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Re:What Happens When a Suburb Begins to Die? by panzagl on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @11:31AM (#15450550)
I think Allentown was affected more by the closure of steel mills than the construction of I-78- why live in the city center if there aren't any more jobs there than elsewhere.
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Re:What Happens When a Suburb Begins to Die? by baldfat on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @02:37PM (#15452100)
The funny thing is Billy Joel's song about the jobs actually wasn't Allentown but Bethlehem. There were plenty of jobs just not Bethlehem Steel jobs. Today it is a casino (I hate Casinos) and some art and public TV studios. Bethlehem has and is doing fine.

Allentown's demographic shift was huge to where 75%+ of the students are of Latino heritage and 90% qualify for free Federal Lunch Program in Allentown School District. The hate is real against everything Allentown.

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