Let's be clear: I commented about a very specific part of Pittsburgh - Larimer Ave, the Little Italy of Pittsburgh with Labriola's and Pompa's grocery stores, and Stagno's Bakery, St Peter's and Paul's Church and school and Help of Christians church.

As I posted above, there are any number of pictures on the web of Larimer Ave in the 60s when it was still a largely Italian avenue and was a great and vibrant place to live. Look at it now; use Google Earth to cruise up and down that Avenue. If you do, you'll see that it is full of empty lots and dilapidated housing and businesses, and crumbling streets and sidewalks. Why? Was it the weather or earthquakes? The Italians left, the Irish left, the Germans left, the Slovaks left. Figure out who moved in.

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