Wrote an article about blight in the Mon Valley. Learned a lot while writing it.Submitted by Omgitsjustdae t3_zx18wk in pittsburgh
la-cockroacha t1_j1zpl70 wrote
The real answer is to get people into good jobs so they can revitalize their own houses and neighborhoods. The government has been trying to revitalize neighborhoods for 60 years and things are worse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/04/ten-million-job-openings-labor-shortage/
Omgitsjustdae OP t1_j1zpzra wrote
Yes indeed. Braddock had an employment training center that was helpful in getting people jobs it closed down quite some time ago and now the average household isn't making more than 30k.
That tied in with the high concentration of low income housing is preventing people from getting and keeping such jobs making no room for upward mobility.
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