You could fit all of Great Britain comfortably in Appalachia
https://mapfight.appspot.com/england-vs-appalachian/england-appalachian-mountain-range-size-comparison
I once visited friends in West-by-God-Virginia who lived 45 minutes from the nearest corner store, and they didn't consider themselves to be all that rural. There's people who live down in the holler who may not see anyone who isn't related for months at a time.
"Insular" is something beyond a way of life. And a kind of poverty most people don't want to imagine can exist in the so-called first world.
And Brooklyn hipsters are using it for their theme restaurant.
I once visited friends in West-by-God-Virginia who lived 45 minutes from the nearest corner store, and they didn't consider themselves to be all that rural. There's people who live down in the holler who may not see anyone who isn't related for months at a time.
"Insular" is something beyond a way of life. And a kind of poverty most people don't want to imagine can exist in the so-called first world.
And Brooklyn hipsters are using it for their theme restaurant.