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.

A moment that is generally agreed to have had a significant influence on pop culture and everyday life. While the term was coined by Rose McGowan in context of the #MeToo movement, and is mostly associated with the K-pop community, the phenomenon is universal and a basic component of how culture works.

Real world events such as social/political movements, the election of a new U.S. President, major catastrophes and disasters, as well as entertainment such as movies, music and TV, can all function as cultural resets. Notable cultural resets in relatively recent memory include:

* The Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964
* The Watergate scandal of 1974
* The release of Nevermind by Nirvana in 1991
* The September 11, 2001 attacks
* The election and inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009
* The COVID-19 pandemic

The hoodiest of the hoods. However, everyone from the burbs claims to be from there, until theyre asked "is it dangerous"

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...

A small shitty town in Pennsylvania. The people there pretend to be from some place else unless they are rich.

The RDG. Home Of the Reading Rocket Lenny Moore. Train Tracks allover the place like dead bodies. The city has a strong ethnic population. Many suburban preps try to act like they reppin the true 610. But they wack ass don't want 2 step in the hood.Cause they afraid ta gets shot XD.
The place got malls b-ball courts and a taste for hiphop, reggaeton, and mostly crime. Known by many, Hated by all.

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).