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I have to strongly object to the way this article blindly lumps the Huntington-Charleston I-64 corridor into "Southern West Virginia". Given that the listing of Cabell, Wayne, Putnam and Kanawha has been done in a way that directly violates WP:AWW, I can only conclude that those counties were placed into this article more or less randomly. Barring any objection, I'll be creating a separate Metro Valley section in the next day or so. --Aaron 05:15, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
As a Charleston resident, (I was born here) I'd like to put a few thoughts here. I think much of Kanawha County is certainly both geographically and culturally part of Southern West Virginia. The largest county in the state, it's southern section dips down nearly 30 miles south of Charleston and this part of the county is very much a part of the coal fields region. All of the communities lying upriver from Charleston also can easily be placed in the Southern West Virginia region culturally and geographically. So I agree with the original post which placed Kanawha County in the region.
I also agree with the person who raised an objection that the Metro-Valley does not quite fit the Southern West Virginia mold. Huntington, especially. (I graduated from Marshall university and lived in Huntington during my college years) Huntington has much in common with the Mid-Ohio Valley, and I have always considered Huntington to be more culturally a part of that region of our state. I've always viewd Huntington as the southern tip of the Mid-Ohio Valley, which begins just north of Parkersburg and follows the Ohio River past some very beautiful little town to the Huntington area. Built as it is on a wide flood plain with broad city streets and spaciaous parks, Huntington reflects the fact that it is on the edge of the Mid-West.
The Charleston Metro region is harder to define, and it really seems like an island unto itself, not really being a part of any other region of the state. From the MacCorkle Avenue extit of the Turnpike all the way to Cross Lanes, and these days into Teays Valley and as far as Hurricane, the I-64 Corridor has developed a regional identity of its own, which is hard to define. I'd love to see someone add a separate wikipage for the Charleston Metro Region.
Perhaps someone could add a list of colleges and universities in Southern West Virginia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.103.194.58 (talk) 20:52, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I added the prose tag to the main page. To clarify, I do not believe the article's lists should be rewritten as prose, instead I believe more prose needs to be added to the article outside of the introduction. The Southwest Virginia article is a good example of the kind of prose this article currently lacks. --Sabre ball t c 13:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)