Here are some things that you’ll never hear a West Virginian admit out loud, even if it’s true for them.

1. We actually hate hiking. And fishing. And just being outside in general.
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2. Virginia drivers aren't so bad.
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3. We don't like deer meat.
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4. Or Tudor's Biscuits.
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5. The pot holes aren't actually bad this year.
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6. We've never actually been to Mountaineer Field.
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Nor do we want to.
7. We think the coal industry is dying (and we don't blame the government)
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8. We'd like to pronounce it "Appa-lay-sha" but we're afraid we'll be shunned.
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9. Pitt isn’t such a bad football team
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10. Sheetz doesn't serve the best food of any roadside business of all time.
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11. We never read Rocket Boys.
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12. We actually liked Buckwild.
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It's not all that bad of a television show.
13. We flunked that Golden Horseshoe test in the eighth grade.
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It's OK, history isn't for everyone.
14. John Denver was likely singing about Virginia, not West Virginia.
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Blue Ridge Mountains? Virginia. Shenendoah River? Mostly in Virginia. I'm just saying.

Do you agree with this list? What else do you think West Virginians are unlikely to admit?

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