I would challenge anyone who continually makes fun of West Virginia to visit Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, the New River Gorge, Blackwater Falls, the Greenbriar Resort, or the Canaan Valley. Attend a home football game at Mountaineer Field and listen to the fans singing "Take Me Home, Country Roads." You'll need to look far and wide to find a state whose natives have more pride -- pride in themselves, pride in their surroundings, and pride in their heritage. Are they rich? In financial terms, certainly not. But, in family values and love of their land, most definitely.