West Reading is a nice little town. Reading, on the other hand, is much more ghetto.
I lived and worked in Reading gor several years. It has really changed since 1981 when I moved from there.
Funny story about West Reading.
The decided to beautify the main street by planting Ginko Biloba trees on both sides of the main street. They looked beautiful, but had one major unintended consequence.
They planted almost all female trees that bear fruit. The fruit, when it fell to the street and rotted, smelled like vomit.
Every year for a few weeks, the main street of West Reading smelled like vomit!
Many people visited West Reading for the Vanity Fair Outlet Stores..