A Town Filled With Hillbillies and a Few Women, Despite the Name: Man, West Virginia:

Man is located in Logan County, West Virginia. Man is filled with people proud to call themselves a Hillbilly and, despite the name, it allows women into the town.
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[@charsbob]

The reasons the town is "crowded in" is that it's a mountain town with not much usable flat land, and it was built at a time when most people didn't have cars. When you mostly walk to get where you're going, you mostly build things close together.

[@jeanbonnes1680]

It's called a 'haller' or more formally, a hallow, a common geologic formation in this region of Appalachia.

[@ruckanitepreacher5618]

Thanks for the explanation. Very interesting.

[@ruckanitepreacher5618]

@@jeanbonnes1680 Didn't know that thanks for the info.

[@lynncombs]

@@jeanbonnes1680 You mean holler.

[@tbessy1963]

Whatever.

[@makhetefall8003]

I went to WVU, i so miss WV, its a unique place. I am from Africa, but all my friends live there. Beautiful state, humble people.

[@realappalachia]

That's great, West Virginia is a state with a lot of warm and humble people like you said. I'm very glad to know that was your experience.

[@klaytonpeterson1596]

Excellent...College memories...Treasures of the Heart

[@twistoffate4791]

I met a girl who graduated from WVU. Her folks were OSU graduates and really wanted her to go there. She transferred for one semester and then transferred right back to WVU. She said the mountains were calling....

[@brogandaugherty-kelly1062]

THAT IS SO GREAT!! I KNOW WVU AND WV WAS SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. IM FROM WV ABD RECENTLY MOVED TO PA, AND ITS GREAT, THOUGH I MUDT SAY AS SAID IN A COMMENT BELOW-THE MOUNTAINS ⛰ THEY DO CALL!!:: ESP IN THE FALL. MOUNTAINEERS AND BRIDGE DAY! ALSO THE FORREST FESTIVAL!! YOU SHOULD COME BACK AND GO TO ONE IF THESE. WE SHOULD ALL TAILGATE!! LEEEETTTSSS GOOOOO MOUNTAINEERS!!

[@makhetefall8003]

@@brogandaugherty-kelly1062 I did my doctoral program there. Now , at Brandeis University, Massachusetts/ I like going back there.

[@cindyjofaithful4469]

I would never be offended to be called a hillbilly! We are some of the friendliest people on earth 😉

[@jefferyyounce5372]

I totally agree with you! These folks would give you there last sip of water

[@Mountainrock70]

I lived in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks when I was young. Proud to be hillbilly from hillbilly heaven!

[@cariemorgangraff4829]

Lots of worse things to be called than a hillbilly. I’d love to be called a hillbilly

[@Mountainrock70]

@@cariemorgangraff4829 I will take hillbilly over city boy or city slickers any day. A younger man at work last week couldn’t understand what I said and told me “sorry I don’t speak hillbilly.” I told him its about time he learn a second language!

[@cariemorgangraff4829]

@@Mountainrock70 hillbilly or southern is the best. Go woke go broke

[@camphope9344]

My whole family is from Man. And my 5th great grandpa is Valentine Wall Hatfield. I was born in those hills and I will die in those hills. I’ve tried and there’s no other place I can call home

[@lushdog1984]

Fancy finding a comment from someone i know on a random video loo

[@richjaneRN]

🥺❤️

[@laurajane3345]

The hatfields and McCoys were always fighting with each other that is so cool you are related to the hatfields

[@brendaorozco1203]

It is certainly beautiful there!

[@kerrylee4633]

You can take the boy out of the hills but you can't take the hills out of the boy.

[@squydwardyourlordansavior9723]

Look at those mountains. Gotta love Appalachia

[@wvmountaineer80]

Yep they are a sight to see everyday

[@issubswithvidspossible]

These in the vid are beauty..but unfortunately a lot of the WV mountains look like moon craters. Its sad what the coal companies did to the WV mountains

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Its far from the only place that has mountains

[@benvasilinda9729]

I was stationed at Fort Campbell, KY for years and traveled a lot in WV. I absolutely loved the scenery there. People were always great and helpful. Very religious and down to earth people.

[@whdbnrm3023]

Traveled all over the USA on motorcycle and found Texas and North Carolina friendly

[@Rudy_86]

Hillbillies are the most resourceful, down to earth, and kind people you'll ever meet. Born and raised in WV and I love my state.

[@duaneholcomb8408]

Yeup I'm Apalachian,, my self.

[@Jay-lr3me]

Yeah I worked at a summer camp in western NC high up in Appalachia and everyone was great. I have many friends I still stay in touch with,and don’t even get me started on bluegrass! I love it! (I’m from England)

[@outlawpondfishing4829]

Yes sir same here brother

[@Appalachianasshole41]

Hillbillies come from PA we in wv gave the world rednecks and that's what we have.

[@scotnick59]

Lovely comment and refreshing to hear

[@buck546]

I wake up every day and thank God I live in WV. I love her, born here and will die here.

[@oldjake912]

I am so glad that you are proud to be born raised and bred and West Virginia everyone should be that way about their Homeland just as I am about Kentucky the great Commonwealth of Kentucky and my opinion in my humble opinion you cannot find a greater place live raise your children and retire and as Kentucky I am very partial to Southeastern Kentucky that's where I'm at right now this is where I was born and raised I have been and lived in other parts of Kentucky it's my home but they're nothing like being in the hills of Southeastern Kentucky thank you God for planting me in southeast Kentucky

[@chrissttiiee]

Lucky duck. I live in Calif.

[@LotsofLisa]

From Philly, but I’ve driven through WV, it’s visually stunning even though I can’t get the movie “wrong turn” out of my mind while there. Anyway the landscape is beautiful.

