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   From: bradspeaks@yahoo.com   
      
   I would like to think I will move from Philadelphia someday. My impression   
   also is   
   not good. I am in the trades and professions and besides the shrinking   
   middle class and elderly , you have tons of people on drugs on every corner   
   , where before the person who sold drugs on the corner has been replaced by   
   the person who sells drugs and lives on every block.You have a growing hard   
   core of dysfunctional young people , and many plumbers and electricians are   
   out to scam people. If the news media wants to do a special on how many   
   plumbers and electricians scam people with work that may or may not needed   
   to   
   be done,  they should or could go on forever .One scam going around  is for   
   plumbers to tell homeowners they can't turn off water valve to fix indoor   
   plumbing. They will have to excavate and dig up your front outside to turn   
   water or   
   sewer valve off. They rent a piece of equipement and charge you close to   
   1000 dollars .Many plumbers know of this and even good ones say nothing. If   
   you know of this happening to you , I urge you to report them to better   
   business bureau or have your work rechecked to see if this work was really   
   needed.Even call the Attorney Generals office. Chances are it was not   
   needed. Ok I did my two cents to criticize and get   
   my point across.   
      
   "mcs"  wrote in message   
   news:ax9Wa.7910$Jz2.6557@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...   
   > Downwind from increading coal pollution, one of the highest averages of   
   > particulates in the nation , a particularily lethal composition of   
   mixtures   
   > and pollutants in the air. Where the violence and murder rate is   
   increasing   
   > daily, where the unemployment is soon approaching 9 percent?   
   >   
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