# Population of  Pissburgh has shrunk

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**Created:** [April 5, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/population-of-pissburgh-has-shrunk/189059 "2007-04-05T15:58:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/population-of-pissburgh-has-shrunk/189059/27 "2007-04-06T15:59:08Z")

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> [@Which would you buy...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-would-you-buy/29264/81):
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> But it’s not just the city of Pittsburgh, it’s the whole surrounding area.
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> Obviously the steel industry hurt the area. And coal mining. The death of Westinghouse as a corporation didn’t help engineering. Manufacturing places seem to like right-to-work states more than union. Not sure how to attract new business here! Health industry is still pretty good though, isn’t it?

but the healthcare industry is doing well in a large part to all the elderly ppl here. the elderly all around are sucking this whole area dry, couple that with no new jobs and the death of steel and you get what we got. :ugh2:

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