With all the talk of endemic racism after his losses in WV and KY, I would like to point out that the cultural issues in that neck of the woods go beyond simple rascism and are more aligned with xenophobia. They don't trust anything or anyone that skews from their cultural norm. Just being from California is enough to set off alarms, even if you are a middle aged white guy.
I used to have a job that required work at Ft. Knox Military hospital 4 or 5 weeks a year, a task that existed like a cloud of dread over everyone that would be required to go. If you have never been to Hardin County, or taken a cruise down the Dixie Highway, well...you aren't missing much. It's still a dry county(yep...still such a thing. And if anywhere would drive a person to drink, this would be it), and the only things surrounding the base are a few fast food joints, a Piggly Wiggly and an extraordinary number of used car lots and pawn shops. It is a pretty bleak place to have to live.
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