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RE: (erielack) Former EL Cities on This Sad List
At 04:53 AM 8/7/2008, you wrote:
>Have to wonder if it could also be argued that not having the EL
>around contributed to the decline of these cities. Certainly
>Scranton/Wilkes Barre has been off the major railroad map for a long
>time, at least compared to other major PA cities.
>
>Then again according to the article practically all of Ohio is
>dying, so... who knows.
>
>
>Bill K.
And it's always been said that with the Erie leaving downtown
Passaic, (NJ) the fortunes of that town also subsided..........always
seemed to be a correlation between RR's leaving cities and the
subsequent faltering.......sad but true.
Rich Onorevole
>----- Original Message ----- >
>>Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:16:37 -0400
>>From: "Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_comcast.net>
>>Subject: RE: (erielack) Former EL Cities on This Sad List
>>
>>>_Click here: America's Fastest-Dying Cities - Forbes.com_
>>(http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/08/04/economy-ohio-michigan-biz_cx_jz_0
>> > 805dying.html)
>>
>>
>>Wow, this is astonishing! Scranton is on there, too? Of that large list,
>>only Springfield, MA, Flint and Detroit, MI, and Charleston, WV were NOT on
>>the EL! YIKES!
>>
>>- Paul
>>
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