It was called “Sin City” as far back as the 19th century. Rhymes about hard drinking men and easy women fed the myth, and people often overlooked that most folks in Lynn were hard working and innovative. Lynn is a city of firsts that before the mid twentieth century gave birth to America’s first jet aircraft engine and its first Marshmallow Fluff Sandwich. Lynn was the center of the shoe industry until runaway shops decimated the industry and bled the economy leaving almost half the population jobless. When I moved to Lynn in 1984 General Electric was the biggest employer in town and Greater Lynn. The agency I worked for, Greater Lynn Mental Health & Retardation Association was a growing employer as state institutions wanted community residences, halfway houses & groyp homes sprouted up throughout the North Shore. The willingness to accept people from diverse backgrounds and abilities became a trademark of the Lynn community.
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PaulPallazola
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Was very interesting for me to know about this city and its willingness to accept people from diverse backgrounds and abilities.
If it were really Sin City, shouldn’t it be black and white with gratuitous inclusion of primary colors?
Sounds cool, but I love the big bright blue sky.
Cool, sounds fun, I live 4 hours from the closest city of size, Edmonton, Alberta. We have a city 2 hours away of 56 thousand. Grande Prairie.
Very interesting Paul
Sounds like a great and much needed agency you worked for.
Nice feature of people from the Lin community
Paul, well done! Is this still your home city?
I lived in Lynn from 1984 to 1997. My daughter attends a weekly artist group for elementary age schoolchildren there. I currently live in Beverly, Massachusetts 30 minutes northeast of Lynn.