America's Fastest-Dying Cities

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Scranton, Pa. (Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa., metropolitan statistical area) Migration (since 2000): +2,431 Total population change: -11,197 June 2008 Unemployment: 6.2% (2000 average: 4.9%) Annualized GDP growth: 1.3% Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Penn. are no longer thriving coal towns, and the region has struggled to build a post-industrial economy. Some help has come from the unlikeliest of sources: NBC comedy The Office, set in Scranton, gave the city an excuse to start an annual "Office" convention. The first convention in 2007 drew thousands, prompting the Philly Daily News to declare a transition "from coal to cool."

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