You don't want to live here because: (Pittsburgh, New Kensington: rentals, car registration)

[Heit]

Why the need to post thoughts/questions about CO on a PITTSBURGH, PA forum????? You would have more feedback asking questions about CO on the CO forum.

[rhondee]

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

Yes, and it seems like there has always been a cultural trait from people of other cities to trash Pittsburgh "it's filthy, dirty, it's an armpit,etc'' We just want share a different perspective about the advantages and good reasons there are to living here. We've come to the conclusion that people must have heard only a slanted view about Pittsburgh,hence the trash talk.

Colorado currently has some wildfires but I don't think the state ever had a real serious, ongoing problem with them. After this one is out it may not see another for quite some time ( let's hope!)

[BrianTH]

If one is looking for expressions of sympathy and concern, it is probably not a great idea to lead with a "joke" at the expense of the audience in question.

[Pitts64]

Because the doctors are fleeing like rats on a sinking ship..

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

If one is looking for expressions of sympathy and concern, it is probably not a great idea to lead with a "joke" at the expense of the audience in question.

Now that you've come on this thread I'll ask you the question I've had in mind since I started this thread: Is your family in Boulder OK?

BTW, I had no expecatations of any sympathy.

[rhondee]

Originally Posted by Katiana

OK, those are fightin' words, creepsinc. I wasn't going to reply to this post, until you did. I'm darn sick of your crap about why I shouldn't be posting on this forum, and your personal attacks on me. The mods disagree. Here are a couple of examples of what I'm talking about, names removed to protect the innocent. These are both taken from the Pittsburgh forum:

Regarding living in North Carolina:



Note: AFAIK, the Dakotas do not even have a water supply problem. It's the Great Plains, not the desert.

I've had the idea for this thread for a long time. I heard this stuff when I was a kid. Some others have posted that they did, too. I started this as a fun thread, to get people to think about what they are saying. I think it's interesting that not one person on this thread asked me if we were in any danger from the fire I posted a link to in the OP.

Well Katiana you obviously skipped mentioning the comment that my reply was to North Carolina. The poster stated you live for 4 + months without any sunshine which is the usual exaggerated comment about Pittsburgh weather. So I responded that N.C. has a high number of hurricanes . I didn't think this was an untrue assessment.And yeah, Katiana you have to pack up and leave during an evacuation.
As far as the water issue I read Sioux Falls and other areas d/t farming contamination , are having some water shortages. Notice I stated "the ONLY problem, I see" And I know it's a problem they are actively working on so I'm sure it will get remedied. The North Dakota State Water Commission secretary has stated that water is a pressing problem there.

Water shortages are becoming increasingly common all over the world. I am not singling out any city or state .When you have more population moving into an area and developement taking place it is a common problem.
But ,let's face it, it's a serious problem, nonetheless. If you don't have water-then you can't live. Period.
I know you stated that you started this as "a fun thread" and to get people "thinking about what they are saying"
I guess you are are the only one here capable of actually thinking about what you post and no one else knows anything.

[rhondee]

Originally Posted by Heit

Why the need to post thoughts/questions about CO on a PITTSBURGH, PA forum????? You would have more feedback asking questions about CO on the CO forum.

B/C she's trolling under the false pretense of " starting a fun thread". And Pittburghers (or Pennsylvanians )can't be brutally honest about their assessments re: other places but boy it sure is ok if people voice their honest opinions about Pittsburgh

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by rhondee

Well Katiana you obviously skipped mentioning the comment that my reply was to North Carolina. The poster stated you live for 4 + months without any sunshine which is the usual exaggerated comment about Pittsburgh weather. So I responded that N.C. has a high number of hurricanes . I didn't think this was an untrue assessment.And yeah, Katiana you have to pack up and leave during an evacuation.
As far as the water issue I read Sioux Falls and other areas d/t farming contamination , are having some water shortages. Notice I stated "the ONLY problem, I see" And I know it's a problem they are actively working on so I'm sure it will get remedied. The North Dakota State Water Commission secretary has stated that water is a pressing problem there.

Water shortages are becoming increasingly common all over the world. I am not singling out any city or state .When you have more population moving into an area and developement taking place it is a common problem.
But ,let's face it, it's a serious problem, nonetheless. If you don't have water-then you can't live. Period.
I know you stated that you started this as "a fun thread" and to get people "thinking about what they are saying"
I guess you are are the only one here capable of actually thinking about what you post and no one else knows anything.

I quoted those quotes without attribution because I didn't want to start this kind of thing. For as long as I have been posting here, I've read stuff like, "You don't want to live there because they have (insert problem)". As far as the North Dakota issue, it is the SW part of the state that is having the water supply problems.

ND State Water Commission

Sioux Falls is actually in South Dakota.

Every farming area in the country has problems with agricultural run-off contaminating wells. When I lived in downstate Illinios, we told people who lived in the rural areas and were on well water not to give their babies tap water until they were a year, for that reason.

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Is your family in Boulder OK?

Yep.

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by jacosimo

Pittsburgh is a medium-sized city in southwestern Pennsylvania. It will always be a medium-sized city in Southwestern Pennsylvania. . . . If people can't tolerate the local brain-drain and over-emphasis on football, etc...They should move away.

The thing is, that is factually false. The City of Pittsburgh used to be much larger in both gross and relative terms, and the Pittsburgh Metro Area used to be a bit larger in gross terms and much larger in relative terms.

Meanwhile, this process of relative shrinking has been associated not with a "brain-drain" but actually a remarkable increase in average educational attainment, particularly among the younger age cohorts (so much so that we now have some of the highest educational attainment rates among our younger adults for a large U.S. metro), and associated things like rising per capita income.

So actually, Pittsburgh is very much a city in flux. And that creates some tension, in part because there is still an older cohort around who doesn't always acknowledge or embrace these changes.