It's hard to believe that it took Forbes listing to bring attention to the fact that Middletown is slowly fading into the history pages. The plight of Middeltown has been known to some for several years or even decades,but others absolutely refuse to accept this fact. You have to face the present in reality in order to make changes for the better and the future. Middletown is a has-been. It's glory days are over and have been for some time now. The steel mill no longer backs the city unless there is something big in it for them. That mill is what made Middletown. Now all of a sudden no more mill backing & the council as well as citizens are left to stumble around in the dark. A certain handful of "influential people" are still trying to run the show as if this was the hayday,it's not. And no one knows what to do.