[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh___Today

[Joshua Dunfield]

Jim Holland wrote:
> The following is from a person in New York State who has strong ties to Pittsburgh and is looking fo
r a retirement location;  I have sent info from this individual before.       This is dated  --  Mello
n comments reveal that:::::::
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> However, with the population down to 350,000 now and the endless strip developments up
> in the north,
> the city in my opinion now is doomed....  High tech and robot technology, are the big
> things out in O akland, but this is now the only area with any life in the city...
> Forbes and Murray is now downtown,
> but has no connection with the city....

That's nonsense.  Squirrel Hill and Oakland are *in* the city; how can
they have no connection to it?  What they have no connection to is those
"endless strip developments up in the north", thank goodness.

>  Of course, nobody would ever build a subway out
> to Oakland, nor would they make proper use of the spine line to bring transit into
> Oakland the back way....

Well, last I checked, Oakland had plenty of transit.  Just not any *rail*
transit.  I'd have loved an East End subway too, but the fact is that the
current level of transit service in Oakland is remarkably good.

IMO, Squirrel Hill is one of the best places to live in the whole country.
Homewood would probably be one of the worst.  They're both the city.  Why
does your friend want to judge Pittsburgh only on its failures?

And "rock bottom" real estate?  It's affordable compared to much of the
country but I don't think it seemed "rock bottom" to a friend of mine who
bought a house in Highland Park last year.  (BTW, he's not from Pittsburgh.
Funny how actually living in Pittsburgh for a few years can change one's
perspective.)

Best,
-j.