Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ...
by snowwrestler on Thursday August 08, 2019 @06:11PM
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West Virginia benefited for a long time from being represented by Robert Byrd, a powerful and savvy U.S. senator who was adept at directing federal dollars into his state to pay for nice infrastructure and federal jobs (the FBI, among other agencies, has a major center in WV).
At the same time, much of WV's private economy was centered around extraction and manufacturing, both of which have declined over the decades.
There's a big highway under construction into the center of WV, currently called "Corridor H", that is intended to link up with 66, a major artery in and out of the DC metro area.
I think it's unlikely that high speed rail gets built in that corridor any time soon, simply because high speed rail in general seems unlikely in the U.S. right now.
At the same time, much of WV's private economy was centered around extraction and manufacturing, both of which have declined over the decades.
There's a big highway under construction into the center of WV, currently called "Corridor H", that is intended to link up with 66, a major artery in and out of the DC metro area.
I think it's unlikely that high speed rail gets built in that corridor any time soon, simply because high speed rail in general seems unlikely in the U.S. right now.