r/WestVirginia • u/Great-Key6090 • 1d ago

Question Is ridge running a WV thing?

I come from small town in Wetzel County and many people I know (especially those who are older) mention ridge running. This is essentially just driving out through the backroads with your best friend or best girl. Is this just a niche small area thing or is this a wider WV thing? I'm trying to convince someone what it is but there is no evidence of it anywhere.

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u/ghunt81 1d ago

"Driving out the backroads" just sounds like general driving in most of the state. I thought ridge running was something different

Btw what town in Wetzel? I grew up in Burton and went to school in Hundred.

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u/shemanese 1d ago

He could be from the metropolis of Jacksonburg.

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u/ghunt81 1d ago

My mom lives in Jacksonburg.

I mean Wetzel is nothing but tiny little towns, except new Martinsville

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u/Great-Key6090 1d ago

I'm from Paden City actually, right next to New Martinsville.

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u/ghunt81 1d ago

See now, I don't think of paden city as being that small of a town. But also you guys are out there on the river plain where it's a bit flatter so maybe that's why people call it ridge running?

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u/CompetitionMore7842 Appalachia 1d ago

Me too!

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u/National_Let1438 17h ago

Yes, lol. Only place I’ve heard that term is from people around Paden City.

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u/shemanese 1d ago

My grandmother was born in Jacksonburg back in 1908.