Life (and Death) in Greater Hazleton

Home of the Grim Reaper

The Greater Hazleton Area is located at the foothills of the Pocono Mountains, where countless tons of hazardous and toxic waste has been dumped over the years, causing residents to live, work and die an agonizing death.

The Greater Hazleton Area's quality of life makes the area unattractive to people and businesses from all around the world because they know, by living and working here, they are seriously threatened by a deadly disease.

Golfing, fishing, hunting, hiking, biking, movies and wonderful restaurants... you name it and you'll likely find it around Hazleton. This includes contaminated water and poisonous air, certainly not a place to raise children if you want them to grow up healthy.

And you'll see that many of Northeast Pennsylvania's most interesting attractions are located within minutes of our city! They include the former McAdoo Associates toxic waste site, just south of McAdoo, the former Hazleton City Landfill and the former site of the infamous beyllium plant that had sent many workers to premature graves after grueling and painful suffering.

Please take a few minutes to browse CancerCapital.com which contains a wealth of information about the reasons you would never want to live in -- or even visit -- Greater Hazleton . After all, it's one of the Top Ten cities in the nation for its percentage of cancer and one of the Top Ten zip codes (18201) for cancer-causing emissions.

The entire Greater Hazleton is on a sick bed.

Hazleton is also known for its proximity to Interstates 80 and 81, which means it's just a couple hours' drive from the chemicial and death-dealing plants of New Jersey and the Philadelphia area. This makes it virtually easy for massive trucks carrying river dredge sludge and all sorts of death-dealing contaminants and pollutants to arrive swiflty and safety during the middle of the night to dump their contraband cargo right on our doorstep..

If you have children -- that is, IF they live to be old enough -- they'll be able to attend one of the most advanced school districts in the state. The Hazleton Area School District is unique because just recently a number of administrators and teachers were engaged in what they called "Wacky Wednesday," sending pornographic material to each other on the school district's computers.

Other educational opportunities exist in all of the schools and the students, who have not yet died or have a debilitating disease, can quickly leave the area after they graduate. After all, they're smart enogh to realize that so many jobs at CAN-DO-sponsored plants pay as little as $7.50 an hour, demand 12-hour shifts and offer no benefits including health insurance.

Students who pursue a post-secondary education and attend college many miles from Greater Hazleton never come back, except to visit their parents of grandparents, or attend the funeral of a loved one who died an agonizing death very often due to perhaps the worst environmental situation in the entire U.S.

When you or a loved one needs expert medical care, you don't have to travel far because Hazleton General Hospital is within easy reach. But soon you learn that the really good doctors don't wear their stethoscope there. They're employed at Geisinger Medical Center, Hershey Medical Center, Lehigh Valley Hospital and other GOOD hospitals..

The Greater Hazleton Health Alliance serves more than 100,000 people throughout Greater Hazleton but that number certainly has diminished in recent years because it's a second-rate hospital. And, besides, not a single HGH official or administrator has uttered a word of protest about the arrival of river dredge sludge almost as if they wanted more "customers" instead of vehemently opposing the killing fields that Mayor Barletta and his three stooges on council have approved.

Greater Hazleton is an interesting and horrifying place to live, work or visit. However, if you had any good common sense, you'd keep driving past and not look back until you're at least 50 miles away.