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Joe Molnar
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Dad. Husband. Runner. Catholic.

4th generation in South Bend, IN.

Read my More People series here: http://westsb.com/morepeople
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Four years ago I wrote a seven part series about South Bend's population decline. It highlights many of the major Rust Belt problems we still grapple with today. Deindustrialization. Suburbanization. School quality. If you have never given it a read, here is the intro:

westsb.com/features/mor...
More People: How South Bend Lost 50,000 People in 50 Years
Introducing an article and podcast series by Joe Molnar that will explore the process of how South Bend, which had grown for nearly its entire 120-year existence up to 1960, began a half century of ...
westsb.com
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MAJOR BREAKING: Pope Francis has written a letter to US Bishops saying he’s following “major crisis” of “mass deportations;” takes on Vance saying “The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan”
February 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The sun sets on the promised land.

South Bend, IN
December 2, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I don't think I have every viscerally hated anything more than AI art slop.
December 2, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Some South Bend election analysis:

SB faired relatively well for Harris compared to her showing in other urban areas. South Bend shifted to the right by a smaller margin than the nation as a whole, and certainly a smaller shift than most cities nationally.
November 21, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Snow topped roofs are back in South Bend. #midwest
November 21, 2024 at 3:06 PM
The City of South Bend being proactive addressing some of the hardest real estate challenges in the City.

#midwest #southbend #rustbelt
South Bend purchasing former Martin's Super Market location for possible redevelopment
South Bend has possible plans for the Elwood Shopping Plaza that once had a Martin's Super Market as its anchor.
www.southbendtribune.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Good morning from South Bend
November 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Four years ago I wrote a seven part series about South Bend's population decline. It highlights many of the major Rust Belt problems we still grapple with today. Deindustrialization. Suburbanization. School quality. If you have never given it a read, here is the intro:

westsb.com/features/mor...
More People: How South Bend Lost 50,000 People in 50 Years
Introducing an article and podcast series by Joe Molnar that will explore the process of how South Bend, which had grown for nearly its entire 120-year existence up to 1960, began a half century of ...
westsb.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Trying this out. Will mostly keep to South Bend and Rust Belt topics. With a little urbanism and Catholicism thrown in for fun.
November 14, 2024 at 5:52 PM