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| speaking of pittsburgh | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 18 2008, 11:19 PM (237 Views) | |
| bachophile | May 18 2008, 11:19 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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![]() what the hell is going on, either u people are getting sicker or making do with less nookie. either way, it aint good. |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
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| Dewey | May 19 2008, 03:54 AM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It just means that people who are born in those tan areas grow up, move, and have kids in one of those blue areas.
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| RosemaryTwo | May 19 2008, 04:15 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Allegheny County (the greater Pittsburgh area) has the second-highest amount of senior citizens in America (first is Florida). The industrial era (1930-1970??) attracted lots of people to the area, I guess, and it's so lovely here ( ) that they stay, even though the industry did not. While many people moved away to find other jobs, others were attached to their homes and neighbors, and stuck around. We also have some of the most affordable housing in the country.Our biggest employers now are universities (Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University) and the medical centers. We're known for our organ transplants, especically. Driving is a challenge in this area. Chances are 1 in 2 that the car in front of you is an SUV being driven by a teenager or a Buick with a gray-haired man in a fedora barely visible over the dash board behind the wheel. Stay alert, , we're either young families or really old here.
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| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Aqua Letifer | May 19 2008, 04:16 AM Post #4 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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That's what I was thinking too. |
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| Frank_W | May 19 2008, 04:20 AM Post #5 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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6.6 billion "little miracles." ENOUGH, already!!! |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| RosemaryTwo | May 19 2008, 04:20 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Note the blue area above Pittsburgh, though, that is blue. That is actually considered Pittsburgh, since many of those people commute there. Construction there is fast and furious, so our population growth is there, rather than along the Monogahela River (southwest of the city), where the mills were. That's where the seniors live and die. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| big al | May 19 2008, 04:54 AM Post #7 |
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Bull-Carp
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Interesting map. You can see the small towns dying away across the Great Plains as well as the Appalachian mill and mine towns emptying out. I wonder what's with that great swath across southern Nevada. I suppose one large patch out there could be a single county, but it looks like a buffalo graveyard where the old animals go to die. Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| Aqua Letifer | May 19 2008, 04:56 AM Post #8 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Cities and towns are mortal too, it seems. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| Luke's Dad | May 19 2008, 05:22 AM Post #9 |
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Emperor Pengin
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Brain Drain
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| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| John D'Oh | May 19 2008, 05:28 AM Post #10 |
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MAMIL
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Presumably Alaska's birth rate is so high as there's very little else to do for 11 months of the year. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Aqua Letifer | May 19 2008, 05:30 AM Post #11 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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That, and it helps to set your spawn to task against 4-foot-high drifts in the driveway, instead of breaking your own back out there. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| Luke's Dad | May 19 2008, 05:47 AM Post #12 |
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People don't die in Alaska. They just get frozen in some kind of hibernation/suspended animation. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| Frank_W | May 19 2008, 05:49 AM Post #13 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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No. They just get carried off by hella Mothra-lookin' mosquitos. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| RosemaryTwo | May 19 2008, 08:44 AM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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BTW, isn't anyone going to comment on the Penguins that live here? |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Dewey | May 19 2008, 08:16 PM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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BTW, just got back from there. I've got a final on Wednesday, then email a paper on the 27th, and I'm done for the year. Woo hoo! |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Frank_W | May 20 2008, 03:07 AM Post #16 |
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Congratulations, Dewey!
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) that they stay, even though the industry did not. While many people moved away to find other jobs, others were attached to their homes and neighbors, and stuck around. We also have some of the most affordable housing in the country.
, we're either young families or really old here.


4:47 PM Jul 10