Poli's in Squirrel Hill to finally be demolished next year. (Pittsburgh: sale, apartment)

[gg]

Originally Posted by charisb

The compassion that some posters on this site show towards those less fortunate just warms my heart.
/sarcasm font/

Do you know how much poverty is in the city limits? Are the section 8 folks going to help Pittsburgh rebuild itself? Does the Pittsburgh Public School need some money? Are they going to get a nice chunk of change from the section 8 folks there in Squirrel Hill? Yeah, I guess the city should just give it all away and the school system will even get worse than it is already. Pave a road? Nope. Maybe you can write a check to help the city out? Maybe you can be the difference?

It is fun to live in fantasy land, but the more low income that is all over the city, the worse it will be. There needs to be some dispersal of some of this. Maybe Wilkinsburg can take a few more? They seem to be doing great!

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Yep, section 8. Expect more litter and some crime.

Per the article, it's special needs housing. In other words, people with disabilities.

Special needs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your first thought on hearing that somebody is going to add housing for those with special needs is "litter and crime"? Moderator cut: not really relevant, is it ?

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Yep, section 8. Expect more litter and some crime. Shame someone couldn't put in a good seafood restaurant. Poli's back in the day was good, but times have changed. You can't serve that kind of quality for a reasonable price anymore, so you get mediocre food for a reasonable price, or you have to raise prices to a level of it being expensive. That region can't support expensive restaurants due to the clientele in that region. Not the biggest spenders for the most part. Now if it was Shadyside or in and around 5th Ave, they probably would have been okay to raise prices to keep quality.

If you're going to invoke hackneyed anti-Semitic stereotypes, at least get them right. The one thing even "stereotypically cheap" Jews won't hesitate to spend lots of money on is food. There's a very good reason Jewish country clubs have the best food and the highest non-golf related dues.

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Do you know how much poverty is in the city limits? Are the section 8 folks going to help Pittsburgh rebuild itself? Does the Pittsburgh Public School need some money? Are they going to get a nice chunk of change from the section 8 folks there in Squirrel Hill? Yeah, I guess the city should just give it all away and the school system will even get worse than it is already. Pave a road? Nope. Maybe you can write a check to help the city out? Maybe you can be the difference?

It is fun to live in fantasy land, but the more low income that is all over the city, the worse it will be. There needs to be some dispersal of some of this. Maybe Wilkinsburg can take a few more? They seem to be doing great!

This is absolutely gross. Perhaps one day, as Jews continue to flock to your precious "Borough," the political tide will turn and the "bleeding hearts" who come into power will build some low-income housing adjacent to your home. Imagine, Curt: loud, obnoxious, aggressive, parking space stealing Jews and filthy, dangerous, immoral minorities surrounding you from all sides!

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Originally Posted by Moby Hick

Per the article, it's special needs housing. In other words, people with disabilities.

Special needs is the new code word for section 8. They don't want to say, section 8 anymore for obvious reasons. Special needs has a nicer ring. Goodbye Poli's. Was a nice run.

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Originally Posted by HeavenWood

If you're going to invoke hackneyed anti-Semitic stereotypes...!

You seem to think everything I say is anti semitic. I would consider seeking some help with that. I certainly never mentioned Jewish people, but you seem to assume I would even think of such a thing? Odd.

Lets try and keep on topic. What I posted was about the buyer and that is a concern if you live in the area. I don't know the new owner's history though, but I do know they cater to section 8 or taxpayer assisted apartments. What Pittsburgh needs is more wage tax income. Doesn't anyone look at the real numbers when looking at budgets anymore, or is it just pushing things under the rug and hoping it works out later? I don't get it.

[FreightTrainRunning]

The nerve of those people with special needs for wanting a safe affordable place to live. Aren't there bridges or highway overpasses that they could be living in?

[charisb]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Do you know how much poverty is in the city limits? Are the section 8 folks going to help Pittsburgh rebuild itself? Does the Pittsburgh Public School need some money? Are they going to get a nice chunk of change from the section 8 folks there in Squirrel Hill? Yeah, I guess the city should just give it all away and the school system will even get worse than it is already. Pave a road? Nope. Maybe you can write a check to help the city out? Maybe you can be the difference?

It is fun to live in fantasy land, but the more low income that is all over the city, the worse it will be. There needs to be some dispersal of some of this. Maybe Wilkinsburg can take a few more? They seem to be doing great!

So what do you think should happen to poor people? Should we send them to an island somewhere? Bring back debtors' prisons? Kill them?
There are decent people out there who were not dealt a great hand. It doesn't make them bad people--they are just struggling. Don't they deserve a decent place to live?
Of course some people on Section 8 are lowlifes. You know what? Some rich people are lowlifes, too.

[I_Like_Spam]

Originally Posted by GeneW

The nerve of those people with special needs for wanting a safe affordable place to live. Aren't there bridges or highway overpasses that they could be living in?

I don't think its a question as to whether or not there should be subsidized housing or not.


Its just whether this particular location is too valuable for that use, and could the taxpayers who are paying for the subsidized housing can get "more bang for the buck" in a less expensive location.

[charisb]

Originally Posted by I_Like_Spam

I don't think its a question as to whether or not there should be subsidized housing or not.


Its just whether this particular location is too valuable for that use, and could the taxpayers who are paying for the subsidized housing can get "more bang for the buck" in a less expensive location.

How much revenue has the city received from this space over the past decade?

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

You seem to think everything I say is anti semitic. I would consider seeking some help with that. I certainly never mentioned Jewish people, but you seem to assume I would even think of such a thing? Odd.

Lets try and keep on topic. What I posted was about the buyer and that is a concern if you live in the area. I don't know the new owner's history though, but I do know they cater to section 8 or taxpayer assisted apartments. What Pittsburgh needs is more wage tax income. Doesn't anyone look at the real numbers when looking at budgets anymore, or is it just pushing things under the rug and hoping it works out later? I don't get it.

You said "The region can't support restaurants due to the clientele in that region. Not the biggest spenders for the most part." Come the flip on, dude. When you characterize the residents of a distinctively Jewish neighborhood as cheap (and especially when you claim the residents of the less Jewish neighboring area spend much more freely by comparison) it's pretty fricking clear what you're trying to get at. You've done the same crap before (calling SH residents "nasty, aggressive parking space stealers) and I'm beyond sick of it. Stop saying that garbage and I'll stop calling you out on it. Simple as that.