Pittsburgh's Public Transit crisis is about to get a lot worse... (York: live, restaurant)

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by SammyKhalifa

???

When was "the times" for parking chairs?

Ask Chicago, where they still do it, but never even get half the **** for it that Pittsburgh does.

[Scott2187]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

It's just such a selfish activity. I parked on the street all of last winter. I shoveled out a space for my own vehicle and multiple other spaces also to be a CONSIDERATE neighbor. I'm sorry, but if I'm delivering Thai food to your next-door neighbor just after a snow storm, and if you have "the chair" out, then I'm stopping, moving your chair onto the sidewalk, parking, delivering the food, and leaving. People don't "own" the street in front of their homes.

When I drove a 'beater' car, I would just push the chairs out of my way. Now, I just throw them in the yard they are near and park there.

[Aqua Teen Carl]

If you want to see how behind the times we are, look at Pittsburghers' hair, clothing, favorite music, smoking habits, littering habits, cars, shopping habits, etc.

I posted this in another thread, but did anyone see the movie "Love and Other Drugs"? It was filmed here and it took place in the 90's. All they had to do is change a few cars around and now we have a 90's period piece.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by Aqua Teen Carl

If you want to see how behind the times we are, look at Pittsburghers' hair, clothing, favorite music, smoking habits, littering habits, cars, shopping habits, etc.

I don't mind us being "behind the times" on any of that stuff. "THE CHAIR" is one of my largest pet peeves about living here, though, especially when people who already have driveways to park in "reserve" spaces in front of their homes (i.e. in the picture I posted).

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by Aqua Teen Carl

If you want to see how behind the times we are, look at Pittsburghers' hair, clothing, favorite music, smoking habits, littering habits, cars, shopping habits, etc.

I'm with you on the rest (though I don't notice litter no matter where I am), but what shopping habits are singularly Pittsburghian?

[Aqua Teen Carl]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

I don't mind us being "behind the times" on any of that stuff. "THE CHAIR" is one of my largest pet peeves about living here, though, especially when people who already have driveways to park in "reserve" spaces in front of their homes (i.e. in the picture I posted).

I hate the chair too.

But to keep it on topic and to talk about how we're behind the times, a few months ago I watched the movie Two Evil Eyes with my fiance. It was filmed here in 1990 and there was a brief scene with a character downtown. As she was on the sidewalk a PAT bus drove by and it was the same exact bus (styling, appearance) that is still being used to this day! She had a good laugh over that (she's not from here).

[Aqua Teen Carl]

Originally Posted by jay5835

I'm with you on the rest (though I don't notice litter no matter where I am), but what shopping habits are singularly Pittsburghian?

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[jay5835]

Originally Posted by Aqua Teen Carl

A few months ago I watched the movie Two Evil Eyes with my fiance. It was filmed here in 1990 and there was a brief scene with a character downtown. As she was on the sidewalk a PAT bus drove by and it was the same exact bus (styling, appearance) that is still being used to this day! She had a good laugh over that (she's not from here).

Really? They've replaced most of the buses they were using in 1999 (mostly white, with red and black detailing, vs. today's buses of many colors), so this kind of surprises me.

[raubre]

Originally Posted by UKyank

This transportation aside, how else is Pgh behind the times?

As Carl had mentioned before, our culture has yet to discover things that are hip now. I can't tell you how many of my friends have no clue to who Arcade Fire are and they still drive around in Camaros drinking tea out of a carton blaring Boston while poofing thier mullets.

Originally Posted by jay5835

I'm with you on the rest (though I don't notice litter no matter where I am), but what shopping habits are singularly Pittsburghian?

I don't know if it's so much what we have as far as shopping habits, it's what we don't have. Look at Nordtrom's it took us how long to get one in our area? There are other stores that I hear about that we haven't gotten in our area yet. The same goes for restaraunt chains as well as certain cuisines.

[Aqua Teen Carl]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Really? They've replaced most of the buses they were using in 1999 (mostly white, with red and black detailing, vs. today's buses of many colors), so this kind of surprises me.

It was one of those:



Let me see if I can grab a screenshot from the film.