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To: FlipWilson

RE: Today, by the way, there is a casino where those steel mills used to stand and the United Steel Workers are long gone.


Pittsburgh looks like a big city that has re-invented itself from a Steel Dependent city to a city with varied industries — including biotech, robotics and even banking.

Dare I say that Pittsburgh stil thrives ?

We can learn a lot from Pittsburgh, which is this — if you want your city to thrive, you CANNOT depend on one industry. You must learn to DIVERSIFY and be FLEXIBLE.


107 posted on 09/01/2010 10:26:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I agree. Pittsburgh did not wait long for steel jobs to come back and then die. They decided they needed to expand. Medical research, tech, etc. I just can’t explain how they did that with Democrats and unions. It’s mind boggling. Well, they did have John Heinz for a while. Back when Theresa was Republican.


130 posted on 09/01/2010 10:46:06 AM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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