Do NOT move to WV. We retired and moved here 6 years ago. Now we find ourselves in the middle of the Marcellus shale region and the out of state natural gas drilling companies have moved in to trash the place just like was done during the coal and lumber booms. WV will still be a welfare state when they leave after making millions and trashing the environment, contaminating our drinking water, and putting huge well pads (taking 7-8 acres away from land owners (who don't own their mineral rights) and having their property values decrease significantly if a marcellus gas well is on or near their property. I regret the day we moved hear knowing what we now know. I hate WV but we can never get our money out of this place we own BECAUSE of the natural gas drillers converging on the unsuspecting hillbillies in WV. WV is collateral damage...a sacrifice state for anything environmental. I see stuff going on here (such as oil lines emptying in streams, etc.) that would never be tolerated anywhere else in the country. Don't even think about moving here ! In particular Doddridge, Harrison, and Wetzel counties to name a few that natural gas drilling has trashed. (Hey, I'm a conservative republican, no tree hugger. But Bush & Chaney sold us out when they exempted Oil and gas drillers from the clean water act in 2005. Haliburton loop hole. Dangers of hydro-fracking for natural gas. Google these terms, read about it, and stay the hell away from WV if you want your health and your home and land to be safe.
Diane |
West Union, WV |
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