McDowell County, West Virginia - What Happened to Coal Town USA? 🇺🇸

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Pictured in the video are the towns of Welch and Kimball in McDowell County, West Virginia.
Once heart of the nation's coal bin and home to some 100.000 residents, McDowell is now the third poorest county in the US, with only about 19.000 people living in it.
This video explores part of the area's complex history and the various challenges that McDowell's communities face.
Thank you to all who have made this video possible.
B-roll footage and sources:
/ @realappalachia
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6 янв 2024

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@thetravelingunderwood 7 месяцев назад

Good job on this video. It got to the heart of McDowell County.

@davidjanson7982 2 месяца назад

LoL

@patchadams4me Месяц назад

Great job! I told a woman from New York that some West Virginians wouldn't work in a pie factory eating pie and she didn't believe me.

@nikolajl9035 6 месяцев назад

Great work. We need more of this kind of content on RU-vid.

@modelenginerding6996 6 месяцев назад

Really well done. Thank you. Coal may have to make a big comeback, because the current supply of electricity is nowhere near the amount electric vehicles will be guzzling.

@JeremyJ448 6 месяцев назад

It won't unfortunately. There are too many people fooled by the climate cult.

@simonklein 7 месяцев назад

Wanted to enjoy a Meat Mountain in Mcdowell County, unfortunately there isn't an Arby branch anywhere, at least the documentary is good, with particularly great shots at 14:01.

@GargantuanMedia 6 месяцев назад

Good on you for getting this excellent documentary together, guys.

@lucasarmbruster03 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it.

@djt8518 6 месяцев назад

@@lucasarmbruster03talk to me if you want to know more about McDowell county

@bearhunter302003 6 месяцев назад

Grew up in Iaeger, left in 1992. around that time was the fall of the coal and the rise of the drugs. Sad what has became of McDowell county. I went to school with Roger Gibson II.

@djt8518 5 месяцев назад

The mines started to shut down in 81 when reagon got in we left in 89. My wife graduated from Iaeger hi in 77 we came back she is buried at panther now

@davidjanson7982 2 месяца назад

LoL

@zegotashalom3881 6 месяцев назад

Just like our Steel Mills, we will someday soon wish we still had both, Coal and Steel. God Bless the U.S.A. 1776

@djt8518 6 месяцев назад

Reagon caused all this coal steel cars the rust belt he caused it all

@carlmorgan8452 Месяц назад

Clinton had a part too

@hannarth.4993 6 месяцев назад

Interessante Videos. Du wirkst sehr reif für dein augenscheinliches Alter.

@lucasarmbruster03 6 месяцев назад

merci.

@jimmyzees7406 23 дня назад

My daddy was born in mcdowell raised in welch he fled the mines in th late 50s joined the marine corp Got out after vietnam i grew up in Washington DC The happiest I ever seen him is when he was back home the mountains have a way of giving you a inner peace i can't wait for retirement im needing this peace.

@lucasarmbruster03 14 дней назад

"The Mountains seem to imprint themselves on those who knew them as children"

@bluerfoot 6 месяцев назад

Great documentary, thank you.

@lucasarmbruster03 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@DavidCycles 6 месяцев назад

Ich finde es unglaublich, dass du "nur" 950 Abonnenten hast. Die Qualität der Videos ist einfach überragend. Mach weiter so!

@lucasarmbruster03 6 месяцев назад

danke dir:)

@cgb1966 3 месяца назад

My grandparents lived in Bradshaw WV. My mother grew up there. I have fond memories of visiting as a young child in the early seventies. enjoyed this video.

@bentaylor8198 6 месяцев назад

Well done young man, thank you

@lucasarmbruster03 6 месяцев назад

Thank you too!

@allnightXV 7 месяцев назад

Been there and it's actually like that 😮‍💨

@davidjanson7982 2 месяца назад

Me too ! Nothing there but empty buildings . and the population is dropping yearly .

@carlmorgan8452 Месяц назад

Country boy will survive though

@carolhardin2087 5 месяцев назад

I am from McDowell County. Our Brownie/Girl Scout troop marched in the Welch Veteran's Day parade every year. In 1963, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson was in attendance. Less than two weeks later, JFK was assassinated and Johnson became President.

@missrita1826 5 месяцев назад

Love this video. Thank you.

@lucasarmbruster03 5 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ClaytonHensley 3 месяца назад

As a Mass Com major/Appalachian Studies Minor and someone who traveled a lot of the backroads of Mercer & McDowell Counties back in my college days, this is a refreshing and truly insightful video. While you were able to talk about the negatives, that was in no way the focus. You focused on people and let them tell their story of why this is home to them and will always be. If you're ever down in the Knoxville, TN area I have some ideas for other videos you might be able to do. Keep up the good work.

@lucasarmbruster03 2 месяца назад

Thank you!! Could you send me an email at lucas03vlogs@gmail.com ?

@AsphaltMan11 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, for showing us as real people instead of a caricature.

@emilybolden7881 2 месяца назад

I really enjoyed seeing you in Welch you should come back down sometime 😊

@lucasarmbruster03 14 дней назад

Haha it was nice meeting you Emily.

@debbiecox152 5 месяцев назад

My mom was born in McDowell county in 1939.

@danielfarmer9533 5 месяцев назад

I wish it could go back in time. I was related to the Sinicrope family in Kimball

@sallybaum3574 4 месяца назад

Lived in Hemphill, went to Hemphill Caples School. Our family moved away in 1970.

@lucasarmbruster03 4 месяца назад

Are you roots German? I’m curious because of you last name ‘’Baum’’

@switchgamer8774 6 месяцев назад

Ey kurze Frage: warum ist dein Englisch so gut? Finde deine Videos faszinierend weil mich die USA generell sehr interessiert und auch weil du einfach interessante topics coverst. Props gehen raus🫶

@lucasarmbruster03 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 🙏 Studiere American Studies 😅

@switchgamer8774 6 месяцев назад

@@lucasarmbruster03 ahhh oke

@switchgamer8774 6 месяцев назад

Wie bist du dazu gekommen das zu studieren? Und machst du das in den USA oder ist das nur ein trip? (Sry wenn ich zu viel frage bin einfach nur sehr an den Staaten interessiert)

@lucasarmbruster03 5 месяцев назад

@@switchgamer8774 Ich studiere in Deutschland :) Der Studiengang ist an sich sehr interdisziplinär.

@RonFalaroy 6 месяцев назад

Good english pronunciation ! GJ

@lucasarmbruster03 6 месяцев назад

Wow, thanks!

@dm55 7 месяцев назад

Did Donald Trump ever save these coal towns like he said he would?

@walterperry4565 6 месяцев назад

In 2024 he will bring back all lost jobs

@Roadtripmik 6 месяцев назад

The residents said he brought back coal mining and cut regulations, they said trump did good for them in his first term, towns like mullens wv are actually getting better (not because of trump, but because of a new highway)

@zegotashalom3881 6 месяцев назад

Trump sure didn't destroy America Energy Independence like Uncle Joe has done. God Bless the U.S.A.

@bluerfoot 6 месяцев назад

I don't know if he can save them but actively not screwing them like the opposing party does would be a good start.

@walterperry4565 6 месяцев назад

@@bluerfoot you"re right, trump never did shit for wv. Wv voters got hoodwinked