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Old 11-13-2007, 07:11 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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I agree with londonbarcelona. Suburbanites help the city's tax base every time they come into the city, which for some is every day to work. For others, it is less frequent, but nevertheless, a contribution.
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:13 PM
 
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they come in for work, make money, and then leave to spend it, and pay for a tax base in their outside town. What else should I expect from suburbinite-data.com though.
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:23 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Apparently, you have to pay some sort of a wage tax if you work there.
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:42 PM
 
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Exclamation Oh for G-d's sake, lighten up!

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No it is not! Kapeesh?
Look, I commend your efforts to defend the "city" of Pittsburgh. But ignoring the obvious is not going to help the situation at all. Quite frankly, if it weren't for the colleges (in which most students do NOT stay in Pittsburgh after graduating) and the suburbs, the "city" of Pittsburgh would be in worse shape than it already is.
Lighten up on the "anyone who lives in the suburbs is going to hell" attitude, it makes the entire conversation laughable which, in turn, makes it difficult to discuss the true problems at hand.
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:44 PM
 
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Talking ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!! *smile*

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No it is not! Kapeesh?
Look, vote for whomever you want to run "your" city. Looks like you guys are doing a *fine* job. (not) I'll just hang around my roomy yard outside my McMansion and shop at the nice new shiney malls in my area.....
But if I want to go to a museum or art gallery, I will most likely go to the city of Pittsburgh.
Because I happen to live in one of it's suburbs!!!!!!!

Last edited by londonbarcelona; 11-13-2007 at 07:47 PM.. Reason: to prove a point! *smile*
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:50 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Look, vote for whomever you want to run "your" city. Looks like you guys are doing a *fine* job. (not) I'll just hang around my roomy yard outside my McMansion and shop at the nice new shiney malls in my area.....
But if I want to go to a museum or art gallery, I will most likely go to the city of Pittsburgh.
Because I happen to live in one of it's suburbs!!!!!!!
Which she would NOT do if she lived somewhere else, like say, Cleveland.
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:55 PM
 
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As long as I post on this forum you will hear my anti sprawl rants, Like it or not. You should atleast respect a city person's view on suburbinite-data.com forum.
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:59 PM
 
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Anyways. I am voting for this thread to close. This thread has gone nowhere, and has nothing helpful. Every post from the first one to this is just rediculous. Lets let it fall to the bottom.
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Old 11-15-2007, 08:26 AM
 
Location: Work is based nationwide
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I'm making the move to the city. I just bought a house overlooking Downtown, the Northside, Mexican War Streets, Manchester, Mt Washington and parts of Oakland. I have been living near most of my family in the Sewickley area since moving back to Pittsburgh three years ago. I'm a city type so I'm going urban. The high taxes of the city are something I'm not happy with. The new pad is not that far from some rough neighborhoods that traditionally have been the location of drug traffic and shootings in connection with this activity. The past few years have seen a decrease in crimes and the neighborhoods have been recieving more investment from the outside so there has been pressure on those criminals to move out. Recently as within the past year however there has been a upward trend in shootings. The economic situation in this section of the city is not good and I have yet to see a real plan from the mayor's office toward any economic development plans for the area. My guess is this overall area of the city will continue to decline while 'pockets' continue to improve with limited economic investment. It's a pretty piece meal outlook in my mind. With all this in mind, I bought the city pad because I'm a bachelor, enjoy the city life and I do have a million dollar view in a pretty slick house on a nice street. If the neighborhood improves then I would have a 1.5 million dollar property. Maybe in time that will be the case. One thing that really is pretty wild is the amount of deer and turkey I have passing by my Northside hill top home. A rather narrow greenway seperates my property with the street below. And every day and night I see deer and turkey there. These are true urban animals that have somehow moved into the urban environment and seem to have adapted well. In the spring I will take my back yard of grass and weeds and make it a natural landscape of native fauna and wildflower. With all this going on I figure I can have some nature right smack in the middle of the city. As a side note, I'm a member of 'Communities First' a group of people that fought the Wall Mart development in Kilbuck Township. Many of you know the long drawn out story of the landslide and the following troubles of that suburban development. All to be followed by WalMart pulling the plug on the development. A great symbol of haphazard suburban development gone wild. Also a prime example of the typical southwestern pa boro or town that struggles with big box retail development and overall land planning issues.
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Old 11-15-2007, 02:46 PM
 
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it's a urban thing
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