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On 12/18/2021 1:12, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
> On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 6:10:46 PM UTC-8, Michael Trew wrote:
>> On 12/16/2021 2:42, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
>>> On Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 6:15:47 PM UTC-8, Michael Trew wrote:
>>>> On 12/11/2021 12:33, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 12:05:50 PM UTC-8, Jeff Rubard wrote:
>>>>>> But if you're ready to move beyond fastbacking, I hope you enjoy that
>>>>>> swag: I got another used copy of *Lenin and Philosophy*, and I'll work
>>>>>> on Sun Ra (one's evidently not supposed to read Carl Schmitt anymore,
>>>>>> I guess he's too left-wing).
>>>>>
>>>>> DATELINE 2021: I can hardly remember I went to Pitt anymore, and it's actually kind of an "isn't this ironic" version. Hang in there, kitty.
>>>>> On the other hand, I'm still "tasked" to thinking "Does the T's Northside extension make it a proper system or not?"
>>>>> Alma mater indeed, I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeffrey Rubard
>>>> I'll be damned. I didn't know any local Pittsburgh people still posted
>>>> here.
>>>
>>> I'm not really a local Pittsburgh person; I'm a "Portland yinzer", like that was a thing to be (gourmet hamburgers with gold lame in them, that kind of thing these days). But I did go to Pittsburgh ages ago at the end of the 20th century and got a bachelor's degree there.
>> Ah, I see. Well, I was surprised to see a Pittsburgh-related post, none
>> the less.
>
> Sure. You know, the thing is that living in Pittsburgh "au fond" (even as one of the students Pittsburgh was ever *least* fond of) makes you something like "contractually committed" to rep the city, even if you have seen more Terrible Towels by far. And, as someone "taken in" by the mystique of the Portland I only lived *near*, this seemed like "a rip" when in reality it is merely somewhat unfortunate and ambiguous, like all urbanity.

I'd much rather be associated with Pittsburgh than the Cleveland... ick, lol

> Mod Rocker: In an era where "desirable" cities might as well be on another planet, Pittsburgh serves a really interesting niche. Roughly, "fancy" Pittsburgh -- which is what actual Pittsburghers know it mostly really is -- is something like "New York without the subway", both in terms of the *Bauplan* of a life there and the amenities available to residents. Do everything the Fortune 500 wants you to? Check. "Top shelf" meals, cultural institutions like art galleries and bookstores, "civic traditions" like Schenley Park etc? Check. So in this it resembles a faintly mythical thing, "virtuous, working-class" New York (usually secretly called "residential" by those in the know and actually limited to those whose middle-class origins or commitments are "ironclad" and lust for Smithian honor, that thing you've heard of, is boundless).

Do you see Pittsburgh bars out your way?  I've even seen them in Florida 
before when traveling... it always surprises me.

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Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-11 09:33 -0800
  Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-12-12 21:15 -0500
    Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-15 23:42 -0800
      Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-12-17 21:10 -0500
        Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-17 22:12 -0800
          Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-18 07:55 -0800
            Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-18 22:30 -0800
              Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-12-19 20:13 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-21 09:04 -0800
          Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-12-19 20:16 -0500
            Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-21 09:06 -0800
              Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-23 13:49 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-12-24 02:33 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-24 00:21 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-24 07:46 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-25 01:24 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2021-12-27 13:18 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-27 22:41 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2021-12-31 14:52 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2022-01-01 17:28 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2022-01-01 23:29 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2022-01-02 20:17 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2022-01-03 08:57 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2022-01-04 23:40 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2022-01-16 17:28 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2022-01-21 14:25 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2022-01-22 21:14 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2022-01-22 18:46 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2022-01-24 01:06 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2022-01-25 15:18 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2022-01-29 13:42 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2022-01-29 16:15 -0800
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2022-02-25 01:47 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> - 2022-01-02 20:14 -0500
                Re: Phony Postal Codes From Pitt Jeffrey Rubard <jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com> - 2022-01-03 08:54 -0800

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