Jurkovec big time
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You confusing scary with not being worth it. I know one who retired because it just wasn't worth it any more. Trust me, you wouldn't want to tell him he was scared of the job.
You just don’t get it do you? Our lib mayor wants to put in bike lanes and he has a beard. How in the hell can you live in that dystopian nightmare?!? Get out while you can.
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It’s only for rugged individuals , for sure
Some prefer generic anonymity
Chestnut Hill is not urban though its obviously not far from downtown. Unfortunately it is true that many suburban kids (or really, their parents) are afraid of cities. I have a relative at PSU, big Pitt fan too, whose parents wouldn't allow him to even think about going to Pitt because of how dangerous they think it is.
As a country boy who went to Pitt and lives in the city..... I kind of agree. My travels have taught me that there is no better city to live in than Pittsburgh (big cities here...... Omaha may be awesome and people I know love Cincinnati, Nashville, etc). But i have never actually been employed by a company in the city of Pittsburgh itself or Allegheny county either. I think my time is Pittsburgh is coming to an end. I just detest my insane property taxes that go to shitty schooling when I commuted away from town for so many years. I can get shitty schooling in the backwater parts of the state for a much better price. If Pittsburgh can fix their schools... the sky is the limit. So many cool neighborhoods with grand homes to live in. I fixed up one... it may be on the market soon!
you said it was scary. Not me.
and you can tell whoever you want whatever you want. I’ll be fins either way.
As someone who rides a bicycle often for exercise and just general enjoyment.... I think the bike lane stuff with Peduto is nuts. No reason to make commuting into town more difficult than it already is. Now bike trails..... I'm all in. They need to get a link from the end of the steel heritage trail through Hazlewood. Only a few blocks, and many regent square / east end folks could finally ride all the way into town.
i don’t get emphasis on bike lanes in a city where the weather makes them unusable half the year. It’s not California, we get like 70 sunny days a year and some of them are low temperatures. It’s just not going to cut anyone’s commute times down.
In my younger days, when I lived in Greenfield, I would have rode my bike to work if I worked in town. Hell, i rode my bike to work several times from Greenfield to Murrysville just to do it. I did not ride on busy roads and never would. That is what I do not understand with bike lane Bill. It is not safe to mix bicycles and cars on some of these bike lanes. And yes, 99% of bike riders are not biking to work in January. Those who say they are full of shit. The bike lane boys are a strong political voice however.
I watched the 4th quarter against Texas State. He did a nice job against a prevent defense but he ain't Joe Montana. It was Texas State.
His release is a bit slow....a longer windup. His footwork is not good. I was surprised.
With any QB on any team at any time he needs protection.
As for him not choosing Pitt he was ND bound from day one. Kelley worked him hard.
But he wasn't good enough to start. ND is where talented HS QBs go to become mediocre. Jurcovic fit the mold.
He will do well at BC because Hafley is a good coach.
I'm in and around the city constantly, and they don't seem to get a lot of usage. I get the theory behind it, I just don't know how practical it really is.
One of the big issues is connectivity. The Penn lane is nice, but once you get to 16th you either have to ride the alley or jump over to Smallman or railroad. The latter used to be fine but with all of the development over there and cars short cutting the lights on Penn and Liberty it is more heavily trafficked. I don’t mind it but can see someone who doesn’t ride in the city a lot being dissuaded from doing it. Same goes for stretches of Butler or even Oakland.
Yeah
Negley Ave traffic Flow improved after the bike lane since it eliminated street parking
Some of my neighbors ride from highland park to oakland regularly for work
I’m not a biker - but guess I don’t see the problem as intra city traffic hasn’t been negatively affected
As far as complaints from non-residents who are commuting into and out of the city -
Frankly - their opinions shouldn’t be considered
And I admitted they corrected to a degree it with alternative schools, but as a whole it is still inferior to the suburban schools which is why I am waiting. I did notice you left out you don't love the snow removal in the city.
Not been an issue for me past 4 years .
Student performance is tied to parent engagement
If Pittsburgh can fix their schools... the sky is the limit. So many cool neighborhoods with grand homes to live in. I fixed up one... it may be on the market soon!
