For my argumentative essay I went on to the Post Gazette’s website to see what is actually going on locally. I am not one for the news or events going on in town or national. I do not know why but it is something that I have no interest for. My life is hectic enough, I do not need to be reading or hearing about everything else that is depressing in society, especially when it’s not it is just the same things repeated over and over. The first thing on the site that caught my eye was about the snow road cleaning problems Pittsburgh has been having. I have heard and witness a lot of these problems. What really strikes me is the city receiving approximately 2 feet of snow and the entire city shut down. I am originally an hour and a half north east in a valley and we get snow like this every year so it was unbelievable for me to see the reaction of the city. Later, I found out that the reason was because in most of the areas around, streets were not being clean.
Second option for this paper is on the reports of the gang violence in Pittsburgh. Supposedly, there are two big gangs in the North Side area and on Wednesday, 26 people all together were arrested. This is interesting because you hear of gangs but actually reading about them getting caught and arrested is a little disturbing. I would like to write my essay on this because of the thrill of knowing and researching gangs but then again there would be a lot of research, maybe some violence.
Another option is about the littering in Pittsburgh. The Cigarette Litter Prevention Program reports that 33% of the pollution nationwide is from cigarette butts and Pittsburgh is trying to change that. This is a topic that interests me because I hate being around smoke and people that smoke; so to see butts all over the streets and no that they are going into the sewers and polluting more than just the air around us, disgusts me. I am not sure, but I have a feeling that this may be my topic of choice. I have found a few other sites where there is information but not quite sure how much there is.
