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packman

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5. Hey, Monessen - I know that town quite well
Thu Jun 30, 2016, 11:15 AM
Jun 2016

Former steel mill powerhouse which employed a lot of my uncles and relatives. Hard times hit in the late 60's and it's been downhill since then. A lot of drugs and blight now infects that town and others in the valley.

Monessen was one of the stops of a young JFK during his presidency:

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