My daughter goes to Allderdice, entirely took CAS and AP classes, should be able to skip at least one year of college. Most of her teachers are excellent too, I know a few of them socially as well. This is a neighborhood school (plus the pre-engineer magnet) that covers areas of diverse incomes (Squirrel Hill, Hazelwood, Glen Hazel, Point Breeze, Lincoln Place, New Homestead, Swisshelm Park, Lincoln Place, Shadyside, Point Breeze, East Hills, and a portion of Homewood.) CAPA, Sci Tech, and Obama have some very popular magnet programs too (later two probably easier to get into than the former.) Really the multigenerational poverty challenges to education in, say, the Perry, Westinghouse, and U-Prep feeder patterns face haven't been solved by any district I've heard of (though there are a few exceptions like Union City, NJ getting very impressive results out of a high poverty schools that have to take all students.)
Anyway, all that to say is despite the challenges that exist with any concentration of poverty, there are some good options in Pittsburgh. At least here, higher achieving kids from poor families will have more options for their courses than kids in some small districts and I hope the next house you fix up you move into instead of flipping!
My daughter goes to Allderdice, entirely took CAS and AP classes, should be able to skip at least one year of college. Most of her teachers are excellent too, I know a few of them socially as well. This is a neighborhood school (plus the pre-engineer magnet) that covers areas of diverse incomes (Squirrel Hill, Hazelwood, Glen Hazel, Point Breeze, Lincoln Place, New Homestead, Swisshelm Park, Lincoln Place, Shadyside, Point Breeze, East Hills, and a portion of Homewood.) CAPA, Sci Tech, and Obama have some very popular magnet programs too (later two probably easier to get into than the former.) Really the multigenerational poverty challenges to education in, say, the Perry, Westinghouse, and U-Prep feeder patterns face haven't been solved by any district I've heard of (though there are a few exceptions like Union City, NJ getting very impressive results out of a high poverty schools that have to take all students.)
Anyway, all that to say is despite the challenges that exist with any concentration of poverty, there are some good options in Pittsburgh. At least here, higher achieving kids from poor families will have more options for their courses than kids in some small districts and I hope the next house you fix up you move into instead of flipping!
I never said it was scary, you responded to someone else. I was just saying that maybe instead of being scared they may just not find the job worth it anymore. The person I know was 2 years away from retirement but still left even before any of this riots happened. It was more to do with Perturdo than anything else.
And I never said I will tell him what you said, I said YOU would never want to tell him he is scared of the job.
I've had exactly one problem with snow on our street in eight years.
I entirely understand people who prefer to live in a rural area. My wife's family is from Lancaster. It's a different lifestyle if that's your thing. But we have a lot of suburbs around here that basically have the same problems as the city (the traffic in Cranberry is worse than where I live near Shadyside/Bloomfield!) but without the alternatives to a total car culture you have in a dense suburb like Mt. Lebanon, Dormont, Regent Square.
I entirely understand people who prefer to live in a rural area. My wife's family is from Lancaster. It's a different lifestyle if that's your thing. But we have a lot of suburbs around here that basically have the same problems as the city (the traffic in Cranberry is worse than where I live near Shadyside/Bloomfield!) but without the alternatives to a total car culture you have in a dense suburb like Mt. Lebanon, Dormont, Regent Square.
Now that JoePa is stoking the fires of Hell crime rate in Happy Valley is down.
Bikes go from being pedestrians to vehicles in the blink of an eye.
Not really. The motor vehicle code has specific language covering the bikes relative to to pedestrians. It prohibits riding them on sidewalks in high traffic business districts. It also requires that bikes yield to pedestrians when the do ride on sidewalks or other shared areas, including trails.
My office os 19th floor 2 gateway center cormer office sitting right over upen. Abe bike line two words effing joke
I'm not talking code...I'm talking real life. One second they are on the sidewalk and the next second they are in the road.
Great. As long as they are not a hazard to pedestrians they are within the law in your “real life” scenario. Riding on sidewalks is not a convenient or preferred option. Most bikers I know would prefer to ride on roads and would only use a sidewalk to avoid a hazardous road situation.
So what? Frequently takes time to identify and arrest people for all sorts of crimes. Would it have been better had they gotten them right away? Of course. But this isn’t anything unusual.
Sometimes even killers go uncharged for months and then not at all
Oh I didn't flip it. I have lived in it for 15 years. I did turn it from an eyesore into a pretty decent place though.
You're missing the point. The same bicycle darts between road and sidewalk. Nothing about that is great.
So your point is that bikes should have their own lane so they aren’t doing that? Got it. Makes sense to me.
