tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post7339967192927223418..comments2023-10-27T03:16:03.213-04:00Comments on Burgh Diaspora: Detroit-Cleveland-PittsburghJim Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-61478759609194200702010-10-19T00:28:23.636-04:002010-10-19T00:28:23.636-04:00Not a critique of the anonymous commenter, but it ...Not a critique of the anonymous commenter, but it is amazing anyone thinks they could make that statement. <br /><br />Maybe the Pittsburgh underclass, as it were, is so concentrated it is not even known to the general public. I'll give you a few neighboroods to visit which will dispell the notion we are better than Detroit or Cleveland pretty quickly. And it is not just the Mon Valley communities you cite. Beyond parts of the city proper, lots of inner ring suburbs are suffering all the way around and out to say the Aliquippa's of the world.C. Briemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713125800825892775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-27655440433088734172010-10-18T20:34:29.408-04:002010-10-18T20:34:29.408-04:00One huge difference between Detroit, Pittsburgh, a...One huge difference between Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland is that only Pittsburgh does not have a vast underclass. Though the outer areas surrounding the city--Braddock, Duquesne, Rankin, and Homestead do.<br />In fact there's so much concentrated poverty and social problems in Detroit and Cleveland they threaten the very future of these areas. <br /><br />In order for these cities to come back a virtual Marshall Plan on poverty will have to be launched.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-85196176917157251112010-10-18T16:17:28.922-04:002010-10-18T16:17:28.922-04:00I've seen maps that overlap the TechBelt metal...I've seen maps that overlap the TechBelt metals axis with an automotive triangle. That makes sense in terms of Akron and Lordstown.<br /><br />Your migration analysis is interesting. Delineating an eastern border for Chicago would be an interesting project to test conventional wisdom (e.g. East/West Michigan split).Jim Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-59657525911959330892010-10-18T16:07:31.232-04:002010-10-18T16:07:31.232-04:00I haven't looked at Detroit in the "tech ...I haven't looked at Detroit in the "tech belt"/metals axis, but my recent migration analysis showed the same trend otherwise.<br /><br />I think partially cities like Detroit know they'll never be the recipient of anything but contempt and snickers from Chicago, whereas others might see something more profitable in a relationship.The Urbanophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094204641794131438noreply@blogger.com