by now) it was the most depressing town ever. That hotel was a ramshackle ruin. The only businesses that were open was a gas station and a 7-11 type store.
Iwas in White Sulfur Springs on one trip. Long story short I barely slept that night and was out of there at first light. I truly hope life has gotten better down there.
IDK what it's like now but man I felt like a poseur riding thru there on a $20K BMW.
I was in Grundy too back then but it was not as nice as in the video.
And yes 99.9% of the people were salt of the earth.