Prediction: City of Pittsburgh to lose much more population in the next 5 years. (Altoona: sale, employment)

[Independentthinking83]

Originally Posted by Merge

Cities have been around for a few thousand years now.
But Covid 19 and Zoom are going to kill them over night, despite the fact that many of this nation’s idiots think the former is the “seasonal flu”

It will exist, but it will have less people with more vacancies. KDKA did a report on the city office, retail and restaurant scene. Outside of downtown the hardest hit areas of the city are the liberal havens of Shadyside, Lawrenceville and the rest of the east end. How ironic? The people that wanted an event to remove Donald trump are those hit the hardest by the event. Be careful what you wish for.

“Pollock says, “The economy was going well, retail was going great, Pittsburgh was on fire. And now we’re seeing restaurants entertainment venues and alike, struggling to survive right now. We’ve had a couple hundred closures so far that aren’t going to reopen, and that’s going to be impactful going forward after we come out of this.”

Outside of downtown, Pollock says the East End, Lawrenceville, and Shadyside have been the hardest hit.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/pittsbu...-business/amp/

[Joe_P]

Lawrenceville and the rest of the east end. How ironic? The people that wanted an event to remove Donald trump are those hit the hardest by the event. Be careful what you wish for.

That's silly. Retail etc. have been impacted everywhere. Cities are hit are more directly as the homes to colleges, venues and arts etc., but their employees don't just live in the city, so you're divisive attitude really makes you look ignorant.

[PghSportsGuy420]

Originally Posted by Joe_P

That's silly. Retail etc. have been impacted everywhere. Cities are hit are more directly as the homes to colleges, venues and arts etc., but their employees don't just live in the city, so you're divisive attitude really makes you look ignorant.

A lot of old timers are excited for the divestment of cities to happen again because it'll remind them of the seventies, when they were young and had hair.

[PghSportsGuy420]

Originally Posted by Independentthinking83

Outside of downtown, Pollock says the East End, Lawrenceville, and Shadyside have been the hardest hit.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/pittsbu...-business/amp/

The places were people live are seeing the most impact? No kidding?

[Independentthinking83]

Originally Posted by PghSportsGuy420

The places were people live are seeing the most impact? No kidding?

What does this even mean? Those seeing the most impact are the neighborhoods where the limousine liberals dwell. Outside of there the rest of the city is ok. I’m fine with pressing the reset button on the east end socialist republic of Pittsburgh. Hopefully the other neighborhoods in the south side, west end and north side benefit. It’s just ironic the neighborhoods with the most left wingnuts are getting hit the hardest.

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by PghSportsGuy420

A lot of old timers are excited for the divestment of cities to happen again because it'll remind them of the seventies, when they were young and had hair.

A couple of my fellow old timers love it because they build houses. One still has long hair.

[PghSportsGuy420]

Originally Posted by Independentthinking83

What does this even mean? Those seeing the most impact are the neighborhoods where the limousine liberals dwell. Outside of there the rest of the city is ok. I’m fine with pressing the reset button on the east end socialist republic of Pittsburgh. Hopefully the other neighborhoods in the south side, west end and north side benefit. It’s just ironic the neighborhoods with the most left wingnuts are getting hit the hardest.

It's got to be exhausting to keep this gimmick up constantly.

The East End neighborhoods are the most highly populated, of course they're going to see higher raw numbers.

[sealie]

The article the pair of you are arguing about is talking about office real estate in a few east end locations. Not “the neighborhoods” as such. The neighborhoods are not seeing the impact, the developers are. No Lawrenceville homeowner is going to suffer because an office/retail developer has trouble selling/developing a building. Nobody is sticking it to the limousine liberals of the east end. This does not even make sense as an argument.

[Joe_P]

Those seeing the most impact are the neighborhoods where the limousine liberals dwell. Outside of there the rest of the city is ok.

LOL, more empty condescending crap.

[Independentthinking83]

Originally Posted by sealie

The article the pair of you are arguing about is talking about office real estate in a few east end locations. Not “the neighborhoods” as such. The neighborhoods are not seeing the impact, the developers are. No Lawrenceville homeowner is going to suffer because an office/retail developer has trouble selling/developing a building. Nobody is sticking it to the limousine liberals of the east end. This does not even make sense as an argument.

No kidding? They came on here to stir the pot and take the chat off the rails into la la land.

You are correct about the office space and developers. The north side and the south side is not seeing the same hit with offices and retail as downtown and the east end.

And to be honest I don’t buy that the neighborhoods won’t suffer. I’m sure property values and desirability to live there will go down. Lawrenceville will just return to pre 2009 children’s hospital. The neighborhood was cheap and plenty of vacancies on butler street.

This is a good thing because there has been too much focus on one small area of the city and quite frankly the prices here in the east end were just not sustainable.

I’m leaving the east end before prices tank.