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		<title>By: Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cathode Ray Tube,

Good, I think I speak for most here when I say we&#039;re glad to hear that you&#039;re done with your self-serving diatribe.  Ginny is right.  You lost me, and probably dozens of others with your self-righteous, condescending attitude.  I hold degrees in urban planning and history, but I prefer not to ram my opinions down everyone&#039;s throat.  Your &quot;argument&quot; has significant holes in it, and is extremely narrow in its perspective...ignoring significant socioeconomic, cultural and geographic issues that play a huge role in this topic.  Furthermore, comparing a city like Copenhagen to Pittsburgh is the epitome of apples to oranges for many reasons. 

There is no point in having a discussion with someone like you.  You&#039;re in it only to hear yourself drone on and on.  You have zero interest in anything anyone else brings to the table.  You always have to have the last word (guarantee you&#039;ll do it again here).  You are rude and belittling, and I think I speak for many here when I say I&#039;m sick and tired of hearing you intellectually masturbate over your friggin&#039; &quot;data&quot;. 

Best of all, you wasted a significant portion of your weekend proclaiming the death of our city over a one month weekend-only parking policy in the comments section of a blog.  That&#039;s just laughable.  

As stated above, I know you&#039;ll need to get the last word in here.  Blowhards like you always do.  Don&#039;t hold your breath waiting on a response from me.  It won&#039;t be coming.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cathode Ray Tube,</p>
<p>Good, I think I speak for most here when I say we&#8217;re glad to hear that you&#8217;re done with your self-serving diatribe.  Ginny is right.  You lost me, and probably dozens of others with your self-righteous, condescending attitude.  I hold degrees in urban planning and history, but I prefer not to ram my opinions down everyone&#8217;s throat.  Your &#8220;argument&#8221; has significant holes in it, and is extremely narrow in its perspective&#8230;ignoring significant socioeconomic, cultural and geographic issues that play a huge role in this topic.  Furthermore, comparing a city like Copenhagen to Pittsburgh is the epitome of apples to oranges for many reasons. </p>
<p>There is no point in having a discussion with someone like you.  You&#8217;re in it only to hear yourself drone on and on.  You have zero interest in anything anyone else brings to the table.  You always have to have the last word (guarantee you&#8217;ll do it again here).  You are rude and belittling, and I think I speak for many here when I say I&#8217;m sick and tired of hearing you intellectually masturbate over your friggin&#8217; &#8220;data&#8221;. </p>
<p>Best of all, you wasted a significant portion of your weekend proclaiming the death of our city over a one month weekend-only parking policy in the comments section of a blog.  That&#8217;s just laughable.  </p>
<p>As stated above, I know you&#8217;ll need to get the last word in here.  Blowhards like you always do.  Don&#8217;t hold your breath waiting on a response from me.  It won&#8217;t be coming.</p>
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		<title>By: CRT</title>
		<link>http://thatschurch.com/2011/11/18/finally-4/comment-page-1/#comment-363458</link>
		<dc:creator>CRT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m done with this.  I show my work with data (and just dismissing studies by claiming bias and not showing flaws in the data itself is pretty nihilist if you ask me -- how do you determine what to believe if everything is bought and paid for?), and y&#039;all just keep on keepin&#039; on with &quot;I&#039;m a commuter, dagnabbit, so, like, common sense!&quot;  Well, common sense also says you should bunt with no outs and a player on first, but the data shows that you lose more games than you win with that (excuse me while I throw darts at a picture of clint hurdle).  You can&#039;t trust common sense.  You need numbers.  But if it makes you more comfortable to sit in your solipsism, fine.  Just know that it means you love Pittsburgh enough to read a blog about it, but not enough to pay your fair share.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m done with this.  I show my work with data (and just dismissing studies by claiming bias and not showing flaws in the data itself is pretty nihilist if you ask me &#8212; how do you determine what to believe if everything is bought and paid for?), and y&#8217;all just keep on keepin&#8217; on with &#8220;I&#8217;m a commuter, dagnabbit, so, like, common sense!&#8221;  Well, common sense also says you should bunt with no outs and a player on first, but the data shows that you lose more games than you win with that (excuse me while I throw darts at a picture of clint hurdle).  You can&#8217;t trust common sense.  You need numbers.  But if it makes you more comfortable to sit in your solipsism, fine.  Just know that it means you love Pittsburgh enough to read a blog about it, but not enough to pay your fair share.</p>
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		<title>By: T</title>
		<link>http://thatschurch.com/2011/11/18/finally-4/comment-page-1/#comment-363454</link>
		<dc:creator>T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am sorry, but I am really sick of hearing people complain about commuters and how we should be taxed or punished for coming into the city.  I am a commuter and I forever will be.  Nothing anyone does will change that, I happen to like where I live, which is close to my family.  Most of the businesses probably wouldn&#039;t be as profitable as they are without people who do not live in the city.  Making it even more inconvenient for me to come into downtown for dinner after work will just encourage me to go elsewhere.  This is a step in the right direction for the business owners here in the city.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am sorry, but I am really sick of hearing people complain about commuters and how we should be taxed or punished for coming into the city.  I am a commuter and I forever will be.  Nothing anyone does will change that, I happen to like where I live, which is close to my family.  Most of the businesses probably wouldn&#8217;t be as profitable as they are without people who do not live in the city.  Making it even more inconvenient for me to come into downtown for dinner after work will just encourage me to go elsewhere.  This is a step in the right direction for the business owners here in the city.</p>
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		<title>By: Mary</title>
		<link>http://thatschurch.com/2011/11/18/finally-4/comment-page-1/#comment-363391</link>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Free parking will get my ass downtown more often.  Just sayin.</description>
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		<title>By: Butcher's Dog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Butcher's Dog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@CRT: The problem I have with data is the whole &quot;lies, damn lies, and statistics&quot; notion.  Any study &quot;commissioned&quot; by anyone is paid for by that person/organization.  My skeptical nature (remember, I spent 37 years grading student papers) tells me that the data is going to prove whatever the sponsor set out for it to prove.  And since we&#039;re in our sixth decade of the sprawl you decry, I&#039;m thinking it&#039;s the intrenched way of our world.  Bucdaddy&#039;s certainly right about London, but the place can be disrupted by outages or terrorist activity too easily to make me comfortable.

I grew up on a farm where we had to drive at least 15 miles to the nearest town of any size.  And I spent 33 of those 37 years of teaching walking across the street to go to work. Grocery store, wine shoppe, and beer distributor are all within two miles of my house. Hate crowds, like my car, not interested in moving to a city.  That may or may not make sense, but that&#039;s just my curmudgeonly self talking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@CRT: The problem I have with data is the whole &#8220;lies, damn lies, and statistics&#8221; notion.  Any study &#8220;commissioned&#8221; by anyone is paid for by that person/organization.  My skeptical nature (remember, I spent 37 years grading student papers) tells me that the data is going to prove whatever the sponsor set out for it to prove.  And since we&#8217;re in our sixth decade of the sprawl you decry, I&#8217;m thinking it&#8217;s the intrenched way of our world.  Bucdaddy&#8217;s certainly right about London, but the place can be disrupted by outages or terrorist activity too easily to make me comfortable.</p>
<p>I grew up on a farm where we had to drive at least 15 miles to the nearest town of any size.  And I spent 33 of those 37 years of teaching walking across the street to go to work. Grocery store, wine shoppe, and beer distributor are all within two miles of my house. Hate crowds, like my car, not interested in moving to a city.  That may or may not make sense, but that&#8217;s just my curmudgeonly self talking.</p>
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