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It may not be in KY.
Thats another issue. The overall population of the state could drop and with consolidations, there may not even be enough teams to have 6 class football in 10-20 years.

Let's face it, without Coal, many EKY communities would dissapear. Miners, mechanics, and sales people who were making the best money around because of coal, would lose there jobs, with most of them having no college education, no other places to work where they could keep there homes they use to afford, and no way to keep it going. Its already happening. Sadly, a lot of times, this could turn into either moving away and giving up, to the ultimate desperation of doing illegal things.

The landscape of this state will change vastly. Nobody is going to come in and try and develop around all these mountains and build things because there isnt enough people there to keep it open.

I think over the next ten years, some counties in EKY will be struggling to even hold a local government together. Thats how important coal jobs are.

No worries Gut. The federal government will save the day via the mail carrier. There's no place for all our hard working miners to go, therefore, checks will be sent to all. All we have to do is keep our mouths shut, pay more taxes and vote democrat...just the way Washington wants it.