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But the post-war era hit chester hard as the u.s. economy was restructured and became less dependent on manufacturing, which has historically been chester's bread and butter. white flight took chester from 20% black to 80% black and hispanic. with an economy in free fall and local politicians indifferent to the needs of their constituents, chester was prime for the staging of several toxic facilities along the river. in addition to covanta, there are also others like kimberly-clark. how does a city that only has 35,000 people create this much trash? well, they don't. the trash is brought in by...
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