A unicorn statue sits on a windowsill just past downtown Glouster.

click to hide/show caption
A unicorn statue sits on a windowsill just past downtown Glouster.

Derrick Gordon wraps his hands before boxing practice at Sam\'s Gym. Sam Jones opened the Glouster boxing gym in an effort to keep area youth off of the streets.

click to hide/show caption
Derrick Gordon wraps his hands before boxing practice at Sam's Gym. Sam Jones opened the Glouster boxing gym in an effort to keep area youth off of the streets.

Neighbors talk and ride bikes at Neosha Maffin\'s (upper left) house after eating dinner.

click to hide/show caption
Neighbors talk and ride bikes at Neosha Maffin's (upper left) house after eating dinner.

Austin Maffin poses for a portrait at his parent\'s home. The Maffin family has dealt with unemployment for a number of years, citing the lack of opportunity as a factor.

click to hide/show caption
Austin Maffin poses for a portrait at his parent's home. The Maffin family has dealt with unemployment for a number of years, citing the lack of opportunity as a factor.

Lexi [withheld] smokes marijuana with her boyfriend at a home in Glouster, Ohio. Lexi sometimes funds her heroin habit through prostitution.

click to hide/show caption
Lexi [withheld] smokes marijuana with her boyfriend at a home in Glouster, Ohio. Lexi sometimes funds her heroin habit through prostitution.

Nikki [withheld] and Lexi [withheld] drink malt liquor in the backseat of a car in Glouster.

click to hide/show caption
Nikki [withheld] and Lexi [withheld] drink malt liquor in the backseat of a car in Glouster.

Lexi [withheld] vomits after consuming too much malt liquor in the backseat of a car.

click to hide/show caption
Lexi [withheld] vomits after consuming too much malt liquor in the backseat of a car.

Austin and Jess Maffin play in the backyard of their parent\'s home.

click to hide/show caption
Austin and Jess Maffin play in the backyard of their parent's home.

Derrick Gordon poses for a portrait with a fellow boxer. The two practice at Sam\'s Gym twice a week and compete on the weekends.

click to hide/show caption
Derrick Gordon poses for a portrait with a fellow boxer. The two practice at Sam's Gym twice a week and compete on the weekends.

The Maffin children wrestle on the side of the ditch in front of their home.

click to hide/show caption
The Maffin children wrestle on the side of the ditch in front of their home.

The Maffin family watches TV and play-fights with the extended family and neighbors. Violence, both feigned and real, is common in many Appalachian communities.

click to hide/show caption
The Maffin family watches TV and play-fights with the extended family and neighbors. Violence, both feigned and real, is common in many Appalachian communities.

After nearly 150 years of extractive industries built a massive economy in the southeastern Ohio region, the same industries moved out in the 1960s after sucking all the resources they could from the area. 50 years later, Glouster is a shadow of it\'s formal self. What\'s left is a culture of poverty and one of addiction--both narcotics and alcohol abuse run rampant in Glouster, where the lack of opportunity leaves a median income of $12,000 per year.

click to hide/show caption
After nearly 150 years of extractive industries built a massive economy in the southeastern Ohio region, the same industries moved out in the 1960s after sucking all the resources they could from the area. 50 years later, Glouster is a shadow of it's formal self. What's left is a culture of poverty and one of addiction--both narcotics and alcohol abuse run rampant in Glouster, where the lack of opportunity leaves a median income of $12,000 per year.