Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
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Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district is one of Pennsylvania's voting districts for the United States House of Representatives.
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[edit] Geography
Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district, is located in Southeast Pennsylvania. It contains the western and northwestern suburbs of Philadelphia. It is comprised of the majority of Delaware County (except for the City of Chester and some of the eastern boroughs), a portion of Chester County east of West Chester, and a portion of southern Montgomery County in the affluent Main Line area.
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The PA 7th Congressional District encompasses an ares of diverse wealth, ranging from blue collar and working class households in the southeastern portions of Delaware County (mostly around in the oil refinery areas of Marcus Hook and Trainer) to the southern and western portions of the affluent Main Line area of Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties. The PA 7th Congressional District is the home of several major colleges and universities, including Widener University and Cheyney University, the first traditionally black college in the U.S. The district is also the home of Boeing's helicopter facility in Ridley Park. Chester, the largest municipality in Delaware County, is not represented by the PA 7th Congressional District (it is under the Pennsylvania 1st Congressional District, which also includes South Philadelphia), but receives attention from the PA 7th due to Chester's influence to the rest of the county.
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