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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
the metro east has got to be one of the most disjointed and uncentered significant sub-regions of a major MSA in the country.
ESL's nearly 80% population drop from 1950 peak is one of the worst urban implosions in american hostory.
and when they did build a large airport there, they built it 20 miles east of the river, close to absolutely nothing and no one.
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Several cities just across state lines from a larger city seem cursed. Not only East St. Louis. Also see Gary and Camden. Or, to a lesser extent, Kansas City, KS.