I've got a life long friend that taught in McKeesport and still lives there.
He is an former Vietnam Combat Marine, tough as nails, and liberal as Nancy Pelosi.
We have lunch once a month, and he is still doing volunteer work in the projects in the center of Mckeesport.
The stories he tells about drugs, pimps, whores and gangs make your skin crawl.
Why he is still a lib must be just a habit.
One day he will be a no show, and I'll know that some one split him open.
I’ve got a life long friend that taught in McKeesport and still lives there.
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McKeesport used to be a nice little city, lots of shoppers in downtown, a lot of industrial activity, well kept.
The projects are really ugly and dangerous down there nowadays, as well as much of the rest of the town.
Many of those areas that aren’t totally dangerous are still very gritty, poor and rundown.