'Ignored' Appalachia faces similar issues as inner-city Black areas: 'Nobody talks about it,' says KY woman

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Melissa Smith escaped her hometown in rural Kentucky for a better life. She said the problems facing people in Appalachia are ignored by the rest of the country.

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