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izquierdista

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6. Allendale is the third world

Reply to raccoon (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 09:13 AM

Feb 2012

All the Gullah people kicked inland to make way for beach developments like Kiawah. I'm surprised Georgia doesn't have any on the list. There's a whole batch of counties in Middle Georgia where the poverty rate is double the national average or more.

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Allendale is the third world izquierdista Feb 2012 #6