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West Virginia

In reply to the discussion: Do you like living in WV? [View all]

Staph

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6. I was born and raised in Morgantown.
Thu Mar 4, 2021, 11:24 PM
Mar 2021

It's a great place to grow up! You have the advantages of a big-time university, with sports, concerts, theatre, art, and speakers. Morgantown is still a small town, so you can live out in the woods ten miles from downtown.

However, Morgantown has changed a bit since I was a kid. They have rush hours every hour, as classes change and students move from one campus to another to another. Housing is more expensive than anywhere else in the state. The Morgantown house I grew up in is now worth $275,000. The house I live in in Huntington is larger, 20 years younger, twice the lot size, but valued at $175,000. (I know, all y'all from out of state think both of those home prices are impossibly cheap. West Virginia has a great cost of living!)


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