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[ArcticSplash]

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[seand]

Whats the deal with Niagara Falls? I remember finding the Canadian side sort of nice though very tourist trappy. Maybe I'm answering my own question because I spent all my time on the Canadian side. At the time US Dollar was quite strong so things were a good deal.

[OffenseTaken]

Whats the deal with Niagara Falls? I remember finding the Canadian side sort of nice though very tourist trappy. Maybe I'm answering my own question because I spent all my time on the Canadian side. At the time US Dollar was quite strong so things were a good deal.

Niagara Falls, NY is the Camden of Buffalo.

[phillyaggie]

Isn't this just taking a program that is expanding from the version that's on the books for a long time: available to medical students who pledge to work in underserved communities upon getting their M.D. get a lot of their med school debt paid off. That program has led to many rural areas having physicians (often of Indian origin, I might add) that might otherwise not be served at all, and so the program I would say is at least partially successful if not fully successful in meeting its goals.


If Buffalo's Camden is doing this, I wonder whether the original Camden (Philly's, of course) should look into it as well and give it a shot. Southern NJ's politicos already pouring in money and resources for the new med school (Cooper), and lot of money thrown at developments close to the waterfront. Might as well give some homesteading incentives so that perhaps young people working in Cooper hospital and other nearby job centers might consider buying and living in town.

[annie]

That program has led to many rural areas having physicians (often of Indian origin, I might add) that might otherwise not be served at all, and so the program I would say is at least partially successful if not fully successful in meeting its goals.

The J-1 visa waiver for physicians working in medically underserved areas probably has more to do with than the debt programs.

[phillyaggie]

The J-1 visa waiver for physicians working in medically underserved areas probably has more to do with than the debt programs.

good point; i am likely confusing two different programs... although both are geared toward increasing the supply of physicians working in rural America. And programs like Jefferson's Physician Shortage Area Program:
Thomas Jefferson University - Physician Shortage Area Program

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If Buffalo's Camden is doing this, I wonder whether the original Camden (Philly's, of course) should look into it as well and give it a shot. Southern NJ's politicos already pouring in money and resources for the new med school (Cooper), and lot of money thrown at developments close to the waterfront. Might as well give some homesteading incentives so that perhaps young people working in Cooper hospital and other nearby job centers might consider buying and living in town.

I guess it's more like the Camden of Niagara Falls, ON and the Chester of Buffalo, but you get the point.

This sounds perverse, but Camden's greatest asset right now might be that it's the worst city in New Jersey, and in the running for worst city in the Delaware Valley. Its surroundings are much better, and its proximity to the rest of the East Coast is invaluable. It's also small enough that a couple of transformed neighborhoods could have a huge effect on QOL.

You cannot say any of these things about Niagara Falls, which also has a five-month winter, and Love Canal. I have never been somewhere so bleak, and that includes Gary, IN and Poland.

[phillyaggie]

well, I just was making the point that Camden (or rather, NJ) could throw some good money at Camden by not just throwing the money at private developments but instead bringing educated young folks to live in town. Adding more jobs in town would only make it better...and things like the Rowan/Cooper med school would get more bang for the buck if there's some sort of homesteading incentives for educated youths.

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Well sure: I think Camden would have much more success with a program like this than Niagara Falls could ever hope to, or other "ex-cities" like Gary, East St. Louis, or even Chester.

[Eastcoast]

Camden is doing just fine:

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/fo...iot-races.html

I would like to go on record stating that "Yuppie Welfare" would make and stellar tee-shirt.

[ArcticSplash]

Camden is doing just fine:

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/fo...iot-races.html

I would like to go on record stating that "Yuppie Welfare" would make and stellar tee-shirt.

What would be the iconograph for it, a FAFSA application?

[Eastcoast]

What would be the iconograph for it, a FAFSA application?

I envisioned more of a Frankie Says Relax styling...but I'm probably dating myself.