Old Gods of Appalachia

[doctorbadwolf]

While there wasn't a need to cover detailed information on all of these it was very disingenuous to claim that Appalachia was just in six states.

Still, this isn’t a thing they claimed.

 

[Randy J Mull]

I'm currently in Helen, GA, unable to sleep due to an ancient entity growling from the other side of my hotel room, taking the shape of a withered woman crowned in laurels.

And in those brief moments where the slouching crone ceases her lamentable moans, even then I cannot rest . . . because my mom pees five times a night and she grumbles and curses the whole way to the bathroom and back.

Seriously, this is supposed to be a vacation, but I've gotten only two hours of sleep. I feel trapped in my hotel room, unable to muster the strength to go outside and push my mom in her wheelchair about the seemingly quaint town, but also unable to rid myself of this maternal burden so I can try to slumber.

I fear my only choice is madness.

Helen is a beautiful town, I miss living close enough to visit when I want to.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

I don’t understand the continued conflation of geographically Appalachian with culturally Appalachian.

Indeed. Bless 'em, but folks in the Mississippi foothills and the Catskills aren't Appalachian.

 

[Randy J Mull]

Still, this isn’t a thing they claimed.

To quote from the book verbatim

"Appalachia encompasses the remote mountainous parts of six states of the United States: Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. "

 

[FrogReaver]

To quote from the book verbatim

"Appalachia encompasses the remote mountainous parts of six states of the United States: Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. "

And the point of this quote is?

 

[Randy J Mull]

And the point of this quote is?

Refer to above posts as it was a reply

 

[FrogReaver]

Refer to above posts as it was a reply

I have. Can’t make any sense of the reason you posted it.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

To quote from the book verbatim

"Appalachia encompasses the remote mountainous parts of six states of the United States: Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. "

You’re reading too much into that, IMO.

 

[Fenris-77]

A quick google lists 12 Appalachian states (based on who knows what criteria) including New York. Should we be up in arms about he Empire State as well? IĎK. Perhaps the issue is being overthought.

 

[Randy J Mull]

Even if we reduce Appalachia to the minimum area to be considered culturally Appalachian that still includes nine states.