[deleted] OP t1_jasbaq0 wrote
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hypotenoos t1_jasblmt wrote
Most of the people live in the county vs city- by a very wide margin.
Allegheny probably doesn’t need 130 municipalities, but probably does need more than 1.
HomicidalHushPuppy t1_jaspqmk wrote
>Allegheny probably doesn’t need 130 municipalities, but probably does need more than 1.
There's a lot of purple/red territory outside city limits. People would have a shit fit if they tried to form a unified city-county government. Personally I'd move just because I don't want to be under the city goverment, regardless of who's in charge.
hypotenoos t1_jasqiw5 wrote
Oh I think the city would get smacked down hard if it was a countywide operation. It would be 900k vs 300k.
Other than perhaps the boroughs that butt right against the city most don’t view Pittsburgh as the pinnacle of governance and keeper of the public trust. The way things have gone with plowing every year has ensured that.
MRG_1977 t1_jaucc8b wrote
PA residents endless complain about local property taxes.
Too many school districts and way too much dinky municipalities yet same residents refuse to merge with adjacent municipalities to have a broader tax base and reduce need to increase property taxes.
Local residents complain loudly about local property taxes.
Repeat cycle of stagnation. Change is always hard but it seems extra super hard in most parts of PA.
susinpgh t1_jat2lnt wrote
A lot of people would agree with that. Wilkinsburg has a proposal to merge with Pittsburgh:
https://wilkinsburgmerger.org/
There is a lot of consolidation of services with Pittsburgh in Allegheny County that don't include annexation. Waste disposal and policing in particular. EMS, not so much. IIRC, a lot of municipalities in Allegheny County maintain their own volunteer fire dept.
Also, this is such a great question. Have you checked in with r/urbanplanning to discuss the classification issue? I worked for a small neighborhood association for a few years, and we were qualified for certain CDBG grants because of our demographics. I am sure that there are other economic opportunities that are offered to 1st class tiers that aren't offered to all classes. Some of those would be infrastructure opportunities, like airports, interstate roads, and consumer rail development.
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