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Erie, Pennsylvania

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The Resume

    (1795- )
    Incorporated as a borough (March 29, 1805) and as a city (April 14, 1851)
    Fifth largest city in Pennsylvania
    Population (2020 census):: 94,831
    Metropolitan area population (2020 census): 266, 096
    Located approximately midway between Buffalo, New York, and Cleveland, Ohio

Why Erie, Pennsylvania might be annoying:

    It was part of the Erie Triangle, land claimed by Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
    During the Erie Gauge War (December 7, 1853-February 1, 1854), the mayor led police and citizens in tearing up railroad tracks to prevent the standardization of railroad track gauges. 9Before standardization, railroads using three different track widths terminated in Erie, forcing trains to stop there and creating jobs for stevedores who transferred goods from one trainline to another.)
    During Prohibition, it was a major hub for importing bootleg liquor, ferried across Lake Erie from Canada.
    Like a lot of Rust Belt cities, its population has been declining since the 1960s, due to a loss of manufacturing jobs.
    It gets clobbered by lake effect snows during winter.
    It has been tagged with the derisive nicknames 'the Mistake by the Lake' and 'Dreary Erie.'

Why Erie, Pennsylvania might not be annoying:

    The Erie Triangle dispute was resolved when the federal government intervened to ensure that Pennsylvania would have access to the Great Lakes (1792).
    It was the construction site for the fleet that Oliver Hazard Perry commanded to defeat the British in the Battle of Lake Erie (1813).
    The Erie Playhouse is one of the oldest community theaters in the US.
    It was named an All-American City (1972).
    The Erie Art Museum created forty 'artistic and functional' bike racks to add color to the city's downtown and promote cycling (2012).

Credit: C. Fishel


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