Posted Jun 3, 2011, 1:54 PM
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furified freestyle
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: philadelphia, pa
Posts: 12,294
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the warm familiarity is always the best thing about going home, but the distinct melancholy is what i always take away with me. not entirely, though, because there really are some great places still standing, survivors really. i mean there isn't even a freakin' SUPERMARKET in town any more. the last one closed maybe two years ago, and i've heard there were all sorts of shenanigans involved in the building's sale to a prospective new tenant that's now in court. i hear an old car dealership well on the outside of town is going to open as a supermarket soon, but it's not at all the same as the old riverside market in the heart of town.
i've gotten a ton of response from fellow tyroners too, on facebook and comments on my site. it seems that most people agree with the sentiment, although most of it has come from people who have also moved away. one person who's stayed local remarked that it's good to hear a perspective from someone who only sees the town on occasion, that it's easy to miss the change living there on a daily basis. that's true anywhere.
ithacan, your memory is a steel trap. i totally thought of you as i was taking that photo looking up logan avenue. i looked, but i think the jolly green giant has moved on. or was demolished because it's tyrone.
wisla: nice hat! and nice work on summoning ninjatune back to the table.
pride, that's crazy about aliquippa. i didn't realize it was that destitute. do you remember when the statue of jesus in that one church "cried" when we were kids, and it was a big deal like the virgin mary on a piece of toast? i think someone in aliquippa was just watching madonna's "like a prayer" video.
flava, tyrone isn't dead, and it's not altogether dying. there is potential there, be it in wind farms (or god forbid, natural gas drilling) or potential rebirth from i-99's accessibility. tyrone could be the sleepy commuter town for penn state university -- it's only 25 minutes on the new highway -- and there is plenty of cheap real estate, both residential and business. but so far, it hasn't happened yet.
thanks everyone.
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