[@brianb7423]

@@LotsofLisa lol that movie was pretty insane

[@LB-eh5fz]

I get it,,I’m born ,live will die ,in KENTUCKY,, I LOVE THIS PLACE SO MUCH ,❤️

[@jaxondoss8247]

This my my hometown and I love it especially the hunting and trail riding here

[@davidpowell3347]

Wonder if the Doss (es) father and son mtn. bike competitors and formerly Charleston Distance Run competitors still live or return there ?

[@ThePepsiqueen]

@@davidpowell3347 yes they still live here

[@fyt00000]

@Irene Simpson I think he was making a pun on the "South Man"saying as a southerner he feels comfortable. I think I it was a joke. You ok now?

[@th-ck9vl]

Are they really sexist there or was he just making a bad joke?

[@michelleparsons8775]

I have lived in Harrison/Marion County WV my entire 56 years. I am proud to be a hillbilly. College educated and still barefoot in the hills.

[@mikedineen7857]

I am 65 and grew up in Charleston left there in 75 did 4 years in the NAVY. I moved to Morgantown in 80 and stayed 42 years.

[@travelguy1564]

Michelle - Are those your legs in that pic of yours? And you're 56 - ? Must be running around barefoot that's so good for you.

[@michelleparsons8775]

@@travelguy1564 yes they are mine and thank you.

[@ruckanitepreacher5618]

@@mikedineen7857 I wonder if the legendary Don Knotts has any family left in Morgantown? Certainly a plaque or a monument or something.

[@mikedineen7857]

Now I have been gone from WV for over 5 years. I am babysitting 2 little boys age 5&8. I started in Seattle WA and now find my self In New Mexico. The little ones keep me on my toes

[@valerier4308]

My mom's ancestors are from WV, and my mom was born in there. I've always wanted to visit the state. I heard that my great, great, great grandfather was a union organizer of the WV coal miners.

[@littlema5763]

Mine are too Valerie R.! Both sides of my family are from WV. My great great grandfather was Albert Mullins. Mullens WV is named after him. I absolutely love the state! Almost Heaven West Virginia ❤

[@valerier4308]

@@littlema5763 👍

[@s.mcdaniel1149]

Come on over. We'd love to have you.

[@ogichidaawag3244]

Beautiful country.. makes me miss the mountains. I've been in FL way too long. This is the type of place I'd like to retire at.

[@bobsmoot8454]

I’ve been through many towns similar to Man, this is real USA, the heart and backbone of our country. WV is a very beautiful state - forget all the jokes about it

[@tangoindiamike9189]

West "By God" Virginia is no joke.

[@markrichards6863]

It's a great state to see I don't think I'd want to live there.

[@reconeix]

All of the USA is the REAL USA.

[@kwamebushman606]

The "backbone" of the country? HOW?? what do y'all contribute to the countries economy? You people make fun of states like California meanwhile all the businesses and innovations that help y'all comes from here. Which backbone? 🤣🤣

[@jaws21015]

I worked as a music teacher in Man Jr High School during the 1985 school year. It was snowy and the schools closed for days on end due to the poor road conditions. I have never been so sad and depressed; it was a lonely time except for the nice people like Glen the band director and his family. Mr Reedy was my landlord -- aka mr greedy. Phyllis was the music supervisor who had perfect hair!!

[@cherylsmith4826]

Nice you shared your experience honestly

[@giggles8458]

Yes, it is a matter of what I call "poetic" way some people look and dream of these places, completely turning the blind eye to the fact that there is a reason why people leave these places. I like these places, but only to an explorer level, yes they are beautiful. Will I settle in a place like this? Maybe. I even came up with my own joke, "One of these days I am gonna leave the city, take a couple thousand $$$ with me and buy a house (for a couple thousand bucks) in an abandoned coal mine somewhere in WV and stay there till my last day"

[@mikejohn0088]

"I have never been so sad and depressed" ---Winter does that when it's 20f, dark at 5pm and you have no where to go but home after work (if you have a job) to waste the hours until tomorrow when you do it again.

[@tallen702]

The old health center was the Miner's Hospital which was originally built and maintained with funding by local citizens and the UMWA. It ultimately closed in 2001 and the majority of the main hospital structure was demolished in 2012 with the medical office annex remaining standing as you saw it.

[@g24thinf]

I was born in Man hospital 1958.

[@grizzlybear4]

So sad 😢

[@emgeezef]

I was born and raised in WV, will be raising my children here also. As far as I know, without the assistance of an ancestry searching service, my ancestry has been here for generations on both sides. I don't know any relatives of either my father or mother that came from anywhere but West Virginia. My grandfather was well known in these parts for his fiddle playing back in the day. Growing up in this small little place was something that as a younger person I thought a trouble and was mesmerized by the thought of big cities and fast internet, but after I had kids and even the small town scared me for them, I am so thankful to be in WV and not to have been accustomed to big city living. Now I do not think I could endure a big city life. My husband's family are from California and Maryland, but he has fierce West Virginia pride. Hopefully our kids will too. I love our state!

[@terenceboyd8695]

Single 57 and looking badly

[@TJ-wz3tt]

@@terenceboyd8695 Same

[@makhetefall8003]

I used to play drums at Blue Hole and downtown main street. People tipped me all kind of things, money, beer, weed, jimmy jones, pizza, hot dogs and condoms too. All in downtown Morgantown. People loved the drumming. I MIS IT.

[@emgeezef]

@@makhetefall8003 🤣🤣🤣 condoms

[@emgeezef]

🤣🤣🤣 I'm still laughing.

[@brianshort8194]

I love West Virginia lived in a few other states.Georgia North Carolina but still would rather be here some love it some hate it but here most everyone will help u out if u are broke down or need something.

[@cameonashipleftonaplane698]

@jaime amonzo that doesn't mean that it's just saying that everyone can use a hand sometime

[@lenisbennett3062]

Almost heaven West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah River. Life is old there.

