Pittsburgh 5G (Harrisburg, York, Doylestown: house, neighborhoods, living)

[BUILD PENN SQUARE]

are you guys seeing these things in your neighborhood - they're all over shadyside

[BUILD PENN SQUARE]

What Are Those Mysterious New Towers Looming Over New York’s Sidewalks?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/05/n...5g-towers.html

"As the city upgrades to 5G wireless, the streetscape is changing. Not everyone is impressed.

The object in question is a new 5G antenna tower erected by LinkNYC, the latest hardware in New York’s sweeping technological upgrade.

The imposing antenna is mounted on top of a slender pole, three stories high — more than 30 feet in the air — and right in front of Ms. Formica’s living-room window. It’s also just steps away from where their 5-month-old baby sleeps, which makes Ms. Formica uncomfortable.

“People say that it is safe; the F.C.C. says it’s safe and everything,” she said. “We’re just worried that it’s so close to my son’s bedroom.”

Alex Wyglinski, the associate dean of graduate studies and a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, said residents need not worry. He noted that 5G is non-ionizing radiation, on the opposite end of the spectrum from ionizing rays that people need protection from, like UV rays and X-rays."

[svband76]

Not good. Data on safety is troubling.

[BUILD PENN SQUARE]

you own a gorgeous house in shadyside - your bedroom faces the street - the phone company installs a 5G transmitter on the telephone pole right outside where you sleep



and there's a warning notice posted at the bottom of the pole





how do you react? the government says it's perfectly safe, so there's nothing to worry about, right?



update: the warning sign was removed, so it's all good

[burghophilia-03]

Originally Posted by BUILD PENN SQUARE

you own a gorgeous house in shadyside - your bedroom faces the street - the phone company installs a 5G transmitter on the telephone pole right outside where you sleep

how do you react? the government says it's perfectly safe, so there's nothing to worry about, right?

Sell all my belongings, walk the earth like Caine, or St. Francis, a sissy!?

[thedirtypirate]

People have been arguing about this for years now.


Tiny Doylestown Borough battled Verizon over 5G and won a big settlement


What ended up happening was that Harrisburg passed a law that said you cannot prohibit where to put them in public right-of-ways, but towns can customize the look and position of them in historic or environmentally vulnerable locations.


Pennsylvania Cities, Towns Prepare for 5G Deployments

[svband76]

Originally Posted by thedirtypirate

People have been arguing about this for years now.


Tiny Doylestown Borough battled Verizon over 5G and won a big settlement


What ended up happening was that Harrisburg passed a law that said you cannot prohibit where to put them in public right-of-ways, but towns can customize the look and position of them in historic or environmentally vulnerable locations.


Pennsylvania Cities, Towns Prepare for 5G Deployments

My concern is less an aesthetic eyesore and more 5G itself and possible effects on human health. Though I need more education on the issue.

Then again, I think modern windmills are ugly too.

[szug-bot]

the FCC warning probably is regulatory - having nothing to do with human health, but rather their concern is interference between frequencies.

[BUILD PENN SQUARE]

every time i turn around i notice another 5G transmitter in shadyside

you guys aren't seeing these things in your neighborhoods?

[norcider]

Originally Posted by BUILD PENN SQUARE

every time i turn around i notice another 5G transmitter in shadyside

you guys aren't seeing these things in your neighborhoods?

See, here's the evidence that the demagoguery here has permanently damaged this forum. It is no longer a community where you can ask a question and expect anybody here to answer because they live out of the city, county or state. To answer your question as I do live here, I have not seen these yet. On the suspicion that these can damage us somehow; I am wary of them as well. I'll be looking for them, thanks.