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> a declining rustbelt city Your opinions are about 30 years behind reality. Why do you think Obama picked them to host the G20?
by spot 16y ago
> a declining rustbelt city
Your opinions are about 30 years behind reality. Why do you think Obama picked them to host the G20?
- natrius 16y agoVotes? I shouldn't know that Altoona, PA even exists, but thanks to the 2008 campaign season, I do. Swing states get attention. I know nothing about Pittsburgh, so I'm not suggesting anything negative about the city. There are just plenty of other possible reasons behind the evidence you gave.
- rwhitman 16y agoI don't think of the G20 as being a marker of endorsement for a city's economic well-being. If anything its akin to putting a big red target mark for chaos & destruction. Pittsburgh may just be well suited to absorbing riots
- spot 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_G-20_Pittsburgh_summit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_G-20_Pittsburgh_summit the Obama Administration announced a change of venue to Pittsburgh in order to highlight the city's economic recovery following the collapse of its manufacturing sector in the latter half of the 20th century.