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DeminPennswoods

(15,292 posts)
9. I always laughted when Al Traubman (?)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 02:37 PM
Nov 2020

used to talk about NE Phila ceceding from the City of Phila. But if that had happed, the City of NE Philadelphia would have automatically have become the 2nd largest city in the state. Even if divided into 3rds, Phila would still be the 1st, 2nd and 3rd biggest cities in the state.

I think most Pennsylvanians simply have no idea of the size of Phila and its relationship to the rest of the state. Phila has not only the largest school district by far, but is around the 18th largest school district in the entire country! It's metro ecomony is estimated to be the 8th largest metro economy in the US! It is undeniably the engine that powers our state.

The point of the above, though, is to say that if Philadelphians voted at the same percentage of the smaller counties, Dems would never lose a state-wide or national election. That is your challenge.

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