Pittsburgh's future - Roboburgh or back to the '70s? (York: home, schools)

[_Buster]

Originally Posted by Mtl-Cns

Normally your posts are just annoying but this one was full of so much doom and gloom that it gave me a good belly laugh first thing in the morning so thanks I guess.

Haha, I had the exact same reaction to it.

to the OP, there is virtually 0.0 chance of Pittsburgh going back to the era of the 1900s. You have nothing to worry about - if you like Pittsburgh, go with it.

[Herodotus]

Originally Posted by UKyank

Do people actually think that the steel mills are going to be rebuilt & reopened here??

The steel industry was originally centered here for some very specific reasons. By the 1890s, those reasons had diminished, and the power brokers here recognized it, as did the power brokers in other regions, who tried mightily to usurp Pittsburgh's position (Chicago) . It was only by various shenanigans, plus two world wars, and the depression, that Pittsburgh was able to keep the steel industry here another 80 years. There is no way it will ever come back.

[stburr91]

Originally Posted by _Buster

Haha, I had the exact same reaction to it.

to the OP, there is virtually 0.0 chance of Pittsburgh going back to the era of the 1900s. You have nothing to worry about - if you like Pittsburgh, go with it.

I don't think the OP was completely serious with his question, it was a dig at the new administration.

[UKyank]

Originally Posted by Herodotus

The steel industry was originally centered here for some very specific reasons. By the 1890s, those reasons had diminished, and the power brokers here recognized it, as did the power brokers in other regions, who tried mightily to usurp Pittsburgh's position (Chicago) . It was only by various shenanigans, plus two world wars, and the depression, that Pittsburgh was able to keep the steel industry here another 80 years. There is no way it will ever come back.

& The Pittsburgh Plus system may be the most un-free market thing ever ha

[krogerDisco]

Originally Posted by Herodotus

The steel industry was originally centered here for some very specific reasons. By the 1890s, those reasons had diminished, and the power brokers here recognized it, as did the power brokers in other regions, who tried mightily to usurp Pittsburgh's position (Chicago) . It was only by various shenanigans, plus two world wars, and the depression, that Pittsburgh was able to keep the steel industry here another 80 years. There is no way it will ever come back.

Good points. The most that can happen is the few remaining heavy industries in the area and region will have a resurgence in business. Don't expect any new steel mills to be built in Pittsburgh. The Shell ethylene cracker plant is an anomaly and even it is away from the city. I don't see America as re-industrializing and if it does, it will probably be as it once was, in rural America.

[Rust Belt Kid]

Originally Posted by VASpaceMan

The new head of the EPA essentially doesn’t think the EPA should exist. If pollution increases in Pittsburgh and the sky becomes black again, isn’t that going to cause tech companies and the people who’d work for them to move to cities with clean air?

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Pittsburgh's air quality improved drastically well before the EPA stepped in. These matters can be taken care of at the local level. No need for a cumbersome federal bureaucracy. Unfortunately that's a controversial stance now.

[Burghboy1]

Like it or not Pittsburgh lost a huge booster of the region when Obamas term ended. Bringing the g-20 to the burgh was huge. He believed in the city and region. The issue is Pittsburgh needed that boosting and federal dollars to fix issues in the city. Losing the boosting along with federal funds could crush the fragile momentum the region has gained over the last 5 years. We could regress back to pre Obama administration days when nobody wanted to stay here and people leave for greener pastures elsewhere. It remains to be seen. I will pay attention to the lock census estimates to be released soon

[Copanut]

Trump said he would bring steel back to Pgh, and I believe him!!!

[stburr91]

Originally Posted by Burghboy1

Like it or not Pittsburgh lost a huge booster of the region when Obamas term ended. Bringing the g-20 to the burgh was huge. He believed in the city and region. The issue is Pittsburgh needed that boosting and federal dollars to fix issues in the city. Losing the boosting along with federal funds could crush the fragile momentum the region has gained over the last 5 years. We could regress back to pre Obama administration days when nobody wanted to stay here and people leave for greener pastures elsewhere. It remains to be seen. I will pay attention to the lock census estimates to be released soon

Pittsburgh has seen little to no growth in the last 3 years. Obama had nothing to do with the slight bump in employment we saw 4-5 years ago. It was the universities, and the shale energy companies that caused the slight improvement in the economy, but as both of those sectors have stopped growing, so has the growth we saw.

Trump's pro-business policies will do more for Pittsburgh than anything Obama, Bush, Clinton ever did.

I don't expect steel mills to come back, but the pro-business atmosphere will spur economic growth nationwide, and will hopefully improve the economy here as well.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by stburr91

I don't think the OP was completely serious with his question, it was a dig at the new administration.

On that note, this topic was just a thinly-veiled political rant, so it should be closed.