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Originally Posted by Handro
haha this... let's get real.
-"Do you think eastern Pennsylvania should be considered the rust belt?"
-"umm... i guess?"
-"you're insane! general economic trends during the early half hte 20th century may have leaned industrial but the Philadelphia MSA has always been more closely aligned with Boston and New York!"
-*person walks away slowly*
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-"You're crazy! Philly has never been aligned with Boston. It's religious history and demographic composition much more closely reflect its ties with Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic. William Penn was basically a Quaker version of Lord Calvert, not some New England Puritan bullshit!"