A Police Officer's View of Meadville

From a police officer's view, derived from the people he interacts with and deals with, we conclude that 40% of the population of Meadville seems to be old, retired and on fixed income who fuss and complain that they can't find any place to park, can't find their cars after they do park, and can't afford to pay any higher taxes to support a modern police department.   It seems that there is another 40% of the population who are young, unemployed single mothers with their kids and unemployed boyfriends who live together, but never get along with each other. And this leaves 20% - the minority of the population of blue collar people who still have jobs, pay taxes, don't complain, and are working to make ends meet and to support the police department and the rest of the population. I know that the real demographics of Meadville are much different than this, but a police officer's truth is the reality he perceives.

Meadville is home to Allegheny college, a private liberal arts Methodist affiliated college which touts itself as the oldest college still existing under the same name west of the Allegheny mountains.

Meadville has seen prosperity come and go, and most recently it has been going.
One of the more striking things about Meadville is the large number of churches that can be found there, churches of all sizes, shapes, denominations. Meadville was once even home to the Unitarian Theological Seminary. I don't know what they taught there, but by the looks of Unitarian belief, they teach a whole lot, but they don't believe any of it.

Another striking thing along with the number of churches is the number of bars and taverns, of all sizes, shapes, and denominations. It is literally possible to stagger out the door of a saloon and into the door of a church. (and vice versa).