Two Cities: Different Lessons

Phoenix may be America's fifth largest city but it has a lot to learn from the city it passed, Philadelphia.

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June 22, 2004, 8:00 AM PDT

The Arizona Republic, to honor Phoenix's assumption of the title "America's Fifth City," dedicates an entire issue to what the contextless boomtown can learn from the City of Brotherly Love, and where each has succeeded and failed. In their stories, the two cities become a microcosm of the last century of American living. [Editor's Note - Articles include delicious cheesesteak recipe.]

Thanks to Jeffrey Goodman

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