Absolutely. We all need to use less out west. Although our town just got 34" of rain from 12/26-1/17 and our supply is suddenly better. We have been in such a drought that they have let everything die while Vegas has the greenest grass I have seen in years.

Thank you for the info!

Great idea! TY!

There's more than generational poverty going on here. I'm from Squirrel Hill. Years ago this problem didn't exist even though there were students from low-income neighborhoods at Dice. Of course, the bus stop was on the other side of Forward, but even then we didn't have the sorts of fracases that we're having now.

Something else is going on here that's causing these issues in recent years. I haven't lived in Squirrel Hill recently, so I don't know what it is.

Yes. Expanding the West Busway to the airport and directly to downtown (as was originally planned) is the way. It does everything a T expansion would do, but better, more connected, and for a fraction of the cost.

My dream transit future is a West Busway with two branches to the airport and to Bridgeville, and that terminates directly downtown, and an East Busway with two branches to Monroeville and McKeesport. One seat travel from Monroeville to the airport.

A good burger can be quite nourishing, so not really

Definitely Greenfield if you are going to be on campus at CMU/Pitt frequently.

Burgers and milkshakes are crap food lol

If you have to type out that much to say it’s the only restaurant with ok-ish vegan food maybe reevaluate your life choices

It’s pretty shit

How’d you get into a PhD program saying “UPitt?”

Thanks for the explanation. It still seems like a terrible marketing idea to me, but what do I know?

Then again, if the plan is to get people talking about it, well here we are. Mission accomplished!

Omg

Thanks for the explanation. I honestly thought it was some disgruntled ex-employee screwing with them.

So they did that by…calling themselves crap whenever they sell fast food type fare? Like I believe you but I’m not getting how they’re conveying that.

The reason they called it “Crapteka” was that the idea that any food is “crap” is…well, crap, and that the only difference between a fancy restaurant and a burger joint is that people look down on a burger joint.

I believe what Ralph may have been referring to is segregation of housing which is a systemic issue that was caused by red lining & still has long standing negative repercussions today. It has created concentrated poverty that leads to anger, hopelessness & major barriers to being upwardly mobile. So the poverty cycle generationally continues.

Being exposed to a wealthier neighborhood while having to actually live in a low resource area will not fix the systemic problem. Breaking up poverty concentration is vital. This is why the mixed income housing model is being implemented & studied as a way to lead to better economic mobility for poor people, particularly younger generations. However, this is often highly contested by NIMBYs & land use zoning laws that need to be reformed so more affordable housing is available.

This is not an excuse for their behavior. Those behaviors are not acceptable. However, this should serve as a reminder that we as a society, from all economic backgrounds, have a responsibility to correct systemic issues by pressuring our local, state & federal governments to come up with long term, sustainable solutions to provide more resources to those in our society who are struggling the most. Shuffling them somewhere else for them to suffer as long as we don’t have to see or be affected by their inequities is not a solution. Supporting everyone in our society strengthens society as a whole.

Okay I’m going to need you to ELI5 because I don’t get it.

This comment is absolutely hilarious. You know nothing about Allderdice.

That’s…the point they’re making.

I dk if they always do the sign, but “Crapteka” is the name of the burger pop-up. It’s on the menu, website, social media, etc.

Same, but iirc the federal grant had to be for expansion of mass transit under a body of water.

Wonder who's campaign donation got that nice little piece of pork in it.

Also the idea that burgers and milkshakes are “crap” is snobbish in a way that I find off-putting

To me, it reads a like an outsider who wants to surround themselves with blue collar folk for the "authentic Pittsburgh experience," but maybe I'm just cynical.

I like to use city-data to get a feel for the different zips and neighborhoods, in and around Pittsburgh.

https://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/South-Side-Slopes-Pittsburgh-PA.html

https://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Greenfield-Pittsburgh-PA.html

https://www.city-data.com/city/Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania.html