[PRCo] Re: Charleroi etc.

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Fred Schneider wrote:

> Wexford and Cranberry versus Wilkinsburg or North Braddock?  New is always
> better, isn't it?  Or so some people think.  Can you imagine an American
> having all those modern conveniences (dishwasher, trash compactor, convection
> oven, microwave oven, refrigerator, freezer and so forth) in a house built in
> the 1232 or 1563 AD?  Maybe that is what I like about Europe.  They don't
> always insist on demolishing or trashing a house just because it is old.

Sometimes though the good solid construction causes problems with the
latest (wireless network) technology, as in buildings at the royal
institute of technology here (remember I'm in Sweden this week) which are
quite old. Of course, my house is about 80 years old, so I have no right
to discuss this. 

Would (more of) the streetcar lines stayed viable were it not for the
Monroevilles? I assume not, I assume the driving would have happened
regardless.

> Who is the "I" in your last sentence?  Carnegie-Mellon University?  If so is
> one to assume that hiring means skills that the people who worked tin the
> steel mills don't have?

No "-" in Carnegie Mellon (anymore). I suspect you can get hired with the
skills of a steel worker, but the job may not be the greatest.