at the cost of what city infrastructure? What is all this infrastructure that is so bad?
white collar pittsburgh doesnt work because this city is full of people who are uneducated and/or dont want to work. If you continue to become white collar you force people into having to go to college to get jobs… college isnt for everyone for a lot of reasons. If you force the blue collar people out i think pittsburgh loses part of what made it great. Sorry if i dont love casinos, and technology centers… i like its ethnic diversities and all the hoopla that goes with it… shit just turn on wqed, they show all the shit of why i love it here. U call it living in the past i call it living with traditions.
This city has just as many people who ARE educated and want to work. And it’s not forcing people to go out and get a college education either. We need to rebuild industry, I totally agree with you on that. HOWEVER, do we really want steel mills right in the middle of downtown Pittsburgh again? There’s not going to be any less jobs if the steel mill is upriver or downriver and not right in the middle of our beautiful city.
And you’re killing me with this “people want to get away from Pittsburgh” bullshit. Yeah, you live right in Pittsburgh. So obviously it’s not that much of a draw for you. But if you DONT live in Pittsburgh, then it IS a credible destination. Are you really that close minded? I mean the organization that you work for wouldn’t exist if people didn’t want to come into Pittsburgh…