'Fastest Dying Cities' Meet for a Lively Talk
"Here's an idea for saving Rust Belt cities: Tell bloggers and radio stations to stop calling your town a basket case.
That was one suggestion from representatives of eight of the 10 cities labeled last year as America's fastest dying.........
"Mr. Benkendorf, who directs an arts program affiliated with the University of Dayton, named the symposium, 'Ten Living Cities.' Dayton skeptics called it 'Deathfest.'
One was college student Joe Sack, 22. 'It's like a gambling addict [trying] to help an alcoholic,' he said while at work in a coffee shop. 'It's hard to see what they can learn from each other.'"
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