# the hill is at it again **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 23, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-hill-is-at-it-again/194997 "2008-01-23T12:49:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**Author:** ![imported\_showtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@imported\_showtime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_showtime)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-hill-is-at-it-again/194997/34 "2008-01-24T11:55:02Z")
> [@First Round pic Fantasy Football - Who would you pick?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-round-pic-fantasy-football-who-would-you-pick/34545/13): > > i think its pretty weak to blame the construction of Mellon to the decline of the hill. Mellon doesnt have anything to due with buildings not being taken care of and looking like absolute shit because of it. Mellon also has nothing to do with people not being able to go through that area w/o having to worry about getting robbed/shot etc. supermarkets and other buisnesses have come and gone way after melon was built and they dont last because of crime and the fact that ppl are afraid to go there and shop (and how can u blame them). the ppl that live there are only to blame. i’m not justifying it i’m just saying what they are arguing about. & to the contrary of what you said…if you remove that many residents & business it will depress an area… which would then cause all the negative to grow. towns around where i grew up in NJ are going through it now…not due to an arena, but business & residents are leaving property is declining causing unwanted types to move in…its just a downward spiral. some have been able to rebound with business re-growth, but others haven’t --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-hill-is-at-it-again/194997)._