Pittsburgh's economy is hot!!!!! (Harrisburg, California: foreclosures, rent, homeowners insurance)

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by Traveler87

Houston and all the other places I named have no history or culture that Pittsburgh or Cleveland have. You can sit there and defend those cities, but why would you bash us for defending ours?

It's true that Houston and Phoneix (one of the other places you named, I believe) have a different history and culture than Pittsburgh or Cleveland, but to say they have none is being downright uneducated in US history and culture. Good heavens, I remember learing about the Alamo, etc when I was a kid in school back in the Pittsburgh area.

[dugdogmaster]

Originally Posted by Katiana

It's true that Houston and Phoneix (one of the other places you named, I believe) have a different history and culture than Pittsburgh or Cleveland, but to say they have none is being downright uneducated in US history and culture. Good heavens, I remember learing about the Alamo, etc when I was a kid in school back in the Pittsburgh area.

The Alamo is in San Antonio

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by dugdogmaster

The Alamo is in San Antonio

Mea culpa. I'm glad you know your TX history. I'm just saying, we learned some things about Texas history back in grade school. (Obviously been a long time for me.) It's a pet peeve of mine that some (note use of word) easterners think the rest of the country has no "history" b/c it's different history than that of the east.

Back to Pittsburgh's economy.

[Lellobeetle]

I don't know about the rest of the economy, but my husband was just laid off from Bank of New York Mellon along with 1800 people. They moved us up here in July and now cut his position. It won't be a happy holiday for many of us who are hurting.

[pman]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Mea culpa. I'm glad you know your TX history. I'm just saying, we learned some things about Texas history back in grade school. (Obviously been a long time for me.) It's a pet peeve of mine that some (note use of word) easterners think the rest of the country has no "history" b/c it's different history than that of the east.

Back to Pittsburgh's economy.

there's not much history in houston. I used to live there. what history they did have was torn down. it's not that nothing happened, there's just not much left of what did. Colorado was just a bunch of savages who ate each other in the winter.
There is decidedly less history in those places because they haven't been around that long. that's not true of all western cities...esp san fran and seattle. Sacramento as well, history as a western railroad town. 250 years ago you coudl have said the same thing about Philadelphia. 200 years ago about Pittsburgh.

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by pman

Colorado was just a bunch of savages who ate each other in the winter.
There is decidedly less history in those places because they haven't been around that long. that's not true of all western cities...esp san fran and seattle. Sacramento as well, history as a western railroad town. 250 years ago you coudl have said the same thing about Philadelphia. 200 years ago about Pittsburgh.

Now just a flippin' minute, bub! Colorado has more of a history than Alferd Packer and his cannabalistic crew (which some dispute, anyway). Allow me to enlighten you.

Denver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Denver City was founded in November 1858 as a mining town during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush in western Kansas Territory.[9]

Denver City was a frontier town, with an economy based on servicing local miners with gambling, saloons, livestock and goods trading. In the early years, land parcels were often traded for grubstakes or gambled away by miners in Auraria."

You might read the whole article.

Here's something more for your reading enjoyment.

Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Colorado women were granted the right to vote beginning on 1893-11-07, making Colorado the first U.S. state to grant universal suffrage by popular vote."

[dugdogmaster]

Pop City - How Pittsburgh manufacturing stays strong in tough times

Despite the downward dive of the rest of the nation, manufacturing in Western Pennsylvania is looking up.

A recent survey of 100 manufacturers here reports a substantial increase in employment and a potential rise in future employment. A substantial majority, 86 percent, will expand operations in the coming year, up from 71 percent in 2007.

[dugdogmaster]

Pop City - A stellar year for innovation at University of Pitt

It was a good year for innovation and technology at University of Pittsburgh.

Armed with $642 million in research funding in 2008, more than 400 Pitt innovators participated in the commercialization of university research according to the Office of Technology Management’s 2008 Annual Report.

[dugdogmaster]

Pop City - Highmark continues to grow, adds 300 jobs

Highmark Inc., the dominant Pittsburgh health insurer, is adding jobs at a time when others are subtracting them in record numbers.

The company, which is currently seeking a merger with cross-state counterpart Independence Blue Cross, recently held a job fair in Harrisburg and is planning another for Pittsburgh from 2 - 6 p.m. Thursday at its Downtown offices. Highmark has 300 to 400 job openings, largely in software, business analysis, application testing, and data monitoring.

[dugdogmaster]

Hiring outlook up - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

About 20 percent of Pittsburgh area employers say they expect to hire more workers in the first quarter of 2009, while 10 percent look to cut payrolls, according to the results of the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. Another 65 percent of the region's employers says they plan to maintain their current staffing levels. Job prospects in the first quarter appear best in durable goods manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, information, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality and government.