Easton kinda got their act together (having a large local college on your north boundary helps), Bethlehem got a shot in one area (then again a couple billion $$ casino doesn't hurt either)... but look closer at where a fair amount of casino workers are living.So Allentown gets an arena - small, but decent enough (saves traveling to Reading for theirs).

Remember when Revel Casino sold for 83 million even though it cost 2.4 Billion to build?

Trump with his Casinos.

Department of Treasury announced on Friday that it would provide up to $2 billion in additional Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds for the Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) program to put toward assisting struggling homeowners and stabilizing communities that were most affected by the foreclosure crisis.Using the latest round of funding, participating state Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) will be able to provide assistance for the hardest hit communities.

Cripple Creek was allowed to open casinos in an attempt to get something going on there. 

Douglas Dillon, the 57th Secretary of the Treasury announced that silver certificates would no longer be redeemable in silver dollars.

Federal laws are pretty much tied together, like an overlay, there can be matters that fall under SEC, the Tax Code, the FTC, Treasury Department, FDIC, I think someone listed over 60 related laws and regulation that apply to lending activities, it's a vast financial world.

I get it that everyone wants to come to the party, especially now with prices having risen fairly dramatically, but sometimes I wonder if the Bigger Pockets room is akin to standing on the floor of a casino where a few people have won dramatic sums in some of the "skills" games (poker, blackjack, etc), and everyone else starts running out into the hallways begging for money to drop in the slot machine so they can get theirs too.Anyway, it seems an interesting philosophical question to ponder, and I'm curious what others may think!

For a true comparison, an appropriate fair market value for your labor in this regard must be subtracted from the income or interest earned.As an example, let's say the riskless 10 year treasury bond yields 3%.  

Casinos, hospitals, schools, big businesses coming to the area that will create jobs and drive occupancy rates.