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6. They've closed down schools, consolidating into some of the better buildings, since the old ones were

Reply to MLF1981 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 07:51 PM

Oct 5

pretty dilapidated. I lived in Butler County for 8 years, just a mile and a half from the county line to the west going into Lawrence County, which is even worse. New Castle, the county seat, is a run down, dilapidated, opioid addicted, heroine addicted hell hole. And sadly, it had a high rate of fatalities during COVID because the one local hospital in the county got swamped and they had no other resources to turn to, because, of course, there was no federal help until Biden came into office, and the state legislators, mostly Republican at the time, did nothing.

Fortunately Allegheny County, the next one to the south, has 1.2 million people and a 60% Democratic voter majority.

I did hear, from a friend who lives down the road, that the cars were streaming by long before buffoon finished speaking.

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