You don't want to live here because: (Pittsburgh, California: house, construction)

[Katarina Witt]

OK, this thread is really "tongue in cheek". There seems to be a cultural trait in Pittsburgh to talk at length about why it's not a good idea to live anywhere else, usually focusing on natural disasters and weather. eg, Durhan gets hurricanes; the Dakotas, the west and the southwest have a continuous water shortage; California has earthquakes; the midwest has tornadoes; etc. Plus, everyone else's economy is about to tank. I used to hear this kind of talk often when I was a kid, and I continue to hear it here on CD.

Here is a good reason why you should not live in Colorado.

Fourmile Fire: 92 structures lost, partial property list released - Boulder Daily Camera

[nuwaver88]

The traffic sucks. There never seems to be an end to construction. A dense old city combined with a topography of folded mountains and rivers and an incompetent if not crooked state based organization called Penndot make getting from point A to point B harder than it should be in a metro of 2 million plus.

[Heit]

Originally Posted by Katiana

OK, this thread is really "tongue in cheek". There seems to be a cultural trait in Pittsburgh to talk at length about why it's not a good idea to live anywhere else, usually focusing on natural disasters and weather. eg, Durhan gets hurricanes; the Dakotas, the west and the southwest have a continuous water shortage; California has earthquakes; the midwest has tornadoes; etc. Plus, everyone else's economy is about to tank. I used to hear this kind of talk often when I was a kid, and I continue to hear it here on CD.

Here is a good reason why you should not live in Colorado.

Fourmile Fire: 92 structures lost, partial property list released - Boulder Daily Camera

I don't see the value of this type of discussion..............why?.................. EVERY place has good & bad to deal with. I guess I would rather it be posted as "you WANT to live here because"...................you know, like, is your glass half-full or half-empty?

[raubre]

The politics suck causing Pittsburgh to be behind twenty years.

Oh and Ben Rothlesberger is on the news 25 hours a day,eight days a week.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by Heit

I don't see the value of this type of discussion..............why?.................. EVERY place has good & bad to deal with. I guess I would rather it be posted as "you WANT to live here because"...................you know, like, is your glass half-full or half-empty?

I started it as a joke. We have a massive wildfire going. I have lived many places in 7 different states. I never heard so many people say, "You don't want to live in (insert name of city/state) because they have (insert name of natural disaster)" as I did in Pittsburgh when I lived there and on this forum.

[Copanut]

I don't want to live here because a tree fell on my house 10 years ago. It COULD happen again.

[TechieTransplant]

Originally Posted by nuwaver88

The traffic sucks. There never seems to be an end to construction. A dense old city combined with a topography of folded mountains and rivers and an incompetent if not crooked state based organization called Penndot make getting from point A to point B harder than it should be in a metro of 2 million plus.

On top of the fact that most people (seriously) have no idea where they are going, and have no desire to get there in a respectable amount of time. If you have road rage like I do, be prepared, you may suffer convulsions.

[sr1234]

Pittsburghese, an accent worse than New Jersey's.

[TechieTransplant]

Originally Posted by sr1234

Pittsburghese, an accent worse than New Jersey's.

I agree! I love how people call it "charming".....I call it uneducated.

[Katarina Witt]

You guys are missing the point! I'm telling you why you don't want to live in Colorado! Wildfires! You could make a list of natural disasters in every state, have them handy when someone makes a comparison.