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Article: Poll shows Lehigh Valley residents living comfortably.(The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.))
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- June 4, 2004
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Byline: John L. Micek
ALLENTOWN, Pa. _ Most residents of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley believe their jobs are safe, their pocketbooks are secure, and that life in the region is looking up, the second annual Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Quality of Life Poll has found.
But the Valley is an oasis of optimism in a state where many people are deeply nervous about the economy, unnerved by mounting American losses in Iraq, and unsure whether they'll still have a job by year's end. The Valley's views run about 10 percentage points higher than statewide measures.
Nine of 10 Lehigh and Northampton county residents find the region to be a good place to ...