Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh (Chester, Montgomery, Penn: Chinatown, skyline, ethnic)

[Blackbeauty212]

Pittsburgh has a Full Time team of 20 working on the proposal alone and investing $500K on the bid itself.

Peduto Says Full-Time Team Is Working On Amazon HQ2 Proposal, Willing To Invest $500K On Bid

Pittsburgh's proposal to become the location of Amazon's second headquarters includes a full-time team of up to 20 people, Mayor Bill Peduto said Monday.

"This isn't something that you can do part time," Peduto said.

Their time investment is expected to come paired with a city-wide investment of $500,000 to develop the proposal, which is due Oct. 19. The bulk will come from private investors, Peduto said

Peduto Says Full-Time Team Is Working On Amazon HQ2 Proposal, Willing To Invest $500K On Bid | 90.5 WESA

[RightonWalnut]

Originally Posted by Blackbeauty212

Pittsburgh has a Full Time team of 20 working on the proposal alone and investing $500K on the bid itself.

You do realize that practically every single city/metro area in the US over 1 million in population has a full time team working on a bid for Amazon right? Lol... Pittsburgh isn't alone here. There are literally dozens of cities working on a bid for this.

[Blackbeauty212]

Originally Posted by RightonWalnut

You do realize that practically every single city/metro area in the US over 1 million in population has a full time team working on a bid for Amazon right? Lol... Pittsburgh isn't alone here. There are literally dozens of cities working on a bid for this.

LOL - Just keep right on laughing RoW.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by bradjl2009

Do you even know what a Midwestern culture is?

He was born and raised in Kansas City, MO so, yeah, he knows....probably more than you.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by Pilot1

Draw concentric circles around Philly, and Pittsburgh, and see which encompasses more buying power, and more large, significant metro areas, and markets. It ain't the Burgh. Yinz know?

None of your logic will matter to her. Some of us on the philly board "tangle" with her from time to time on this thread.

[Blackbeauty212]

How Philly's bike culture? Apprently its key attribute for Amazon.. Pittsburgh's mayor is nicknamed "Bicycle Bill" by his detractors for his love of placing bike lanes all over the city.

WANT AMAZON’S NEW HQ IN YOUR TOWN? MUST HAVE BIKE LANES, SAYS AMAZON

For big employers like Amazon, it doesn’t matter what city you’re in — locating in a neighborhood with good bikeways makes good business sense. More bike infrastructure means more biking, which means healthier, happier workers; salaries that go further, thanks to lower commuting costs; and millions of dollars that don’t have to be spent on garage space.

Want Amazon's new HQ in your town? Must have bike lanes, says Amazon • PeopleForBikes

Bike Commuting: Pittsburgh 8, Philadelphia 11

Transit+Biking Commuting: Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 8

Bike + Walk Commuting: Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 9

2016 Census numbers: Pittsburgh bucks national trend, sees large increase in bike commuters - BikePGH : BikePGH

Bike Commuting Growth Has Leveled Off – But Not Everywhere in the U.S.



A few cities seemed to buck the trend. Pittsburgh, Washington, Detroit, and Cleveland posted all-time highs.

“Since bike lanes have been installed in Pittsburgh, we’ve more than doubled that ACS number,” said Eric Boerer, advocacy director for BikePGH, in an interview. “You can see a pretty sharp rise after 2007.”

Pittsburgh was estimated at 0.4 percent bike commuting in 2000, 1.1 percent in 2007 and now — as of this morning — 2.6 percent.



Bike Commuting Growth Has Leveled Off – But Not Everywhere in the U.S. – Streetsblog USA

[bradjl2009]

Originally Posted by kyb01

He was born and raised in Kansas City, MO so, yeah, he knows....probably more than you.

Well obviously, I'm not from the Midwest.. I'm sure he'll answer the question then and if he's really from there, he knows Pittsburgh is nothing like Missouri.....

[speagles84]

Originally Posted by bradjl2009

Well obviously, I'm not from the Midwest.. I'm sure he'll answer the question then and if he's really from there, he knows Pittsburgh is nothing like Missouri.....

I think the primary miscommunication on this issue boils down to this...

Pittsburgh, because of its unique position doesn't have a city that it's extremely similar to. It's quite similar to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and buffalo. In my opinion, its most similar to Philadelphia, actually, just smaller.

Philadelphia is also very similar to Pittsburgh. However, due to its east coast location, it has other cities it's MORE similar than Pittsburgh - aka Baltimore.

In conclusion, Pittsburgh is most like Philadelphia, but Philadelphia is not most like Pittsburgh.

[RightonWalnut]

Originally Posted by speagles84

I think the primary miscommunication on this issue boils down to this...

Pittsburgh, because of its unique position doesn't have a city that it's extremely similar to. It's quite similar to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and buffalo. In my opinion, its most similar to Philadelphia, actually, just smaller.

Philadelphia is also very similar to Pittsburgh. However, due to its east coast location, it has other cities it's MORE similar than Pittsburgh - aka Baltimore.

In conclusion, Pittsburgh is most like Philadelphia, but Philadelphia is not most like Pittsburgh.

I agree for the most part. West Philadelphia and Northwest Philadelphia definitely have a lot of similarities to Pittsburgh.

Center City, South and North Philly feel like some Manhattan, some Brooklyn, some Baltimore.

Northeast Philly has a Staten Island vibe.

[bradjl2009]

Originally Posted by speagles84

I think the primary miscommunication on this issue boils down to this...

Pittsburgh, because of its unique position doesn't have a city that it's extremely similar to. It's quite similar to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and buffalo. In my opinion, its most similar to Philadelphia, actually, just smaller.

Philadelphia is also very similar to Pittsburgh. However, due to its east coast location, it has other cities it's MORE similar than Pittsburgh - aka Baltimore.

In conclusion, Pittsburgh is most like Philadelphia, but Philadelphia is not most like Pittsburgh.

I agree with this. My time in the city limits of Philadelphia is rather limited, but I've been in suburban Philly (Chester and Montgomery Counties) a few times and a bit of it does not really feel that unfamiliar to what you see here to me, just on a smaller scale of course.