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Maybe Reading, PA. Edge cities of large NE metros, post-industrial but still managing to grow with an influx of immigrants.
Guymon, OK
The town that came to my mind here, is Hays, KS. Never mind Hays is a little bigger(21,000-ish, vs. 12,000ish in Guymon), but I still see similarities. In most decades(even recent decades) they've shown at least very slight population growth, both towns both benefit from the presence of a nearby state college(Guymon w/Oklahoma Panhandle State University in nearby Goodwell, OK, Hays having Fort Hays State University), and both towns having the only Walmart store for miles around. I have this feeling both the economies of Hays and Guymon benefit, from having public colleges not far away or in town(for Hays).
The town that came to my mind here, is Hays, KS. Never mind Hays is a little bigger(21,000-ish, vs. 12,000ish in Guymon), but I still see similarities. In most decades(even recent decades) they've shown at least very slight population growth, both towns both benefit from the presence of a nearby state college(Guymon w/Oklahoma Panhandle State University in nearby Goodwell, OK, Hays having Fort Hays State University), and both towns having the only Walmart store for miles around. I have this feeling both the economies of Hays and Guymon benefit, from having public colleges not far away or in town(for Hays).
Grand Junction, CO
Flagstaff, AZ. Both are mountain towns with a decent amount of tourism in the summer, which pretty much dries up in the winter. Both of them feel remote and isolated even though they are on interstate highways.
Flagstaff, AZ. Both are mountain towns with a decent amount of tourism in the summer, which pretty much dries up in the winter. Both of them feel remote and isolated even though they are on interstate highways.
Montauk is also at the end of a long piece of land not too far from a bigger city.
Pittsburgh, PA
Has to be Cincinnati. Hilly, industrial, rowhouses, lot of Germans (some of them, even today, not being totally assimilated and still speaking German at home).
Both towns were founded on logging and both have museums dedicated to the industry in their respective regions. While Forks is adjacent to the mountainous Olympic National Park, Patten is just down the road from Maine's tallest peak (Mt. Katahdin).
Both towns were founded on logging and both have museums dedicated to the industry in their respective regions. While Forks is adjacent to the mountainous Olympic National Park, Patten is just down the road from Maine's tallest peak (Mt. Katahdin).
Covington, Louisiana
I'm thinking Ponchatoula. It's on or near the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and close to the same size in population. Albany GA?
I'm thinking Ponchatoula. It's on or near the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and close to the same size in population. Albany GA?
Rocky Mount, NC. Poor, struggling, shrinking city in a generally growing New South state, and away from the Appalachian parts of those states. Historically centers for manufacturing and rail shipping
Rocky Mount, NC. Poor, struggling, shrinking city in a generally growing New South state, and away from the Appalachian parts of those states. Historically centers for manufacturing and rail shipping
Dearborn, MI
Lackawanna, NY.
Both are inner-ring rust belt suburbs with a history in manufacturing and large present-day Arab populations.
Both are inner-ring rust belt suburbs with a history in manufacturing and large present-day Arab populations.
Sheboygan, WI.
I guess Duluth because it's also a cold lakeside city, and it's neither good or bad.
Tacoma, WA
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