East Coast elites gonna East Coast elite

Ever actually been to Love Canal? I'd rather take my family to the beach at Three Mile Island. There's actually water there.

 

Memo to Vombatus: The "Love Canal" vacation is not what you think.

 

Nobody wants to pay $20 to watch people living next to toxic waste, they can see that in New Jersey.

 

If you do, give me a yell. Within bullhorn distance.

 

This doesn't sound east coast elite at all. Sounds more like the kind of thing they'd drink in Gary.

 

Now, I don’t care just what you do
If you wanta have a picnic, that’s up t’ you
But don’t tell me about it, I don’t wanta hear it
’Cause, see, I just lost all m’ picnic spirit
Stay in m’ kitchen, have m’ own picnic . . .
In the bathroom

 

I dunno. I generally don't drink mixed cocktails unless a greyhound counts as one, but this seems like a fun concoction for this who partake in such things.

 

Gary makes 'far-fetched' bid for Amazon's second headquarters

 

That seems like such a Gary thing to do: Take out an ad announcing its bid in the biggest rival to Bezos' Washington Post.

 

I like how they tout their "three class one rail lines." I guess Amazon could ship all the terrabytes out from Seattle in boxcars and Bezos can ride the Empire Builder home after the ribbon cutting.

 

Same here ...
West Virginia dies for positive publicity. Folks here go Ga-ga over travel stories and puff pieces to escape the stereotypes and negative stuff. I did freelance work for a some big regional golf magazines. We have several high-end golf courses and entertainment venues that market to D.C., Columbus and Charlotte.

Anthony Bourdain spent a few days in W.Va last week and gushed about it on Twitter. He's now a state treasure.


I try not to take offense when people are surprised places like Gary Ind. might have a nice beach, or there are some pretty cool places to visit and eat in WV. If the Times wants to send its readers to WV - by way of elitist article - that's great. Bring cash. But please, check the attitude.