Agree, but counterpoint. Peduto focused far too much on national and international issues, where he had zero impact, at the expense of effective governance in Pittsburgh. Almost all of the anti-development policies in the city were implemented under his watch and zoning staff and planning commission were all Peduto appointees.

Gainey inherited a mess and has let it get worse.

This whole thread is full of people insisting that holding developers accountable is going to hinder the growth of affordable housing. I also know a LOT of people who don't consider East Liberty a success story. There's an entire documentary series (East of Liberty) about it.

Sounds like a meme. Maybe nice to bring the community together or something, but it's not going to solve any problems here.

Yeah if you’re living on the street, you don’t exactly have another place to poop aside from the street. Sure, sometimes in the day you may be able to go into a business and poop but that’s if you don’t get kicked out for not buying anything. At night, there’s no where else to go. Do I find poop on the street disgusting? Of course. But where else are they supposed to go

In deep winter during the late 90’s, a hobo took a gargantuan human poop in the middle of the 6th Street bridge walkway. Overnight, it froze solid, which led to two workmen to attack it with a shovel and a pick axe in the morning. If only this sign had been posted, it wouldn’t have changed a thing.

Do they not know that this is the best way to guarantee a pile of shit in that corner?

I love the thought process behind this sign.

If someone is in a headspace or life circumstance where they are considering finding a place to poo outside, does the sign poster think they're going to see this and think "Well, damn! I guess this isn't the place. I'll just move along to a place without a sign."

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How fucked is it that the literal earth in our city is contaminated to the point that you might not be able to safely grow your own food in your backyard? We wonder why people think it’s okay to litter so much in our community - well, the literal soil is filled with the garbage that corporations have been spewing into the air for 100+ years. Who is going to pay for that?? (Rhetorical question, because WE are… not the corporations or the crooked politicians who allow the 1% to continue to do business despite showing that they have NO concern for our health and no intention of cleaning up after themselves- Norfolk southern great recent example of this).

Deer are food.

There are deer in any patch of trees larger than 2,000 square feet.

We already have an overabundance of urban food forests in Pittsburgh.

Peters school district consists of McMurray and Venetia. Both great areas. You can still find a couple acres at a decent price if you are willing to get an older house. It also has a brand new high school. It’s the best high school in the Pittsburgh area so it will have the resources you need

Or Squirrel Hill. Or Greenfield. Or Hazelwood. Anywhere near Schenley and Frick Parks, I suspect, since naturalists say they've basically razed the edible park vegetation and are starving so they're roaming the streets in search of food and getting hit by cars.

I tried a vegetable garden the first year we after we bought our Squirrel Hill South house and realized about halfway into the season that I was basically the personal chef for a family of groundhogs.

Dog shit is too good for those flags

Down in the cultural district someone sticks little Trump flags in dog shot piles on the sidewalks.

>Are you honestly trying to tell me that if we just let developers do whatever the hell they wanted, those houses would exist?

Of course they wouldn't exist. I never said that and I agree with holding developers accountable! I just don't think the public realizes how much that actually happens. East Liberty is full of affordable housing and luxury housing. It's a success story.

Did that guy really think you were defending people shitting in public??

The problem now is we keep cutting down the forests and putting up housing plans. We put the housing Plans up where the deer used to eat and live and get mad when they come eat our gardens…

What about non humans? Such discrimination

Which Alley is this? There is a legendary set of Alley's that run parallel to Stanwix street. It starts at 4th Avenue where all the PPG and surrounding business people go to smoke, nicknamed BumPoo Alley. Then it extends down to the next alley behind McDonalds with the loving name of BumPee Alley.

This picture makes it look like there is way less poo and trash everywhere, they must have gussied it up for the Google car.

He is very nice, and the food is amazing and cheap. Don’t think he has raised prices since before COVID.

We have the earth machine backyard composer from Pennsylvania Resources Council workshop. It has worked well!

As I see it, there are only two reasons humans would poop in that alley; sheer desperation, or spite. If it is out of desperation than offering an alternative would work way better than the sign and if it is out of spite than the sign will just make it worse.

Hell yeah, I am very pro-cougar

I want to steal that sign so bad.

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