How to Extract the Story of Appalachia

This is a critique of how Outsiders approach portraying Appalachia, however, it is also a valid look at how Outsiders look at and think of Appalachia as a whole. I had to move from a home I loved living in because the air polution from a Danish mining operation made it impossible for me to breathe. However, I do not think of that place as a place ruined, I think of it as a place whose story needs told. There are still people there demanding they be treated fair, and who envision for the great great grand children they'll never meet a river they can fish in.

(sorry i couldn't find a better place to post this to, thrs seemed the most appropriate)