Why,because I hate tha "Burgh"? Wow you must be very intuitive to be able to size me up from just that. Aren't you just the poor man's Deepak Chopra.
If I'm a dumbass, it's the last 8 years of being subjected to the idiocy of this horsesh%t town.
Examples:
1) For being the 59th largest city in the U.S., it has a level of internal corruption that rivals NYC. Too many hands in the cookie jar there methinks... Unless you're one of those mindless morons that think "Onorato is our man!!". Or maybe you like that prick Ravenstahl, now here's a man who became mayor because the last one died, then he got re-elected as mayor because no one else wanted the job. Oh but let me not forget that king of all crooks Tom Murphy.
2) Two words: PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS!!!!! If you own a home in a halfway decent middle class community, you're screwed. My buddy paid 60k for his home, 3 years later he's paying property taxes as though his home were 95k thanks to the assessments. Does that sound right to you? What home goes up 35k in value in the middle of a real estate crisis?
3) Port Authority, practically broke because they insist on keeping 3 times the amount of high-level(60k+ salaried)staff on than is necessary. An easy fix, but these jackasses decided instead, to remedy it by hiking fares and cutting routes. Don't forget the millions in uncounted change they conveniently forgot about until recently.
4) PNC Park/Heinz Field: Instead of spending the 100 or so million needed to repair Three Rivers Stadium, this city spends over 497 million they don't have to build 2 new sports venues they don't need. Tell me, why does a city this small with an economy this screwed up need 2 new ball parks? Guess who paying for it? You, Me, and every other hard working jabrone unfortunate enough to live here.
5) Cost of parking: second only to New York City, nuff said...
6) Pittsburgh has been the 10th Fastest shrinking city since 2005. Where is everyone going? Not far, mostly to surrounding counties because people are fed up with Allegheny County, but too broke to go very far. On another note, Monessen has experience a population rise since 2005, and that place is steaming sh#thole. People are leaving Pgh for Monessen, what does that say about Pgh?
7) The Majestic Star Casino/New Penguins arena debacle. How does one improve an impoverished area like the Hill district? Well, you bring in some shady characters from out of town to build a casino no one can pay for and tell them to promise to help pay to build a new arena you neither need or can afford. If the concerned citizens of said impoverished community have any issues, they can f@ck themselves.
If I'm "the most evil and bitter man in the history of the universe." as you so eloquently put it, then so be it. But keep in mind, there is a method to my madness. Now maybe I wasn't so forthright in my previous post, but I do like the people of Pittsburgh, even the moronic yet good-natured "yinzers". Hell I even think Pittsburgh has some of the tamest crackheads of any city I've ever lived in which is saying a lot. But the city itself is BS, and it angers me that the people of this city are too preoccupied with the "Stillers" and "Pens" to give a crap that this city is being exploited by the powers that be.
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tschutzer-1
12 years ago
I think most of the people who have these kinds of problems with Pittsburgh just have no basis for comparison, because they've never spent any time anywhere else.
Think parking is expensive in Pittsburgh? It's twice as expensive in Philly, three times as expensive in Boston, and five times as expensive in NYC. I live in New Jersey now, and I pay more to park at a train station 20 miles from NYC (just in order to board a train that costs me another $20 a day to get into the city) than I'd pay to park right in the middle of downtown Pittsburgh.
Think Pittsburgh is the only place in which government corruption or mismanagement takes place? Try living in Jersey! Municipal officials here are INDICTED here about once a month.
Think Pittsburgh is the only place footing the bill for sports stadiums with tax dollars? Pretty much every city with a pro sports team does. What's worse is that many (including those in Pittsburgh) are financed in part with state funds... which means that people living in Scranton, York, Erie, and Williamsport helped pay for PNC Park and Heinz Field - and they can't even attend games there! Or how about Kansas City, a place that spent $300M to build a hockey/basketball arena WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING A HOCKEY OR BASKETBALL TEAM.
You don't have to be a "dumbass" to make these kinds of statements, but claiming that these kinds of things are unique to Pittsburgh does make you seem really ignorant of the way the world works.
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sinsemilla420071
11 years ago
THANK YOU! That was almost word for word what I wanted to say.
Why live in Pittsburgh? It's cheap, close to lots of major cities, plenty of entertainment options, good people (for the most part), and close to the outdoors. I know that last one sounds weird, but not many people in major cities can drive 20-30 minutes and be completely cut off from the rest of the world if they want.
And seriously, anyone who brings up the politicians in Pittsburgh are complete morons. Go move to DC, Baltimore, Boston, NYC, Jersey, Detroit, LA, Dallas, KC, Miami, etc, and tell me the politicians are better. Yeah, Pitt has its political issues...but what city doesn't?
You folks bashing the city are probably either complete rejects or think you're better than everyone else. Pittsburgh is awesome.
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