If you live in West Virginia, you’re already a step ahead of everyone else in the nation. That’s right, citizenship in our state comes with some unique privileges that no one else in the U.S. enjoys. Here are just a few examples:
- “Country Roads” is about us. Sorry, other 49. You’re just not Almost Heaven and you never will be.
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- No one knows where we are. Everyone thinks we’re close to Richmond, which means they all wind up somewhere in Virginia and we have the entire state to ourselves to enjoy.
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- When we get to craving pepperoni rolls, we have plenty of options. You might be able to find pepperoni rolls elsewhere in the U.S., but they’ll be few and far between unless you’re in West Virginia, in which case just about every bakery in the state knows how to whip up a batch!
Haem85/Wikimedia And why do we own the market on the pepperoni roll? Because we invented it, of course!
- We’re never more than five minutes from the mountains - they don’t call us the Mountain State for no reason!
John Baggaley/Moment Collection via Getty Images West Virginia’s the only state in the region that falls entirely within the Appalachian Mountains, and our peaks are beautiful and mostly accessible year-round. Here’s Blackwater Canyon in winter as proof.
- The newest national park is right in our backyard. And we’ve already been enjoying it for years and years and years.
Sean Pavone/iStock Collection via Getty Images Plus That’s the New River Gorge National Park we’re referring to, just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last year.
- West Virginia has the most pizza places per capita in the nation.
stu_spivack/Wikipedia There are approximately 1,553 pizza places in the state, which means about one pizza place per every 1,210 people. YUM. We know what we’re having for dinner!
- Our roots run deep. There is no place like home, and that’s especially true of West Virginia.
6381380/iStock Collection via Getty Images Plus You might be able to transplant a West Virginian to any other state or nation in the world, but they are still West Virginian at heart.
What do you think the best part about living in West Virginia is? Are there things you can experience here that you can’t find anywhere else in the nation?
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And why do we own the market on the pepperoni roll? Because we invented it, of course!
John Baggaley/Moment Collection via Getty Images
West Virginia’s the only state in the region that falls entirely within the Appalachian Mountains, and our peaks are beautiful and mostly accessible year-round. Here’s Blackwater Canyon in winter as proof.
That’s the New River Gorge National Park we’re referring to, just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last year.
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There are approximately 1,553 pizza places in the state, which means about one pizza place per every 1,210 people. YUM. We know what we’re having for dinner!
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You might be able to transplant a West Virginian to any other state or nation in the world, but they are still West Virginian at heart.
Of course, we know living here isn’t all a bed of roses. In fact, here are some reasons to never, EVER move to West Virginia.
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