Bethlehem
Bethlehem wears two centuries at once: the Moravian founders' Christmas City pageantry uphill, and the rusted cathedral of Bethlehem Steel down by the river, reborn as the SteelStacks arts campus. The crowd splits too. Lehigh students and young professionals stacked against the lifers who remember when the blast furnaces ran. Musikfest weekend is when the city peaks; the rest of the year you trade big-city polish for honest rowhouse charm and a dating pool that knows everyone's cousin. Bring patience for the parking, and a real opinion about the Wind Creek casino. Subtlety is not the local sport.
Bethlehem by the numbers
Bethlehem is roughly balanced, about 50% men to 50% women.
Median individual income in Bethlehem is about $41,100.
Pennsylvania registers voters by party, and Lehigh County is about 44% Democratic to 35% Republican, with a 21% independent bloc - a Lehigh Valley swing county.
The median renter in Bethlehem pays about $1,360 a month.
About 8,800 Bethlehem residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Fegley's Bethlehem Brew Works
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Apollo Grill
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Tapas On Main
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The Wooden Match
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Edge Restaurant
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Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
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Lit Coffee Roastery & Bakeshop
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Ripper's Pub
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The Wise Bean
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Old Brewery Tavern
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Paradise Kafe
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Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum, Inc.
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Painting with a Twist
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1741 on the Terrace | Historic Hotel Bethlehem
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New Street Pub
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Moravian Blacksmith Shop
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