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> West Virginia is the 10th most affordable state in the U.S. and ranks third for equal opportunity, scoring especially high in education equality, by race.

Unfortunately, that might just reflect the poor quality overall – or the general homogeneity of the population – than some type of progressive success.

Maybe that's still considered a "good thing"; c.f. the infamous Thatcher video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHGCz6xxiw

"You'd rather the poor be poorer provided the rich were less rich!"