[@lenisbennett3062]

@jaime amonzo And I could call it take me home country roads.

[@lenisbennett3062]

@jaime amonzo John Denver was the best died way to soon.

[@reginaldosenton695]

I'm a proud Hillbilly who now lives in Tampa Bay. Hillbillies Class of 82, with lots of family still back there. I make it home to visit every couple years. And yes, it was originally Buffalo City before becoming Man. You can find the original plat of Buffalo City at the Logan County Courthouse. I did a couple thousand abstracts of real estate titles back when I had an office in Logan. It's sad to see the old towns in Southern West Virginia slowly die as the coal is being mined out.

[@gidget8717]

Hey there! I'm up in Inverness, been here since 2014. I moved down from Southwest Virginia. Clinchco (Clinchfield coal camp) is about a 2 and a half hour drive south of Man. So that's would be what...15 minutes as the crow flies 🤣 Glad to see another coalfield hillbilly (what a great mascot) down here.

[@modeladenny1218]

Lived just north of Chiefland for 22 years in the boonies. Hated to move but we got old. Cruise nites in Inverness were always fun. Wish I could remember the guy in zoning in Tampa. He was a hotrod car guy and lived near the nudist resort east of Tampa.

[@gidget8717]

@@modeladenny1218 I had a laugh when you mentioned the "nudists resort". When we came upon that, my husband said, "We have definitely left the coalfields." 😆 Nobody mentioned the rainy season or that sand was impossible to keep out of the house before we moved down here. I'm still trying to decide if moving was a pro or a con. 🤣

[@modeladenny1218]

@@gidget8717 We loved NW Florida. Near a game preserve and the Suwannee river. Found out shag carpet in the motorhome and double wide wasn't a good idea. From what I remember there are/were two adult resorts near Tampa and a large one at Kissimmee. Illinois had coal mines and strip coal mines where we are. Most lakes were old gravel or coal pits.

[@gidget8717]

@@modeladenny1218 I have found over the years coal people are coal people no matter what state the mines are in. Strange isn't it? You meet a coal family from Utah and somehow they feel like friends. I miss the mountains but my old body does like the warm winters in Inverness. 👵

[@timwilson610]

Man, Should have drove another 5-10 more miles up to west Logan and got ya some Chili Dawgs from Morrison's Drive Inn!!

[@realappalachia]

I wish you didnt mention those so close to lunchtime lol. I had some of those about 5 years ago and still remember how good they were. Cant eat just one.

[@brendapierce2859]

Yes the best hotdogs. My sister , cousin, daughter and I drove from Dayton Ohio to Logan just the have some hot dogs. The best

[@chrisstephens9360]

Morrison's is not in West Logan they're in Stollings

[@reginaldosenton695]

And the cheeseburgers on toast! Morrison's onion rings are the ones that all other onion rings are compared to, and I've never found any better.

[@wv1swlamatswl523]

You got that right! I used to work ambulance, and sometimes managed to stop there just for a couple of their great chili dawgs. Now I'm going to have to get back to Morrison's again. It's been years.

[@juanitawest976]

West Virginia has beautiful scenery. Thank you..Hello to the beautiful little girl.

[@realappalachia]

Thank you so much

[@stephaniehall5095]

I live in Marietta Ohio and I think West V has beautiful country side. We drive over that way alot to see the countryside....

[@kevinnobody3052]

I lived in Veto for 2 years when I was a kid and I really missed leaving there. I love WVa and the Marietta, Parkersburg, Belpre area. I really miss it still.

[@retiredarmy3755]

I retired from the Army after 30+ yrs and moved to SE Ohio (Morgan County) afterwards. I had my choice of moving anywhere I wanted to and I decided on this area. The geography is beautiful, people are really good, and with the weather I have 4 seasons but no extremes. I've been all over the world and Appalachia (Ohio, WV, Pa, eastern Ky & Ten, and western Md) has some of the most beautiful park like scenery. Little to no work but a great place to retire to!

[@exotics4life618]

Chillicothe Ohio here!

[@ulquiorra2520]

Who wants to get the meat hole poked?

[@retiredarmy3755]

@@ulquiorra2520 What does she look like?

[@robertburatt]

Nothing wrong with"Hillbillies". Beautiful country. Wonderful Step dancing and fiddle playing~true indigenous culture! A decent society would help these families with what they need instead of abandoning them. I'm thinking of dentists, doctors, health clinics, schools. etc being dotted over every little Appalachian community and all within walking distance!

[@frankcompagnone8550]

Thank you Bob. I agree .

[@anadromous9200]

I’m thinking they should move to where the jobs are, if they need those services. Not our job to support their lives when they can forge new ones elsewhere. You know, like all of humanity has always had to.

[@HonorableBeniah-A]

Man and Logan are chocked full of racist, homophobic, transphobic, bigoted trailerprk dwellers. Don’t visit, don’t go!

[@pudge9161]

@@HonorableBeniah-A Spoken like a true Leftist.

[@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506]

@@HonorableBeniah-A Like in Saudi Arabia you mean?

[@mikesaunders4775]

An absolutely fantastic ride through a stunning landscape. Many thanks from England.

[@realappalachia]

Glad you enjoyed it, hope things are well in the UK

[@atypicalmotorcycle752]

Thanks Shane! I'm a (northern) California boy myself but this looks like home. I grew up with a lot of folks from Georgia ,Louisiana and Mississippi who's families had come west to work in the timber. We have much the same cultural challenges with downturns in timber hollowing out and erasing beautiful communities. After seeing this video I really want to park my Harley at The Fire Pit and enjoy feeling at home in a new/old place.

[@dannymuzzi3906]

What part of nor cal?? I’m from not cal mysef

[@elwoodblues9613]

I've driven through parts of Gold Country that look like what I've seen in WV videos: Sonora, Jackson, Angels Camp, Moke Hill, Placerville.

