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Appalachian Distressed Communities

A community built on endurance, waiting for someone to show up and stay long enough to earn the truth.

Age 48 · $52k median household income

Primary Burden

Institutional grief

Hidden Reality

A theology of endurance without a theology of hope

Live Pressure

The opioid crisis is not past tense

Setting

Housing stock is mostly pre-1980 and the houses…

The hill, still there

You are up before six because that's just when you wake up now, has been for years. The dog goes out. You put the coffee on and stand at the window for a minute, looking at the hill. It's a good hill.

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