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| | Living in Joliet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Joliet grew 52% from 1990, with a present population of 120,782, encompassing 42.92 square miles. |
 | | Joliet is fast becoming a regional tourist destination with several attractions that have brought national attention to the city, including the NASCAR Chicagoland Speedway, Route 66 NHRA drag strip, Challenge Park Xtreme, Harrah's and Empress Casinos, Joliet Historical Museum, Splash Station Water Park, and Joliet Jackhammers Minor League Baseball at Silver Cross Field. |
 | | Joliet's growth has created jobs, attracted new commercial stores, and otherwise helped pull the City out of the dark days of the mid 1980s, a time when Joliet had the nation's highest unemployment rate. |
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