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Originally Posted by Mambo Dave
I was just going to post that there were many examples of these types of boom towns in western PA... but then I saw that you're living up around Pymatuning (my favorite lake, and I envy you for being able to live up there considering how few good jobs there are), so I guess you know that already.
People often think of deserted boom towns being out west, but PA has had its share of them.
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That's for sure, and it's still happening...
Pithole went from nothing to a town of over 10,000 back to nothing in a little over a year, pretty amazing when you think about it. The same thing is happening to most of the towns and cities that was built around the oil industry, it's just taken a little longer.