Slimed Again

[AllanY2525]

I think this an argument in favor of "regionalization".  The local economies of
all the cities and towns around Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley are, to
some extent, tied together already.

There have to be some economies of scale that could/would be realized if
the area were to implement some of the Police, Fire and public services on
a county level, versus having duplicate/redundant facilities the way things
are now....

[rusty river]

Its about time someone tells it like it is. Think Austintown's administrators will come out of their magic bubble long enough to read that?

[Towntalk]

5. Austintown, Ohio
It's a major problem for small towns when their economy is tied to a larger city in decline. Such is the case for Austintown, a western suburb of collapsing Youngstown. Like its big brother, Austintown has seen jobs drop since 2000. In-migration has fallen drastically, from 5% in 2000 to 0.6% in 2007, and the area has gone from a middle-class suburb with a moderate poverty rate of 8.8% to one with 13.8%.

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