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re: Find the money!

wmpgh — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:08:23 GMT

I know different projects are funded through different means, but as a resident I don't care about political-government compartmentalization. If we can afford Heinz Field and PNC Park and the Casino and the under-river subway, we absolutely can afford all our libraries and can probably afford better hours and more services. It is ridiculous and embarrassing that we should not. It's not much money in the scheme of things. Can't one of these blow-hard politicians just make it happen?

re: Whole Fools

Diana Nelson Jones — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:45 GMT

it's great to get thoughtful reasoned comments...actually it's good to get ANY comments, but thanks to both of you. i appreciate the thought that maybe potentially green people in wexford would have an ally for a better human scale in that area,...

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re: Whole Fools

AdmitsIt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:28 GMT

Wow, talk about combining two or three separate debates. Whether Wexford should be part of the City of Pittsburgh or not wouldn't change the fact that it built up organically/haphazardly around what was intended as a transportation artery, not an urban shopping district. I suspect that Whole Foods made this decision pretty rationally - based on research, not provincial preference. Even a corporation that supports sustainable living can make decisions based on sound economics.

Instead, I suggest that people who live or work in the area can hope that they might now have an ally when the time comes to propose infrastructure changes that could make that area more human-focused. Frankly, if just that stretch from Brown Road to the shopping center was improved you'd have pretty good access to the Eastern North Hills by bike.

Is Whole Foods even the right grocer to want downtown? I've only been to the EL location a few times, but it struck me at least as much as being a specialty grocer as a regular grocery store. How about an Aldi if you want a chain? Small stores, low prices, good selection of staples.

re: Whole Fools

visualpurple — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:42:30 GMT

Agreed completely on the ridiculousness and hypocrisy of the Wexford location. The Wexford-Cranberry area has to be the most nauseating corner of Metro PGH. But keep in mind... Whole Foods locates where a whole bunch of rich people live... their choice of East Liberty is commendable... but it also made economic sense being wedged between the affluence of Shadyside, Point Breeze and Highland Park.

However, not all suburbs are created equal... and I would not protest at all if Whole Foods located in say... Mt. Lebanon, Dormont, Aspinwall, Crafton, Bellevue, etc. Many of these walkable, urban "suburbs" would be CITY NEIGHBORHOODS in most comparable major metropolitan areas.

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re: All aboard!?

thecontrarian — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:18:47 GMT

I'm a frequent visitor to the Pittsburgh area and I'm always struck by how much *worse* the auto traffic is in the South Hills than in other large suburbs like Philadelphia and New York. I still scratch my head why the region chose to invest in busways rather than rail, but that's a debate for another day.

With the large number of underutilized rail lines in the area, why not use a few of them to run commuter trains or light rail? I knew that the Port Authority ran a "parkway express" between Monroeville and Pittsburgh in the 1970s. With the Parkway East forever a parking lot, why not resurrect rail service from Greensburg to Pittsburgh?

re: Road-rage Hippocrat* gets the stir

Hassenpfeffer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:15:08 GMT

Oh, c'mon, we had an ER doctor in the opinion pages of this very paper only a few weeks ago tell us all to "suck it up" and not waste his precious time with trivial matters like this. ER docs are notorious as attention-deficit sufferers with severe cowboy complexes. The LA incident doesn't surprise me in the least.

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