Posted by Max on February 20, 2007 at 08:02:31 (EST):
In Reply to: Re: Area Economic Revitalization posted by Underdog on February 19, 2007 at 23:58:55 (EST):
: I realize this area needs good jobs but there is no reason to destroy our communities to do so. I know this is not the ONLY cause of unemployment, but one major cause is that so many people in Armstrong county do not want to drive more than 20 miles to work. That's just not how it works anymore. And.... there was a LOT more about Miller Brewery than you may realize.... for instance, at the time, the people who lived in those areas depended on well water and Miller Brewery was not willing to supply necessary infrastructure to bring in city water. If MB sucked the ground dry, what would have happened to the homeowner's property values? In fact, most of South Buffalo township STILL depends on well water. So... before you lable people NIMBYs, you should know what you're talking about.
If it was true about the water, which I doubt, other areas desperate for industry would have supplied the infrastructure not asking Miller Beer to. What we have now is all we will ever have.