[knarf]

He drew the verbal Norman Rockwell pictures in just a couple of sentences

I've said it for months

All the steel mills and steel related industries in and around Pittsburgh are graveyards that, imo, could be RELATIVELY inexpensive to rejuvenate and upgrade

I don't know that much about a lot of things, but if you could see the empty parking lots that used to employ thousands on each shift .... there's money to be made by experienced steel people here in SW Pa.

[Buckeye McFrog]

there's money to be made by experienced steel people here in SW Pa

The steel industry here started collapsing in the late 70's. By the end of Reagan's first year in office it was pretty much gone. That was 35 yrs. ago. The bulk of those experienced guys are now retirement age, or darned close to it.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Amen. You can drive in any direction and see the blight (not just the Mon Valley). Not all the old industrial sights have gone “trendy.”

And DJTs people should have researched and updated him on the most recent US Steel and ALCOA layoffs. 2500 for USS, and 2000 for Alcoa! And rumors flying Westinghouse is next.

[huldah1776]

Did the oil refinery get built out there? Are they still going to do it with lower prices. Love the area, BTW, gorgeous.