tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post7518210226330616408..comments2024-03-28T14:27:01.467-04:00Comments on MOLOVINSKY ON ALLENTOWN: Building Allentown's Urban Homeownermichael molovinskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-79983642742138344442014-09-05T17:38:05.137-04:002014-09-05T17:38:05.137-04:00MM,
as you have not published one of mine in some ...MM,<br />as you have not published one of mine in some time¿ I am waiting in great anticipation as to this unaddressed pressing issue allentown administration refuses to accknowledge no matter the party¿<br />We are currently in another edited out news media release weekend¿ <br /><br />With your attention to a seat in harrisburg were are we to read local happening¿<br /><br />redd<br />patent pending<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-35820738636305513172014-09-04T11:37:59.201-04:002014-09-04T11:37:59.201-04:00Let me get this straight: NIZ companies and instit...Let me get this straight: NIZ companies and institutions get big tax breaks, with tax payers in the rest of the city and state picking up the tab. After all, there is no commensurate decrease in state spending, is there? Then they take some of the windfall from their tax savings and dole it out in subsitdies to their 'middle class' employees. That sounds like a state subsidy for this decades's YUPPIES. Remember in the Reagan years how liberals mocked Young Urban Professionals, derisively called YUPPIES? Today's liberals seem to think of them as the salt of the earth. Go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-35513225525827736592014-09-04T09:53:31.336-04:002014-09-04T09:53:31.336-04:00Having left A-town in 1971 (after graduating from ...Having left A-town in 1971 (after graduating from Lehigh and Penn State) I can't imagine anyone in the middle class wanting to live in any of the 'row homes' in center city. They are too small, ill designed for 21st century living, lack of parking... I could go on and on.<br /><br />The best thing that could be done is to bulldoze blocks and blocks and build new housing. <br /><br />When something is worn out, it needs replacing. <br /><br />No sense of puting lipstick on a pig.<br /><br />Pennsylvania - the great exporter of people. Even in 1972 I couldn't get a STEM job in Pa!doug_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060547193889193657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-79973581685811251542014-09-04T07:35:00.006-04:002014-09-04T07:35:00.006-04:00The school district's biggest challenge is tha...The school district's biggest challenge is that it is in Allentown(local revenue problems/high poverty rate,spreading blight,all driven by a lack of attention to neighborhoods and general mismanagement). That said it is therefore logical to conclude that if the city improves so will the district.<br />So while the district continues to adjust, cope and innovate to ever worsening conditions, very few of which are of our own making, we all hope for the best with these downtown efforts.<br />Hope is what the plan is based on after all.<br /><br />Scott ArmstrongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-45349747776343082392014-09-04T07:05:15.965-04:002014-09-04T07:05:15.965-04:00Here again, the Corporate Barons are so busy frant...Here again, the Corporate Barons are so busy frantically tooting their horns over the arena they forget the <br />obvious concerns of Average Person. <br /><br />Where is the grocery shopping? <br />Where is the green space for my children?<br />What is the current state of the public school system?<br />What is it like to reside in Allentown during and after a major snow storm?<br />What will be the property taxes if I buy?<br />Will be purchased home gain in value?<br /><br />(hint):Arenas do NOT increase the value of homes. Arenas do NOT improve schools. Arenas do NOT contribute to the overall quality of life by preserving green space. The state of the available green space is another conversation. Arenas are associated with decreases in quality of life: traffic, crowding, possibly certain types of crime. That is why in more responsibly run cities arenas are NEVER located in the middle of neighborhoods downtown. <br /><br />So here is my educated guess about "middle class" people (whatever that means) moving downtown. These "middle class" people are going to sit back, perform due diligence, and ask themselves, Why would I move to Allentown?<br /><br />Why would YOU move your family there? <br /><br />JOBS?? <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Dreaming of Justicenoreply@blogger.com