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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So that begs the question? How can one help a town like Cumberland absent putting a factory or a hospital?  How does one revitalize it but not drive the locals out? Presumably a lot of these boarded up, dilapidated homes are owned by someone who doesn't live there and they'd be up for sale?!?!  Or they are up for sale but until there is a trend to make Cumberland an "it" town, theyll remain that way.[/quote]
I don’t think you can. To revitalize any town, you will need to provide a factory or something else that provides good jobs.

If a business wants to relocate somewhere, they will want to move to an area with plenty of good workers. Not druggies. What business would move to a Cumberland type area now when there isn’t a good supply of workers?

Cumberland (and the many towns like it) lived through their usefulness. They are at the end of their lifecycle. They are too remote to come back. [b]Let it be a slum. [/b][/quote]

I have family in Cumberland and they have no desire to leave or accelerate their education.  They don't do drugs but they barely have high school degrees and don't raise their kids with any ambitions to go to college, travel or leave Western Maryland.  Part of the problem is how far they are from an airport - at least 2 hours to one by car.  They have no experiences outside of their bubble.  I don't care if it remains a slum, it's what they want.  [/quote]

The airport in Ridgeley is a one minute drive from Cumberland.  I fly in their at least once a month.  [/quote]

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