Imagine being on an episode of Game of Thrones surrounded at all points by warring clans who didn't finish high school. Or: the "No Sympathy for Adonai" episode of the original Star Trek. Or: maybe living in the first four seasons of original Star Trek, period.
Yes, afraid so. But one should be diplomatic and say it is a good place to be from. One should also tell the truth, which is that it ought to be given an opportunity to secede from the country.
If you have to go, it's an okay day trip. If you cross the state line into Virginia, you immediately, visually see higher standards. Someone very powerful once told me, If it doesn't happen in West Virginia, it doesn't happen. I found that a terrifying remark.