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Need To Know | The Incredible Shrinking City | PBS

Duration: 07:11
Program: Need to Know #155
Broadcast Date: May. 27, 2011

With thousands of houses sitting empty and crumbling experts say people wont be moving back into the old industrial cities that pepper the rustbelt anytime soon. But what about the residents who continue to live there In Youngstown Ohio a city tries out a plan to restore its former greatness but on a smaller scale.

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