yeah, it is wonderful
if you like undrinkable, unswimmable waters
if you like expanding ghettos
if you can tolerate decrepit bridges and restrictive tunnels
if you dont mind exodus to nicer cities as commonplace
if you like being 500 miles from a skiable resort
if you like dead bluecollar towns
take your Independent Ratings and stick them where the sun dont shine
the votes are with people's feet
zero population growth since 1970 in Pitt Metro area
it has slid from about #9 to #17 in 30 years in pop size
show me the surrounding little towns with a town green, steepled churches, and quaint atmosphere, steeped in forests
instead, you find dead milltowns like Hazelwood, McKees Rocks, Harmarville
these and many others are the ugliest little towns I have ever seen surround a major city
the problem is that Pennsylvania is dotted with shitty little dead towns
e.g. Altoona, Wilkes-Barre, Johnstown, OilCity, Scranton
most shitholes are eastern PA
this is steel country, but almost no steel
the Pgh Steelers are an ironic misnomer
the steel is almost all gone, just dead town bones left behind
little skeleton shithole towns with homes selling for $45-50k
and plenty of roof shingles used as exterior siding !!!
if this is such a nice metro area, why are there so so many little surrounding towns with properties selling for under $50k ???
because they are dead towns, and nobody wants to live here
because jobs are gone, as is the case with dead towns
this place is a ghetto surrounded by dead towns
you need to get out more
come into the city and surrounding areas
you are 30 miles north
you voted with your feet also, nowhere near the city
you might not even qualify for being a resident in Metro Pitt
Tim, you dont live anywhere near Pitt
you live in an area 30 miles north, a new development community
it is nice out there, but it is so out of touch with Metro Pitt
/ jim |
