[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh___Today

[Jim Holland]

Everyone and anyone can have impressions but no one has the total 
picture.       Putting this out there and receiving more input gives a 
better picture  //  generally // sometimes // etc. of what is 
happening!!!       Part of what we are seeing in Pgh or AnyWhere Else is 
that everything is a constant state of change // flux --  what was once 
desirable can later be undesirable and even later desirable 
again!!!       When trains first came on the scene it was desirable to 
be as close to the train station as possible because transportation was 
so poor otherwise.       But as people became more mobile living next 
the the train station was far less desirable because of all the noise,  
'cinders', etc.!!
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Downtown SF is quite busy    ----    drive through it 9-round trips each 
day but the   ONLY   time I am ever down there is when I see the dentist 
twice a year    ----    it has literally been decades since I went 
downtown for anything else!!!       Did my Christmas shopping on the 
streetcar for 2-years in the 1970s when I first moved here, then gave 
that up for driving to a mall outside SF, then gave Christmas up 
altogether and just sit back watching everyone else Be Merry while 
pushing, shoving, punching, to get ahead or going into road rage to get 
where they are going.       Tis a wonderful season to watch the InHuman 
Nature in action!!!!!!!
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Speaking of That Season, this was my Best Christmas Ever as a 
Professional Driver    ----    Lightest Traffic Season I have Ever 
Seen.       If success of Christmas was to be measured by traffic 
intensity, then it could be observed that Christmas was a Total 
Failure.     YES!       There was increased traffic in the Christmas 
Season, but NOThing like seasons past.       Gift Cards, Inet may have 
made the difference.       Seems like next Christmas will be even 
better.       Since Gift Cards will generally be good for a couple 
months, the crush after Christmas was greatly reduced as well.       Day 
after Christmas in downtown SF looked like a Ghostown  --  Very Spooky!!
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Thought you might like this recent photo of Amtrak emerging from the 
Moffatt tunnel.......
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Jim
Why "share" such a depressing article?

Jerry MN


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