Having grown up in Northern Wisconsin/Northern Minnesota, I'm sure glad I somehow accidentally landed in West Virginia.

Fishing and hunting is great. The weather has four wonderful seasons. The people are like those from old movies. Life here is much like it was in the Wisconsin and Minnesota areas I grew up in, many decades ago.

Actually, now that I think about it -- things here are pretty awful! Don't even think about moving here. You could end up dealing with me if you want to build or stock a pond. Our roads either go up or down, but they are never flat. People speak with accents. The skunks smell. Sometimes we get three feet of snow in one storm, so we have to no choice but to have parties with neighbors. Sometimes it gets so hot, the thermometer hits 90!

Worst of all, a neighbor could dig a hole in the ground with his bulldozer, and call it a pond if it filled up with water. You would have no one to complain to.


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