[@judyclark6305]

Enjoyed the video. Makes me want to come visit. My mother graduated from man high in 1949. I lived in Holden and verdunville as a little girl.

[@ShaleNinja]

My mind is blown by how much most of these West Virginia towns that you show us resemble most of the West Coast and northern half of the South Island of New Zealand. Man here gave me big Picton and Greymouth vibes. The Tasman sea crashing into the towns (with a fair bit of violence tbh) is the only huge notable difference at first glance. I'm growing more and more fascinated by this epic stretch of continent watching these videos from the opposite side of the planet!

[@mariemann3536]

ShaleNinja... My mom was born in Man and grew up there. I love it. It is like home to me. I lived in Masterton, NZ and I loved it. Going over the Remataka felt like going home to Man. I agree 100%. I have been to Greynouth as well when I lived in ChristChurch. NZ quickly became a 2nd home to me.

[@jamesconner4971]

Marie and Ninja...that you two have this connection is mind-blowing !! God Bless the small new world of You Tube. PS: : Relatives in Beckley and Blue field. I'm from the hills of SE Tennessee and married to a beauty from Hong Kong 42 years already. Love you, Marie, for stepping out into the bigger world, while staying grounded and proud.

[@suzanneroberge494]

Thank you for the tour. I live in Vermont & we have plenty of towns that look quite a lot like that. Beautiful scenery.

[@realappalachia]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@b1k2q34]

I grew up in NH. Love that area. I live in Kentucky now, and think WV and Kentucky are also stunning.

[@suzanneroberge494]

@@b1k2q34 I understand! When I see videos from those areas they look & feel just like home. On one video the road the person was driving on looked so familiar I was convinced it was an area here in Vermont that I'd driven on myself until he said where he was! Beautiful country!

[@cdeshields9631]

What I like ‘ bout your videos is dat ya sho da real side 🤔 & not just the Hollywood side Ya sho dat these are real people with real struggles & living real lives Thanks 🙏

[@SMichaelDeHart]

Been to Man many times for work. Also, my father worked in Buffalo Creek after the flood. He was a Transmission Lineman for Appalachian Power Company. He said that the destruction was almost as bad as what he'd seen as a combat veteran in the south Pacific during WWII.

[@realappalachia]

Wow, that must have been a devastating sight to behold

[@SMichaelDeHart]

@@realappalachia indeed!!

[@bonnieleelee9936]

Where do they shop?

[@SMichaelDeHart]

@@bonnieleelee9936 Man is a small town with shops. Logan is just a few minutes a way and many more shops. Then Charleston is just over an hour North.

[@miak6859]

Please will you tell your dad Thank you for his Service

[@ferrellgriffin9955]

I am proud to be called a hillbilly I was born and raised in a small town called clendenin WV keep up the good work I love your stories.

[@donascandizzo4818]

I was born in Logan west Virginia.i lived in mud fork.i sold a church the property we lived on.its been years since I visited.still have a lot of family there.thanks for bringing me back home to visit.

[@realappalachia]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@goldilocks913]

Thank you so much for this, lovely scenery and everyone looks really friendly. Hope to visit one day! 👍

[@susleeful]

Married (second time) in Beckley, WV. Beautiful state, wonderful memories; underestimated in it’s natural beauty; much like Cinderella (actually only appreciated by those who visit & not get caught up in it’s stigma).

[@MrsMargaret]

Love being a hillbilly. We have a beautiful state. Definitely WV proud!

[@makhetefall8003]

I left WV after college, come to Massachusetts to buy one can of beer for $7 , and you tip the 3 $./ total 10$////// I MISS WV and my college town. I could do a lot with 10 in Mogtwn.

[@THIP-aa7bm]

I LOVE HUNTINGTON WV, IT'S MY HOME TOWN

[@greenmountainhellhound6835]

I’m from Vermont and with all the weirdo city asshats that move up here I feel more at home in West Virginia. I want to move but don’t want to have people think I’m one of the city assholes coming to ruin your state, because WV is perhaps the nicest place on earth, IMO

[@hunterpro9925]

I live in Verdunville near Logan and have been to Man many times. It truly is a nice little town.

[@ExperienceEric]

I lived in Logan for a few years as a child and will be moving back their in a few weeks.

[@billmeade9029]

My mom was from mudfork up rockhouse and dad was from Dinges

[@juliewriston980]

I'm a West Virginia Coal Miners granddaughter.. and proud of my hillbilly heritage.. My family lived back in the hills of Charleston W.V. My dad was born in the family home in 1935 and he grew up there. But they moved out West to Arizona due to my dad's severe asthma.. I absolutely love West Virginia 💖 and the people who live there.. Thank you so much for sharing.. from Southeast Arizona 🏜️😎

[@realappalachia]

Howdy out in Arizona, thanks for watching and the comment!

[@fishfighter73156]

I saw a video the other day about Alabama. Everything in that video was false! Twisted stats about crime. As a lot of others on here have posted about WV, I posted a lot of the same. Good, humble, hard working people. And beautiful! I also noticed how clean the town of Man is! (Except for the obvious pot hole or three). Someone on here said “jewel” referring to WV. I agree!

[@jwings1484]

I married a hillbilly woman when i use to live in WV and I'm so glad i did. She is lovely and one of the most friendly woman with a pure heart. WV people are friendly and just good ol' folks. Miss living there.

[@bobbydobbins6484]

i went through Man last year. i live in sc but i go home almost every year , lm from clarksburg, i love camping up home in the mountains in the fall. last year i camped at twin falls sp. im 73 years old and love my state and its people. hello to all my wv friends. ps. see u in the fall. lol

[@teaberrywmn]

Another beautiful small town in West Virginia.

[@lakwatserangagtavlog]

We just moved here in WV 2 months ago from LA.. And I loved WV❤️ weather was soooo cool and love the nature too❤️

[@MichaelWH]

My mom is from New Orleans, dad was from Belle, WV

[@valjean2036]

@@andrelopez7589 lol its already turning into one.

