West Virginia

[fil]

New group, Appalachia Crew, created for those who live in or near (or would consider relocating to) the oldest mountains on Earth.

Before long, State boundaries may have little or no meaning...

My interest is in establishing a community in the mountains of West Virginia, if possible on a mountaintop removal site.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...op_Removal.jpg

These sites are the product of a truly reprehensible mining technique, but offer many advantages to potential settlers... Pre-cleared, flat land, remote yet accessible, in an area far removed from the major effects of hurricanes and earthquakes, where tornadoes are almost unheard of...

Even without the threats, real or perceived, that face us, I personally think it's a good idea to establish intentional, potentially self-sustaining communities. We should borrow from the past to pave the way for the future.



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[doodah]

Absolutely. With you all the way on that.

I'm in SW VA, foothills of the Appalachians. Not sure I'm meant to be exactly here, very few like-minded near me.

This mountain top removal ... what's the prognosis on being able to buy land? I see that as the first hurdle. All the rest is very doable.

[fil]

Originally Posted by doodah

This mountain top removal ... what's the prognosis on being able to buy land? I see that as the first hurdle. All the rest is very doable.

Haven't looked into that yet, not sure where to start...

No idea, either, what kind of price such a spread would go for, or whether there is the possibility of a land grant.

Guess I need to do some research...

[hummingbird]

My family has a lot of land in Monroe County, West Virginia, not to far from Blacksburg, VA. We're actually thinking to sell some acreage... we have a lot. At the same time we're interested in starting a bit of a community. Anyone interested?

[doodah]

What's the going price per acre, hummingbird? What's the terrain like?

[fil]

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After some searching I was finally able to find this mountaintop removal site within the West Virginia Development Office's pages:

http://www.wvdo.org/ipdb/displayinfo...ype=Site&ID=23

...and even though the map shown is not properly oriented, was able to find the area on Google Maps:







This is not the specific site I was looking for, and not the most well-suited to settlement, but at least there is contact information for an organization -- a place to start.


The coal companies seem to think the land they leave behind will be attractive to industrial developers. In a few cases they may be right, but for the most part these sites will be left to the slow process of reclamation by Nature -- after a cursory 'makeover'. There may be one or two that have been cleaned up and landscaped as false examples of the companies' 'responsible' environmental policies, but...

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10037688

...But since the land is already in a state of ruination, what better place to develop an intentional community (AKA planned community)? Almost anything you do will be an improvement, and there is room in these places for an entire civilization.

What has been allowed to be done here is appalling, but the practice of mountaintop removal mining is one of those things that will not survive the transition. Coal does not have a future.

Those former mine sites do.


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[David]

Hi everyone. It seem like the Appalachian Mountains would be the best place to go for people on the east coast.

[fil]

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It's not that I feel (at least not by this point) that I'll need a place in the mountains in order to survive...

You'd think I'd like it here, in a relatively quiet neighbourhood in a small city, where everything I really need is within walking distance...

But I don't have much room for a garden, and I'm surrounded by people that I don't know -- and this whole setting is of the past, not the future.


The removed mountaintops capture my imagination. They are places of opportunity, where people can come together and create something new -- if only the land can be liberated from whomever controls it now.

It can. It will be.

I intend to be there when it happens, and be part of it.


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[DanDan]

Hi everyone! This my first post. New Member!! It's good to see a few truth seekers in WV.

I would think if you were to contact Tracy Hylton in Beckley, he would be able to help, if not personally, he would know who to contact.

If you worked out a plan, the mining industry would probably fund communities built on removal sites. The mining companies own the land and would probably do a 100yr lease on it. The posibilities are endless. They built a golf course on one removal site and tried to give it to the state to show what they had done with the top of the mountain. For some reason the state refused it.???

The Bolt, WV area has a bunch of removal sites. It's wilderness but only 30 to 40 minutes from Beckley.

Anyway, it would be good to hear from some peeps in WV.

[mytelight]

Hello all,
I'm in the process of moving right now. I'm relocating to WV and will
be fully moved by April. I just felt something calling me and I guess I
just followed that voice, usually I ignore it, this time it was really loud.
I'm glad to hear that at least like minded people think the mountains
are a good location also.
The land I am purchasing is wooded with some meadows, open spring
fed stream and way off the path. I grow my own food now so the only
problem is my impatience to start. I look forward to talking to you all.
peace and light

[mytelight]

Im in wood county.

[doodah]

PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAINS!

Anybody interested in joining in a Chemtrail Watch group we've formed in SW VA to track chemtrailing activity and get some data together? There is NO information anywhere about when they chemtrail, and how that relates to our actual weather, so we're collecting our own info. We've got local observers scattered in small towns, and we could use some eastern WV people too, as all our weather is linked. When they chemtrail you, it blows toward us, and we're totally sick of this whole thing.

Armed with info (observations, photos, videos) we plan on making a fuss and demanding some answers from local and state "governing bodies" who are not telling us ANYTHING. And also we'll demand some public health initiatives around the aluminum and barium falling so unnaturally from the sky.

Anyone? Contact me at Citizens' Chemtrail Watch ctwatch22@aol.com and I'll help your local group get started. Then you'll be allied with our group. And we're hoping for a nationwide alliance of observers as time goes on, to track systems coming in from the midwest and even further.

[stargate22]

Well, after I read bills latest post....The Anglo-Saxon Mission,
count me in...Fayette co. West-By-God Virginia!

What ya need...videos..Pics...I guess?

Where do we send / post the media?






...now, back to the bunker!