Everywhere I’ve traveled over the years when I would tell people I was from The Reading, PA area, I continue to get the question asking why that area decayed into a 3^rd world shit hole.  Well here are some of my answers.

1. The area does not want to move on with the times, and continues to live in the past.  People in Berks County constantly talk about the good old days, and believe that they can encase Berks County into a static time bubble chasing out any potential progress that threatens it to return to those days while it’s surrounding counties continue to prosper economically 2 to 1 compared to Berks.
2. The elected officials from its county commissioners to its state representatives are nothing but greedy pickpocket jackasses from Mike O’Pake sucking on the public tit for 30 years to Dante “Ace Ventura” Santoni that has no brain, and with the help of Steve Geras, uses Holy Guardian Angels Parish as his own personal fundraiser to get reelected every two years (don’t believe me check with Gene Lamanna sometime ;)), and the fact that he went to Muhlenberg High School.  Let’s also not forget about the incoming District Attorney John Adams who will more in likely let that cop killing thug Cletus “Mumia Abu Jamal” Rivera off the hook.  Let’s also not forget the attitude of these elected officials in that they could care less about tax revenue from economic activity, but would rather relay on the influx of New York City, Philadelphia, and New Jersey commuters as the big pot of gold in regards to tax revenue.
3. The City Of Reading continues to chase out business with its mayor Tom McMahon using the city to breed Illegal Alien livestock.
4. The updates to Berks Counties infrastructure came too little too late.  Also the buttonwood street bridge and the penn street bridge are both due for restoration because of severe decay.  Reading’s mayor Tom McMahon and his buddy Ed Rendell made sure that Septa’s R6 line would never expand into Berks County to ensure Fast Eddie’s base does not defect into Berks County as Fast Eddie needs those people to control Philadelphia.

I could go on and on, but you get the picture.  The majority of people that stay in Berks County are either Senior Citizens with their hands out (and possibly lubed assholes) to Mike O’Pake for their daily crubs, or young people that want to live in the past and in bars.  If you want to be successful in life you have to leave Berks County as when it’s compared to other areas in not just the state but the country, it really is a 3^rd world shit hole.