The city has long struggled each year to hire enough teachers for its 1,200 schools.
But at least 10 other cities are struggling with their own serious pollution problems.
Once again the city was struggling to be the leader of all Greece.
Now the city and the affordable housing community must struggle with the question of what's next.
The last two, at least, are characteristics with which the city still occasionally struggles.
Due to 21st-century widespread economic problems in the region and state, however, the city is now struggling with its budget.
The city struggled for decades to shift its economy as workers suffered.
The city has struggled to recover, and many see nowhere to go but up.
The city was also still struggling to recover from the oil collapse of the 1980s.
"It's fair to say that its worst economic days are behind it, but the city is still struggling."