Comments on: News and Notes, and a Bankruptcy Question or Two http://madisonian.net/2008/05/19/news-and-notes-and-a-bankruptcy-question-or-two/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Thu, 10 May 2012 20:32:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Madison http://madisonian.net/2008/05/19/news-and-notes-and-a-bankruptcy-question-or-two/comment-page-1/#comment-251105 Mike Madison Mon, 19 May 2008 20:20:56 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=1414#comment-251105 Frank -- The natural population decline is much more pronounced in the City of Pittsburgh, to be sure. And technically, the financial impact of a municipal bankruptcy would fall only on City residents. But Pittsburgh's suburbs and the City are economically dependent on one another in a more or less traditional way (that is, there are only a few, relatively modest centers of economic activity in the region outside of the City proper). In other words, in my view if Pittsburgh goes, so goes the rest of the region. Mike Frank — The natural population decline is much more pronounced in the City of Pittsburgh, to be sure. And technically, the financial impact of a municipal bankruptcy would fall only on City residents. But Pittsburgh’s suburbs and the City are economically dependent on one another in a more or less traditional way (that is, there are only a few, relatively modest centers of economic activity in the region outside of the City proper). In other words, in my view if Pittsburgh goes, so goes the rest of the region. Mike

]]> By: Frank http://madisonian.net/2008/05/19/news-and-notes-and-a-bankruptcy-question-or-two/comment-page-1/#comment-251103 Frank Mon, 19 May 2008 19:30:03 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=1414#comment-251103 Well, if this trend continues, there will be no one left to dun: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18pittsburgh.html?scp=1&sq=cities+elderly&st=nyt I think this is Jersey City's strategy as well... Seriously, that NYT piece could not have included all the Pitt suburbs, could it have? Well, if this trend continues, there will be no one left to dun:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18pittsburgh.html?scp=1&sq=cities+elderly&st=nyt

I think this is Jersey City’s strategy as well…

Seriously, that NYT piece could not have included all the Pitt suburbs, could it have?

]]> By: Michael Risch http://madisonian.net/2008/05/19/news-and-notes-and-a-bankruptcy-question-or-two/comment-page-1/#comment-251099 Michael Risch Mon, 19 May 2008 17:29:42 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=1414#comment-251099 I don't know the answer, but the Orange County bankruptcy might point you in the right direction: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3D61439F931A15751C1A963958260 http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=67646 I don’t know the answer, but the Orange County bankruptcy might point you in the right direction:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3D61439F931A15751C1A963958260
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=67646

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