http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/realestate/29reading.html
But they do have different quality-of-life issues.
Much of the housing stock in Reading comprises
worn but picturesque old row houses.
Crime is up in recent years, and more
than 11,000 of Reading's 17,000-plus students
last year moved at least once during, before or
after the school year, according to the schools
superintendent, Tom Chapman.
He said the constant relocation of students
was among the major obstacles facing the
school system. Dr. Chapman's modest goal:
"They have to be better when they
leave than when they came."
Gregorio Zarzuela, with his son at far left,
owns a bodega, as he did in New York.
Juana Toledo and her daughters,
Glenise, 21, and Sabrina, 8.
