A city that was once beautiful and prosperous. Now it's a corrupt, dirty, and ghetto shithole infested by racial card-playing gangstas from New Jersey and the Bronx. Anyone sensible enough to realize how terrible it is has fled to the much safer suburbs.
The Mafia actually ran Reading much better than officials do, and now the city is on the verge of bankruptcy due to irresponsible budgeting.
Random facts about Reading:
The unemployment rate is 14.7% (as of July 2010).
Approximately 35% of the population lives below the poverty line.
The city is famous for it's rail transport. You'll even find that the Reading Railroad is a property in Monopoly. Sadly, it went bankrupt in the 1970s. Nowadays, the stations are empty and abandoned and many tracks go unused.
The city is infamous for corruption. The latest scandal involves Mayor McMahan illegally borrowing $11.5 million from the city sewer fund.
It's generally said that almost everyone who has to deal with the city hates it.
The Mafia actually ran Reading much better than officials do, and now the city is on the verge of bankruptcy due to irresponsible budgeting.
Random facts about Reading:
The unemployment rate is 14.7% (as of July 2010).
Approximately 35% of the population lives below the poverty line.
The city is famous for it's rail transport. You'll even find that the Reading Railroad is a property in Monopoly. Sadly, it went bankrupt in the 1970s. Nowadays, the stations are empty and abandoned and many tracks go unused.
The city is infamous for corruption. The latest scandal involves Mayor McMahan illegally borrowing $11.5 million from the city sewer fund.
It's generally said that almost everyone who has to deal with the city hates it.
Welcome to Reading, PA: the Little Bronx! Just a heads up, though, there's no Little Manhattan next to it...
by Eviltaco64 July 2, 2010
The hoodiest of the hoods. However, everyone from the burbs claims to be from there, until theyre asked "is it dangerous"
White Girl: I'm from Reading.
Random Guy: Isn't that dangerous?
Girl 1: Well...kinda, if you live in the city. I live OUTSIDE the city.
Me, chiming in: You're from West Lawn bitch.
Random Guy: Isn't that dangerous?
Girl 1: Well...kinda, if you live in the city. I live OUTSIDE the city.
Me, chiming in: You're from West Lawn bitch.
by SweetChuck August 3, 2005
One of the most crime ridden, poverty stricken cities in the US. Per capita, it has the highest drug, murder, and crime rate in the nation. Used to be the outlet capital of the world, and now is nearly without any business or workers. Here welfare equals daily wages and shootings are considered population control. If you are not hispanic, do not attract attention to yourself here...
Reading high school student found shot and tied up in the back of an SUV, presumably owing someone drug money.
by moose56 May 27, 2005
A small shitty town in Pennsylvania. The people there pretend to be from some place else unless they are rich.
by FM March 14, 2005
I love Reading. One of the reasons is because it reminds me of books and when I dream about that place, I see books on trees and wear books. LOL. Anyways, the other reason why is because I like how it snows a lot but it is not that cold out (like Canada or Alaska).
by AIMlover November 29, 2009
not hood, (shakin my head) dont nobody in the world want to claim they're from Reading. LOL @ the name first of all. And that little "death" that happened in that school was a lie, just because little white kids over there do pot don't mean they hood, Lmao @ pot, come to jerzy where them real niggaz be at, holla atcha nigga on some real
Wouldn't nobody in the entire U.S. walk up to someone and say they from "Reading, PA". Jersey is the truth if anything. Camden is rated murder capital of the U.S., search the web if u dont believe me, and Newark, Irvington, Elizabeth, Jersey City, East Orange and all that is still hood along wit it holla at me 1
by B iz Brazy September 23, 2005
Reading is a city where many people think it is one the worst places to live but really it is not because many people never bother to visit it is know as baseball town or the old name Pretzel city.
The population contains:
Many Hispanics/Latina people it has a very amazing culture and if you bust you’ll see it for yourself
One of the tourist attractions are the pagoda it is a sight were you can the the beautiful city at night is the most amazing sight you’ll ever see so come down a explore reading a little and do look at places were people never even bothered to to come because of those claims
And I am proud to say that I love living here in reading pa
The population contains:
Many Hispanics/Latina people it has a very amazing culture and if you bust you’ll see it for yourself
One of the tourist attractions are the pagoda it is a sight were you can the the beautiful city at night is the most amazing sight you’ll ever see so come down a explore reading a little and do look at places were people never even bothered to to come because of those claims
And I am proud to say that I love living here in reading pa
by Heyboo❤️ July 3, 2018