I was born in the Borough of Dunmore, PA. It was a working class town, which was mostly Irish, Italian and Polish. It's in the northeastern part of the state, which was a big coal region, so one thing my friends and I had in common was that our grandfathers and great-grandfathers were coal miners.

There was virtually no crime in the community. The church that I attended was, and still is, the only Catholic cathedral in the world without steps (St. Mary's).

Here is a link explaining the town. They mentioned some notable people from Dunmore. I went to school with Paul Richards, the astronaut. On our youth football team he was right guard while I was left guard. Nestor Chylak, the Hall of Fame baseball umpire, was also a well known resident.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunmore%2C_Pennsylvania