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The photos are heartbreaking, but also render a reality slap. Living in NW PA, our little city has its share of buildings and dwellings that have been lost to the unstable economy and skyrocketing maintenance costs.

I have to agree with sarrazak - "If they just focused more on efficient city planning, diversifying the local economy and bringing local business, and in-turn new residents back to the city and less on lining the pockets of them and their cronies, I think we'd be able to get out of this mess." Even in an area much smaller than Detroit and Flint, it seems that the red tape and inefficiency dominate local municipalities. Projects are started and never completed because interest is lost. Committee meetings turn into social events and little or no progress is made. And although I appreciate the planning that goes into festivals and seasonal promotions, these events cannot sustain a community. Furthermore, how can we ask people to travel to our area when we are limited in what we can offer?

This is so much nicer than anything you could have bought new! I would love to see pictures with the foliage grown and the chandelier lit...

I thought that perhaps I was only hearing a vicious, economy-panicked rumor when I first heard about Domino. But alas, I received my farewell email the other day and knew I had to face the music. What will we fawn over during Sunday coffee?Goodbye Domino - if I could write a fitting eulogy for your brilliance I most certainly would...