[@valjean2036]

When ppl move to WV! You know shits gettinv real out there

[@lushdog1984]

Hopefully none of the political aspects of it followed you here lol

[@helloguy5646]

Keep ur lefty bull crap back in Cali don't ruin WV like you did cali

[@johnm2197]

I'm Australian but I am proud to know a distant relo is an early settler of Hancock, West Virginia. Seems a beautiful State.

[@smallblocksadventures6008]

Man... I sure enjoyed that video

[@realappalachia]

Thank you, I knew someone could work in another pun lol

[@treasuresofamerica1837]

I love west Virginia, especially southern west Virginia.

[@richardhuffman-oy8ng]

Why?

[@kindnessworks71]

That town is beautiful I would love to live there walk out my front door and see all those mountains I don't know how I can get any better

[@realappalachia]

It is a beautiful town, I hope to visit again soon

[@ripleymt]

Really you wouldn’t want to live there. I’m from West Virginia and worked as an inspector for Department of Agriculture for 10 years back in the 80s and 90s. It was dead then and REALLY out in the middle of nowhere. The drug problems in Logan and Mingo counties are terrible, there are no longer any jobs, and the flooding is an ongoing issue. West Virginia is a beautiful state, but it’s definitely NOT managed properly and with the fake president and the Communists taking over I’m certain it will only get worse.

[@oldjake912]

@@ripleymt I live in Appalachian Southeastern Kentucky retired from the coal mines at this time this place in southeast Kentucky is dead as a doornail we have no jobs and the two counties that I was raised up in if you're not a school teacher or State Highway worker your own welfare and as right now our fake president has got people not even looking for jobs or taking them when they are available because of this unemployment federal unemployment and funds that they are getting they feel like they don't need to work I love Southeastern Kentucky I was bred born and raised here and I want to die here but a young person nowadays have no hope I'm ever making good and the two counties Leslie and Clay County that I was raised up here and I Live Now in Clay County Kentucky it is a beautiful place and we have beautiful people like everywhere real though we have the drug cartel problem and as you said but this fake president that we have in the White House and his cackling VP the children of Southeastern Kentucky has very little hope I pray that our legitimate president has another chance to get back in and take finish some of the jobs that he started I love Southeastern Kentucky I was bred born and raised here tried the big city life there's nothing better than the country life of Southeastern Kentucky

[@ripleymt]

@@oldjake912 Couldn’t agree with you more! I love my state and I’m proud of our history and KY is the same; we have been raised to work hard for what we get and help our family and neighbors when they need help, but the fakes that are taking over bringing Socialism/Communism and even illegals to this great Republic will destroy what we and our ancestors all worked so hard to build. Our states deserve better... our country deserves better too! God bless you, God bless the USA and YES, I’m praying daily for the legitimate President to be back ASAP 🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻

[@dommiedarkoh8816]

@@oldjake912 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@johngeen5633]

I' m from the Netherlands and was lucky to visit Parkersburg for a week as a DuPonter. I loved every minute of it and agree that the people here are friendly and the state is beautiful. I did see a lot of poverty and that made me wonder why. The US is such a rich country. As I recall DuPont was one of the biggest employers around.

[@UnitedbyStoke]

Until they gave thousands of workers health related illnesses

[@johngeen5633]

@@UnitedbyStoke you are right, that's my biggest dissapontment in the company.I was responsible for safety health and environmental at our site and always it was safety first and 0 incidents as most important with a zero footprint as goal. Just can't believe what they have done to the world for a bunch of dollars.

[@williamstonesmith7971]

@@johngeen5633 - they are one of the 13 families are they not?

[@johngeen5633]

@@williamstonesmith7971 Sorry but I don't understand your response.🤔

[@jj3449]

@@johngeen5633 I’m from Parkersburg and I’m sure you did your part to make things better with DuPont but that plant has been operating since the 50’s so in a lot of ways the damage is already done. I’m glad you enjoyed your time there and I hope you will come back and visit again.

[@CaliChaos99]

Thank you for this video…I plan on going to West Virginia at some point in the future. I feel the people there are so genuine, humble and kind…. The ones I have met….it is such a beautiful state. 🙏💯

[@DDay-vv9ec]

W.v is my state the most beautiful in the country.

[@naomibrowning554]

Lived bout 3 miles outside of town limits for 32 years its changed so much drugs has tore thru these small towns and left its mark with no end, never thought id see it like it now. nothing could change the childhood i had there priceless

[@jessicadarby9199]

WEST BY GOD VIRGINIA! ... I'm from Bluefield Mercer but my family moved to Tennessee when I was 2

[@valjean2036]

I wanna go to TN

[@barbarapittman107]

Love bluefield

[@jessicadarby9199]

I wasn't there long enough, would love to go home

[@harolddenton6031]

I grew up in hawkins county,tn about 8 miles west of kingsport,tn and maybe 10 miles from gate city,va. Where did your family settle in tennessee?

[@doylejodi7502]

Beautiful mountains❤️ I grew up in a very small town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is called Tilbury. Due to the many farming families/blue collar workers who live there, people there were called, ‘Till-billies’! Lol

[@realappalachia]

Great nickname 🤣

[@eddieboggs8306]

In the North there are Northern versions of the Southern Rednecks. I think they are called Podunkers. There is a nation of Native Americans called Podunks I head not sure.

[@terrywilhelm6257]

I believe that I have been there. I love WV, most beautiful State we have.

[@ireneposti6813]

My husband was born and grew up in Weirton WV. His father worked for Weirton Steel, I think the whole town worked there. I met him in California but I always liked the warmth of the people in WV. When he passed away I took him back to be buried in Weirton next to his parents.

