In a TED Talk, Dan Buettner referenced ikigai as one of the reasons people in the area had such long lives. The word ikigai is usually used to indicate the source of value in one's life or the things that make one's life worthwhile.
Virginia's 6th Congressional District. Virginia's 6th Congressional District is located in the western portion of the state. The district includes Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Highland, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren counties.
Thomas is located in the small four-by-seven mile area known as the Fairfax district of Tucker County. The West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway arrived here in 1884 and, 36 years later, the Fairfax District was the most densely populated area the county has ever known, at that time there were196 persons per square mile.