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ities are important for economic development because they provide the infrastructure for transportation, communications, power, water, sanitation, human interaction and jobs. The relationship of cities with their adjacent towns is significant for the cities’ own
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performance since towns provide the workforce with the skills and knowledge important to the success of the city’s economy. Without its residents, cities and towns wither and die. The 1950s flight to the suburbs and the urban renewal in the decades that followed told that story. Northeast HappeningsPA.com
Pennsylvania towns and cities were part of that story. Many urban areas saw freeways built through their inner cities. Scranton native, Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) fought against the car-centered urban programs that changed the liveability of a neighborhood. She seemed to instinctively know that human interNovember 2021
