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Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton counties in the Lehigh Valley region of the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Reading, and Scranton. Of this, 55,639 were in Northampton County, and 19,343 were in Lehigh County.
Bethlehem lies in the center of the Lehigh Valley, a region of 731 sq mi (1,890 km2) that is home to more than 800,000 people. Together with Allentown and Easton, the Valley embraces the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area, including Lehigh, Northampton, and Carbon counties within Pennsylvania, and Warren County in the adjacent state of New Jersey. Smaller than Allentown but larger than Easton, Bethlehem is the Lehigh Valley's second most populous city. In turn, this metropolitan area comprises Pennsylvania's third-largest metropolitan area and the state's largest and most populous contribution to the greater New York City metropolitan area.
There are four general sections of the city: central Bethlehem, the south side, the east side, and the west side. Each of these sections blossomed at different times in the city's development and each contains areas recognized under the National Register of Historic Places. ZIP codes that use the address Bethlehem totaled 116,000 in population in the year 2000. These ZIP codes include Bethlehem Township and Hanover Township.
The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line (formerly the main line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad), runs through Bethlehem heading east to Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey across the Delaware River. The Norfolk Southern Railway's Reading Line runs through Bethlehem heading west to Allentown and Reading.
In July 2006, Money magazine placed Bethlehem as number 88 on its "Top 100 Best Places to Live."

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I'm not sure what your actually asking, Bethlehem is a great city to live in and there are a lot of community opportunities to take advantage of.

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Yes, because of quality, easy acess home ownership,  acess to quality, upscale grocery  and specialty stores, range of upscale restaurants and recreational opportunites very appropriate for older folks. The parks are small but very varied and accessable just by walking.  Bethlehem has wide range of residents from many ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds.  As a result neighborhood food sources have accommodated with Asian, Eastern and Western European, and Middle East restaurants  and food stores. First class health care is provided by three excellent health care systems with excellent efforts to make health care accessible within neighborhoods.  

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Limited bus service

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Great source of transportation,

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General livability. Includes as many elderly as it does younger families with children.

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