tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post6384969064054190777..comments2023-10-27T03:16:03.213-04:00Comments on Burgh Diaspora: Pittsburgh Mistakes Inform Troubled HamiltonJim Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-89415594947584719142009-04-27T20:30:00.000-04:002009-04-27T20:30:00.000-04:00Don't I know it. That's a major reason why I'm si...Don't I know it. That's a major reason why I'm sitting in a classroom in Foggy Bottom right now instead of one in Hyde Park. DC is a place I've been going to since middle school. It's somewhere we I felt a familiarity with even before I came. Chicago was incredible, but we just didn't know it or feel that connection.Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16498571066166908059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-40147399759592219362009-04-27T17:32:00.000-04:002009-04-27T17:32:00.000-04:00There's a great deal of value in looking north, bu...There's a great deal of value in looking north, but not for purposes of urban pairing.<br /><br />The Pittsburgh-Johnstown links to DC are quite valuable and functional. As I've joked before, Pittsburgh is a suburb of DC.Jim Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-81312834161975563162009-04-27T17:14:00.000-04:002009-04-27T17:14:00.000-04:00I wonder, what possibility is there for Toronto to...I wonder, what possibility is there for Toronto to serve as a regional hub for the Eastern Rust Belt? It's easily the most populous city between the East Coast and the Second City. In the short term, we should be drawing ourselves into the NEC (in particular with the Keystone corridor), but in the long term, might it behoove us to look North?Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16498571066166908059noreply@blogger.com