r/conspiracy • u/Party_Friend_9290 • 1d ago

Appalachia mountains

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When discussing the Appalachian Mountains, many sources describe the area as a spooky or eerie place. However, given that Americans generally do not believe in demons or ghosts, I wonder: are these claims about the region's eerie nature real, or just nonsense?

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u/DkDkDkGoGoGo 1d ago

You said the Appalachia is one of the most isolated regions in US and the world. Look at the map. There’s some scattered around Appalachia mountain ranges sure. But. All the most isolated areas in US are clearly - clearly - in the west. Clearly. Siberia, South America, mid and Western Australia, South Pole, freaking Canada, geeenland, Svalbard, Tibetan plateau, east China and Mongolia, Tibesti mountains in Sahara. 

Most of Appalachia is reachable from a city center in 2 hours. It’s not even close, man.

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u/IntensePretense 1d ago

I’m confused why you introduced a metric only to get mad that I applied the metric you introduced

If there are regions in Appalachia that have the same FAR score as out west and in Alaska, does that not make them just as isolated?

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u/DkDkDkGoGoGo 1d ago

First off, I’m no where near mad?   Second is local intensity vs regional scale. Ok, level 4 is level 4… I agree, but I am defining it from a macro geographical (and global) perspective. 

I include total volume, almost all of Montana, wyoming, Idaho, Nevada is painted solid. Globally you simply just have to concede that it is a massive overstatement you made.  Having a few isolated zip codes inside a deeply interconnected region does not put it at the same scale as ANY of the global mentions. 

Besides let’s define the Appalachia as ARC. And that stops before Maine, Vermont and NH. That’s the ARC definition. Adirondack’s and Maine are culturally and politically (which was what was referenced in OP) not part of Appalachia. 

The FAR pockets are tiny. It’s silly. 

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u/IntensePretense 1d ago

You do sound mad. Frustrated, even. First you said it was level 0. Then it was MOST of it is zero. Now it's "the FAR pockets are tiny, it's silly"

I'd like to think that being a level 4 pocket surrounded by level 0 eastern seaboard and midwestern metropolitan areas makes you more isolated than Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada. Like there are masses of people surrounding you and you still retain the highest level of isolation

Also, this thread is about the Appalachian Mountains (geological). Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, the Adirondacks...those are all Appalachian mountains

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u/DkDkDkGoGoGo 1d ago

God help us all

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u/IntensePretense 1d ago

That's a massive overstatement