> is the economic dominance of new york beneficial to rural appalachia? are you retarded? what do you think happens in rural appalachia? its damn mountain range, so valleys might have farming going on, even when its not the best farmland around. so its focused a lot on livestock. who buys their products? mostly larger urban areas in eastern us. like nyc. main industry there is mining, mostly coal but also other minerals. who buys that shit? industries in big cities in like nyc, philadelphia, pittsburgh and whatever there is left of us industry in rust belt parts of upstate ny. nyc, given its massive population is probably their biggest client, they need a fuck ton coal to run electricity generation and heating. given that it far from most economically prosperous part of us, nyc taxes probably pay for plenty their infrastructure.
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