[@singingmizv1173]

My husband was born and raise there. that new Huge bridge was built and I remember when they done it Before it was very scary driving around the mountain side before the bridge got built. Should have went to Bruno and cross the one bridge it’s only in and out incredible to see this!! There’s a place not too far from there called Slabtown if you don’t live there don’t go there 👀. I remember when the first Walmart came in there !! Over the mountain Cheers💫

[@u.s.militia7682]

Looks like a nice little town. I live in a smaller place in Saltville Virginia. I’m very proud to be raising my family in such a small town. It beats any bigger town any day. 🇺🇸

[@realappalachia]

I love Saltville

[@taxthesocialist2602]

It won't be a small town if you keep advertising it online. Swarms of ignorant and pompous city brats took notice to my area over a decade ago. It's no longer a small town. Housing has destroyed so many beautiful acres of woods...

[@foxmulder4269]

So interesting. I'm from WI, always wanted to see Virginia and West Virginia, Thank You !

[@realappalachia]

I have only been to WI but I imagine it is entirely different based on what I saw then. Pretty cool to know life can be so different yet we can appreciate each other's lives.

[@MrsMargaret]

They are currently paying people to move here.

[@fyt00000]

@@MrsMargaret Why?

[@MrsMargaret]

@@fyt00000 to boost the population. We lost a Senate seat.

[@fyt00000]

@@MrsMargaret Oh ok thanks

[@helenkundrath8321]

I love West Virginia, born there in the sticks. It will forever be my home.

[@robertmorency6335]

Joe Biden is this town's Director of Tourism. Come on, Man!

[@katesleuth1156]

Always have to bring politics into it. Sad.

[@stlouisgirlseven6974]

@@katesleuth1156 It's sadder that you can't take a joke.

[@katesleuth1156]

@@stlouisgirlseven6974 Oh, that was a joke.Ha ha ha.

[@Gasparro18]

@@stlouisgirlseven6974 I think it's the saddest when you expect everyone to know someone's intentions of what they're saying like they should be some kind of mind reader.

[@issubswithvidspossible]

Libtards crying when anyone pokes at sippy cup.

[@vickielewallen3799]

Be careful calling someone "hillbilly." I moved from So Cal to the south a few years ago, and made fun of a person's accent. As i got to know her, i realized she was an amazing person with more kindness and integrity than i'd ever known in a person before. I learned my lesson about using the word "hillbilly" or making fun of an accent, etc.

[@realappalachia]

You should also learn that the local high school mascot is a hillbilly. The local school is the Man High Hillbillies and they're quite proud of it and rightfully so.

[@andylane3739]

People can call themselves hillbilly. It can be a description without being an insult.

[@vickielewallen3799]

@Blake Hudson Her husband told me i was like the "Beverly Hillbillies" in reverse--i came from the city and was clueless about country life. And i was. He could open his window and shoot a turkey or squirrel, whatever, right in his own "back yard" (acres of it). They cooked squirrel once and had me try it without telling me what it was. When they said it was squirrel, i could not believe i had eaten some of it, and even liked it a little. They were awesome people, very friendly and nice.

[@EughhBrothereughh]

Why would you even make fun of someone's accent it's mean as hell jesus

[@benjaminbufordblue2473]

Vickie did you not look at the intro?They are Proud to be called Hillbillies.

[@dianebaugher3919]

Living in a large city like I do, I can't even imagine living in a small town like that...and I know they could never imagine living in a big city

[@mikedaniels1888]

I was raised in Man WV but have lived in Michigan for 50 years but Man will always be my home and yes some of the best people you will ever meet just don’t piss them off🤠

[@tasha4052]

That's where all of my dad's side of the family lives. ❤

[@Chris-uh3cm]

I need some hillbilly kindness in my life. Living in Boston sucks people here are awful 😞

[@realappalachia]

Oh no! Maybe you can pick a better spot to live from our videos! - Melody

[@jackandjanie1]

I worked for HUD in this area the summer of 77 when the Tug river flood destroyed a lot of towns from Kermit down to Bluefield , beautiful area nice people !

[@tonydavis2672]

I love west Virginia . . Always have and always will . . . I lived there for several years back in the 70's . . . And proud of it .

[@RiverBanks-OzarkStoryteller]

Town reminds me of towns in the Ozarks. The hills look more rugged in WV.

[@charlottelazzelle1002]

My grandparents lived there many years and we visited often. Dr. Harold and Henrietta VanHoose started the well baby clinic at Man Hospital (the one you passed). His office was on Main Street on the left at the end of the video. There was not a pharmacy. He dispensed medications. He delivered many babies in people's homes. They had a lovely brick home built on McDonald Ave. I recall two times the Guyandot River flooded their house. When the Pittston Coal Company dam broke in 1971 and caused horrible damage and death, my grandparents assisted. They moved to Florida later in the 1970s.

[@adspur]

I’m a native West Virginian and that town is sad.Not much of a pulse left.I’m not putting it down.The economic lifeblood has been sucked away.Across America there are a lot of little towns like Man.It happens mostly for economic reason.

[@janelong778]

I wonder why people call it poor and even mock the place. It is way beautiful than a huge town here in philippines where I live. The entire place looks organized ang beatiful. Just wonder why no one seems to be there. It looks both lovely and lonely.

[@jslady5662]

WV is a coal mining state. Most people here relied on those jobs in the mines in order to feed their families. Now, guess how poor they were. WV poor people built the wealth of many by the sweat and blood of many by just trying to survive. Now guess who made fun of them. Rich, ignorant, snobby people who carried tall tales to their rich friends, who in turn spread them wherever they went. This worked for them in 2 ways, 1- it helped inflate their self-importance and 2- it kept others out of their way. Because who would want to be around dirty, uneducated poor people when rhey had the choice of bigger cities and so-forth?! As a life-long hillbilly whose ancestors were coal miners and farmers, road builders and war veterans, I can tell u that we are proud of who we are! No matter what they say about us!!

