Yeah, I thought it was strange as well. Appalchia tends to be mostly Caucasian or "poor white" (see Justified) - similar to the Ozark Mountains and Branson in Missouri (see Winter's Bone). Yes there's a black population there, but not that big a one. Coal Mines of PA, the Virginias, Kentucky, Vermont, Maine.....along the Applachain Trail otherwise known as the Poconos, Berkshires, Airondacs..tend to be mostly Scotch-Irish, French, and Welsh - which is Applachia. That's not to say there's not a racial mix up there, just that they are very "segregated". Why would it be different in Panem?
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Date: 2012-03-27 12:39 pm (UTC)Appalchia tends to be mostly Caucasian or "poor white" (see Justified) - similar to the Ozark Mountains and Branson in Missouri (see Winter's Bone). Yes there's a black population there, but not that big a one.
Coal Mines of PA, the Virginias, Kentucky, Vermont, Maine.....along the Applachain Trail otherwise known as the Poconos, Berkshires, Airondacs..tend to be mostly Scotch-Irish, French, and Welsh - which is Applachia. That's not to say there's not a racial mix up there, just that they are very "segregated". Why would it be different in Panem?