| ▲ | doublepg23 4 hours ago |
| Unexpected to see this talked about on HN. I actually went through the Allegheny county “newcomer tax” just some months ago. It was a bit of a strange process to appeal (I lost; my house is very weird for the area). While I do see the benefit for not raising taxes so consistently for long-term owners (and could definitely see gentrification-esque effects) it does seem like a pretty obvious - if bitter - pill to swallow if the area is going to have any chance of continued growth. |
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| ▲ | trollbridge 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| If the only way to have growth is to kick out the existing inhabitants, one wonders what the purpose of “growth” is. |
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| ▲ | doublepg23 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | How can you sustain a city if the existing inhabitants children would rather leave? | | |
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| ▲ | Vaslo 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Don’t worry my friend - they will do it to you again in 5 years, and you can lose again and pay extra tax if you like. |
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| ▲ | happytoexplain 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Continued growth to what end...? |
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| ▲ | doublepg23 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Jobs and new families? I’ve become intimately familiar with Youngstown, OH - about 70 miles away from the Pittsburgh - and it’s a great case study of how far a once-powerhouse city can fall if it doesn’t a actively reinvent itself. | |
| ▲ | ghgdynb1 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Ultimately to the end of allowing Pittsburgh and the surrounding area to be a place with agglomeration effects, growth, and opportunities enough to allow smart and ambitious young people to remain in the area as opposed to brain draining into the Acela corridor. It’s sad when a city that could go either way chooses to rust and its most talented young people no longer have the option of staying in their home if they want dynamic careers. | |
| ▲ | jimbokun 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | The city not dying. |
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