[@valjean2036]

Exactly!

[@wv1swlamatswl523]

I would not want the big city types here in any case. They'd never be able to adapt. They'd bring their big city ideas and problems to a place that would never tolerate that nonsense. We have our share of problems and idiots, just like anywhere else certainly has. But we're small towns and neighborhoods. We're spread out, plenty of mountains, peacefully quiet mostly, and easy privacy when you want it. Friends and neighbors when you want or have a need. We take care of our own when needed. Welcoming to friendly visitors. Belligerent outsiders stand out and end up finding reasons to not stay for long. State motto: Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers Always Free)...

[@melissaszuch1560]

My husband is from Mt. hope. Love WVA. Also so beautiful.

[@raleighhollerboywv7253]

Too bad it's Mt. Dope now.

[@paulablack1863]

Thanks for uploading. Man is my BF's hometown. He just loved this video! We appreciate u creating & uploading. Best wishes! ❤️

[@realappalachia]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@callmeladycleer2973]

I live in Martinsburg WV and I am proud of where I'm from ✌️❤️

[@davidpearson3304]

Martinsburg is like a whole different state compared to the rest of WV.

[@sicsemperpotatus5699]

Watch out, it will turn into a Swamp suburb.

[@brickbreaker9581]

What’s so great about martinsburg may I ask

[@charliesnarky9726]

@@brickbreaker9581 the people!

[@yvonnemollylovesyou3704]

My daughter lives in Harpers Ferry. She works in DC. She’s from Rockford, IL. I’ve been out to visit a few times and yes WVA is absolutely beautiful. Those roads are too winding though. I’m used to straight gridded roads here. A lot of haunted history there due to being a Civil War battle ground.

[@cynthiafroley4415]

I’m a proud West Virginian. I grew up in Fairmont and left in my 20’s. I miss the simplicity of life and the friendly people. God bless the hard working people of Mann WV. Great video!

[@dianebays5484]

I live in Kanawha County. I have friends from Logan County, but have never been there. Its pretty through there.

[@janetcastellano4141]

My family on my dads side is from the rocky mount N.C and I wish I could go back and have a simple life with growing your vegetables and cornbread. Wow. Life was good.

[@bconsley]

Neat video. Thanks for sharing these. I enjoy them!

[@realappalachia]

Thanks for watching and the comment

[@terryskidmore6739]

My late husband was from West Virginia. It's a lovely state.

[@billykidd6971]

I am a hillbilly from the woods of Pulaski Co. Va. Would do a do over in a heartbeat! Poor people were rich when we were growing up.

[@andrewbarlow8937]

Thanks for your video. I enjoyed it. Your daughter is a darling. Bless her heart.

[@rmarsh1970]

I’m from Buckhannon WV… I worked for a mobile home dealer here in Buckhannon back at the time of the big flood in Man… The federal government sent many mobile homes for people who lost their homes in the flood to live in temporarily for 3 years, I think it was until they got their homes rebuilt… At that time we went to Man several times to transport some of the mobile homes out of Man… The State of WV Department of Natural Resources bought the ones we moved to different locations around the Central and Northern part of the state for WVDNR Field Offices… There was still a lot of evidence of the flood disaster back at that time and I have never been back since it was rebuilt... There was a lady who had written a song about that flood that we met at a restaurant one time while we were there… I think her name was Jean Crowdy and I don’t know how I remember that but I hope someone corrects me if I’m wrong. We all got a record from her… I can’t remember if she gave it to us of if we bought it…

[@realappalachia]

thanks for sharing your story

[@nordland2235]

My mom lived in a coal miner camp back in the 30s 40s and went to school in Man.....her uncle was Dalton Hensley...they owned a lot of businesses in Man.....mom lived with her grandma n grandpa at a coal miner boarding house they run.

[@aprilbennett6280]

Born & raised in Chas.West Virginia & love it.

[@tancosta1286]

So Beautiful nature 😍, forget the town , house in the nature on the mountain by a fresh spring water... no man's land 🥂

[@b00nd0cksa1nt1979]

At 5.57 that white house with the carport used to be my papa Louis house. And the brick building next to it was whites metalwork owned by him and my uncles if I remember right. I spent my childhood summers there. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and now live in Georgia. I am 42 now so that was many years ago. But this brought back a lot of memories so thank you for making this.

[@sandykennedy582]

what was papa louis last name

[@b00nd0cksa1nt1979]

@@sandykennedy582 it was Paluso.

[@patboles4116]

I met a guy in the back holler of Alkol in 1995, visited off and on for about 10 years,,havent been back in 15 years..I miss it

[@harrynutsac8185]

I’m living in the state of Marxistchusettes, I hate it here, I would love to relocate to a town like that. Wonder if they would accept me?

[@realappalachia]

you have my sympathy lol. You would be surprised at how friendly and accepting most of these towns are when someone is truly respectful of the area and people. They get a bad rap for being distant (it is an earned mistrust of people with questionable motives) but once you're deemed good then you have no issues and are accepted.

[@terryrose6208]

@ Harry Nutsack As long as you're not a liberal Nutsack and don't tease too much about our accent, you would be accepted. Great hunting, fishing, trail riding ( ATVs and horse), hiking, camping and the list goes on. As long as you don't piss people off, they are very giving here. Sure some of the towns are rundown pretty bad but there is some nice property to be had at a very reasonable price. If you're looking to retire or are an entrepreneur, you would love it here. Southern West Virginia is very rugged country. I live in McDowell county. One of the poorest in the state but used to be called Little New York because of the coal boom in the first half of the 20th century. The Town of Keystone boasted one of the most popular brothels in the southeast. Lol

[@jimmyjohns9982]

Go to either Kanawa county or Monogalia county. Morgantown in Monogalia is a college town with nice scenery. The capital city Charleston in Kanawa has more to do but not much W.V. feel to it. More like a tourist city.

