Once a symbol of decline, Pennsylvania tests limits of Trump’s appeal

By Howard Schneider BETHLEHEM, Pa. (Reuters) – With a rusting steel mill in its center, this Pennsylvania city would seem fertile ground for Donald Trump's campaign and its vision of a declining America that only he can fix. In the two decades since the blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel went silent, the local economy did not follow the once-mighty company into decline. The old mill's 1,600 acre (6.5 square km) site has been adapted as the backdrop of a novel urban park that includes an arts center, a Public Broadcasting Service studio, and a Sands casino resort with 2,400 employees.

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Once a symbol of decline, Pennsylvania tests limits of Trump’s appeal