Do you think PA, NY, NJ and CT should work together to revitalize many of their dead cities that surround NYC? (sales, apartments)
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^I think the OP meant the NYC Metroplitan area and meant no disrespect to Pennsylvania.
Northeast Pennsylvania is connected economically to the NYC region, especially Northern New Jersey and the Hudson Valley. Amtrak is getting close to reopening rail service from NYC to Scranton, possibly reaching further north to Binghampton, NY.
To answer the OP's question, better rail service around the Northeast might be a key to revitalize our old cities.
Allentown & Bethlehem (Lehigh Valley at large) is connected to both Greater Philadelphia & Greater New York, and also operates somewhat independently. But those areas are not dead or struggling. The Lehigh Valley is a desirable place to live, and Allentown & Bethlehem have greatly revitalized in recent years.
Scranton & Wilkes-Barre are the only "cities" within a reasonable distance to NYC that qualify as struggling (though certainly not dead). The push to renew rail service between Scranton and NYC would be good boost for Scranton.
Just flew out of PHL yesterday, absolutely love the airport. But usually stay out in Cherry Hill because of trust. Chester could be ideal for this type of modern development
Can you expound further on that? What are you distrustful of?
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Chester is pretty blighted and not exactly the best neighborhood, and the hotels are run down to the max.
Best to stay in Cherry Hill with similarly priced hotels, access to multiple malls and great walkable towns. Just 17 minutes to PHL.
Agree Chester is blighted, but there are plenty of fine suburbs on the PA side with hotels, walk-able towns, malls, etc., and easy access to the airport (if not even easier than from South Jersey).
One isn't limited to South Jersey when waiting for a flight out of PHL.
Separately, I've always appreciated how easy it is to get from PHL to Center City. As little as 15 minutes with no traffic. Unheard of in most big cities because the airport is either really far or horrendous traffic.
Yeah, New Haven hasn't been bad for years. It used to be a basket case, but that was 30+ years ago. I feel Bridgeport is finally on the mend, but Hartford, New London and Waterbury really need help.
When I visited Yale in 2002, the city of New Haven was pretty off-putting. However, there was a park somewhere on the outskirts of the city that reminded me so much of a specific park in Western New York that I was forced to entertain the thought that I'd been transported home. It was a strange experience the likes of which I've only experienced one other time in my life...in the summer of 2022, I stumbled across an intersection in Chicago that strongly reminded me of an area of Buffalo near the city line. There have of course been other times when I've been in a place like Cleveland where I point out resemblance between my current surroundings and some part of my hometown, but only twice in my life have I been compelled to wonder, 'Wait, am I in Buffalo?' It's a cool if disorienting phenomenon
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