[@packingten]

@@terryrose6208 Oregon. I married a Rose from Pineville Kentucky in Feb 1968, Her Dad was named Pearl,He was a real mountain man as were her family,Her mom was a Hubbard,I loved all those people,I had an accent from Dad when I got back from Pine-vull😊,I REALLY had one miss it there,Pearl died 2000,Jr Hubbard my best friend passed,I had lost contact,I wailing up writing,I sure miss that time take care brother,The libtards want to take us down and about done it bro,Later😊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@GOTTshua]

If you like Jesus, freedom, and 2A.... and don’t put on airs....

[@heyokaempath5802]

My momma's best friend was from Logan, WV. Her name was Alberta Bell, and she was the sweetest lady you'd ever meet. She would take forever telling you a story, though! Lol I miss her, gone for a long, long time.

[@realappalachia]

i love the long-winded story tellers :)

[@donascandizzo4818]

I was reading tour comment and wondering if your mom knows ant Nelson's from Logan west Virginia.naman and Joyce Nelson.or Donald and tenesse Nelson.i was born in Logan but moved to Florida when I was a little girl.but thank you and wish I could go back to visit.

[@donascandizzo4818]

Sorry I read your comment wrong so it was your mom's best friend.i bet she would know the Nelson's.sorry to bother you.it was on my mind.

[@larryprobus3263]

Rode there on my Harley Davidson..Great area n sooooo unique !!

[@onemanwalking]

Born and raised in the Ozark mountains . My family came from the smoky mountains . Proud of my heritage.

[@ElizabethStallard]

I just found this site and I absolutely love this video. I was in nursing school a senior in nursing school at Harlan arh School of Professional nursing the year the Buffalo Creek happened there were twelve of us there at Beckley West Virginia doing our OB rotation. Absolutely have never seen anything like it then or now I would love to see a video or a documentary or whatever on Buffalo Creek because I was there and all of us nursing students were sent to work 8n out post clinics that were set up, we did drive up through Buffalo Creek and I honestly I don't think anybody could ever describe what that Devastation was unless they were there and I do remember that we weren't even able to get home for the weekend because the interstate was even flooded in Parts at that time but I have a great respect for that area and for those blessed mountain people and I have a lot of good friends that are from there my grandfather was actually born Matewan, but thank you so much for sharing this God bless and be safe.

[@jfsebastian7811]

In my work in the late nineties, I called on Ellis Lumber and building supplies just up the road in Accoville. No finer person than John Ellis and the nice folks that worked at Ellis Lumber.

[@theresaakins2317]

All of these Appalachian towns are beautiful. The mountains and even some houses are nice!

[@ONEOFUS767]

I love this state I hope to God it never changes

[@lisasmith7854]

Such beautiful country that is where several of my ancestors came from

[@garyk.nedrow8302]

Man, West Virginia, for those who may not know, is a town in far southern West Virginia near the border of Virginia. It is scenic country. The notion that all West Virginians are "hillbillies" is false, one of those myths they feed the tourists. Of course, some rural Appalachian counties are poor in comparison with the rest of the urbanized nation, and the rugged mountains and remote locations make it a hard place to earn a living. The promising young people tend to move out of the mountains to find opportunities for their talents, but the love of the mountains always remains with them. If you grow up in the mountains anywhere, you learn to be tough, resilient, adaptable, and hard-working early in life, and that's true of West Virginians. I grew up in Western Pennsylvania, worked for a few years in Huntington, Morgantown, and Beckley, and drove up and down Rt. 219 from Lewisburg through Grafton and Davis to the Maryland line. I know the state fairly well. I dated several West Virginia girls back in the day and can attest they were all lovely, genuine and intelligent. I am very fond of the State and its people. If you want to see "the real America," this is the place to go.

[@pu5epx]

If I visited the USA alone I would go for such a place rather than the typical tourist traps in Florida.

[@marywegrzyn506]

This is a cool Video of Logan County, W.VA. My Dad was born n raised in Logan. I always loved taking trips from where we lived, in MI to go visit Granny n to look around at different places there. I miss going there. Great memories, though!!!

[@realappalachia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@heygetoffmylawn1572]

We spent our 2 week family vacation this past summer in and around the Monongahela National Forest. Beautiful state. Can not get over the amount of abandoned farms and homesteads. What happened?

[@andycheng9066]

West Virginia used to be one of the top coal suppliers in the entire country, until the advent of natural gas usage gradually replaced the need for coal power; West Virginia was already quite tough for farming with much of the state being covered in dense forests and mountains, and many farmers preferred the wide open space of the Midwest and other areas of the United States. By the end of WWII, a lot of farmers moved out of the state because the industries made large areas increasingly harder to farm. Also, before interstates and major highways, driving down rural roads meant that you had to pass through small towns no matter where you were going, so when the interstates were constructed, small towns were bypassed because cars would now drive directly from city A to city B without having to stop at dozens of tiny stops along the way

[@samgutts1357]

After 50 years I still can't help thinking man I am so glad I left WV when I did in the 1980s. Great people. Great outdoors. 25% of the state is owned by out-of-state interests and it showed back then, still shows now.

[@piercehawke8021]

For a 'half dead' town; Man looks 'too good'. I'm from the Wash DC area and, thinking back on it, the whole area had a dingy/sooty ambience. Man, OTOH, 'sparkles' like a town here in the 'greener' parts of California/Arizona.

[@christianadkins1431]

Very proud to be a Hillbilly from Man, WV. Also, that old clinic has been renovated and is open again.

[@realappalachia]

Glad to hear that about the clinic. Love that mascot name of Hillbillies, one of the best in the country

[@michaladkins5790]

My dad owned the Hallmark store in Man. When he got sick, they moved to Huntington. I loved it there.