
New Deal Community of Norvelt
Lectures in History
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What's the Difference Between Retirement Communities and Colpat Communities?
Norvelt, just about three years ago, put in a public sewer system. So lakeer, they stole ike family homes to day or yo more so late may be lake retirement homes. You were hesitant there. I ite a little bit. Ah, therre not retirement communities or anything likethat. Would you rather live in a colpats community or in a subsistence homestead community? This is a big debate now,. Remember that building that norvelt community sounded like socialism to a lot of people, and so there's a lot of resistance to it.Ah, but the there were 250 homes, there were well over a thousand families who tried to get into those homes
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