Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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As we did research on where to go in Kentucky, we saw that years ago, CNN published an article about the “poorest white town” in America. We wanted to see for ourselves, which led us on an adventure through the hills of Kentucky, where we met farmers, Amish, and mountain-men.

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0:00 Intro
0:28 “America’s Poorest White Town”
0:57 Entering Kentucky
1:13 Tobacco
1:34 Amish
4:43 Farmers
5:43 He Moved From Maine
7:45 Land Prices
8:14 Community
9:03 Delie
14:03 Arriving in Town
14:23 Young Man
18:43 “One Big Community”

Episode #62
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