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phillyskyline.com | CHESTER |
 | | Chester is the oldest city in Pennsylvania and, smaller Appalachian towns aside, likely the poorest city in the state in 2005. |
 | | Chester was a longtime manufacturing and shipping city (located on the Delaware River), peaking in population at 66,000 in 1950 (like a lot of cities which then lost population to post-WWII suburban flight). |
 | | There are currently about 36,000 people living in Chester city: 75% fl, 18% white, 5% hispanic, the rest "other." In 2001, Chester ranked last in PA public schools, enabling the privatization of the school district to for-profit Edison Schools (who, as you may recall, also assumed responsibility for Philadelphia's public schools). |
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