Jenkinjones, West Virginia - The Trump economy

[Norrrm]

Jenkinjones, West Virginia | How Did This Happen?

Jenkinjones, West Virginia - The Trump economy

Trump promised to bring back the coal jobs.

...it used to be a flourishing coal camp area with many businesses and family homes.

[Drum]

1. Bookmarking. The state where I grew up, and I've been to many WV areas over the years.

The video is like driving past tombs of a past culture. It saddens me.

[tornado34jh]

2. This looks like something out of a post-apocalyptic movie

The video looks like what happens when resources are depleted. Coal and other non-renewable sources are finite and that replenishing them takes hundreds up to even millions of times longer than the human lifespan. But again, bringing back coal jobs is meaningless if there are no resources left.

[Botany]

3. The coal miners themselves know that the days of coal are over.

Many of the former miners and or their family members have worked on changing coal fired
power plants to natural gas. The area needs some flatbed trucks and backhoes.

[Wuddles440]

4. Heartbreaking and depressing.

Disgusted and angry that such communities were just abandoned by industrialists, politicians, and society in general.