you’re right…that statement came straight from his ass
i’m not saying the numbers are right or wrong, im just saying what i read from more then one site…news & pgh history sites.
the major cause of an area getting ruined is businesses leaving, mills/factories in your example… they are just “large” businesses. & thats the same point i was making. if they lost a huge portion of business due to the civic arena it probably started the doward spiral, then property value decreases, degerates move in & so on & so forth.