Miss the Steel Towns

1. Those of us who call the steel towns of Western Pennsylvania home miss the down-to-earth people, the hard work, the community spirit, the faith of those places called Ambridge, Monaca, Rochester, Freedom, New Brighton, Aliquippa, Beaver Falls.
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3. If I could turn back the pages of the calendar and return to yesteryear, I would.
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   Part I: The life and slow death of a former Pennsylvania steel town
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   "These towns — that helped put Pittsburgh on the map and make the city an industrial powerhouse — seem to be left by the wayside and forgotten."

   washingtonpost.com

   
   
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