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Originally Posted by themaguffin
Ugh, Sigh. Here we go again. Not every city in a region is the same. Jesus, is that breaking news here???
Pittsburgh is not a coastal city, nor is it as big as its coastal peers, however the Northeast is home to a lot of cities on the coast, inland, in flat and mountain-like areas. Seriously, I would expect simplistic definitions of a region in City Data, but not here.
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It's smack dab in the middle of Appalachia! It's Appalachian! Appalachia is a region and there are a gazillion books out there about it.
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Also all regions border other regions and some cities are near the border, like Pittsburgh and DC are to other regions and share some influence from the neighboring region.
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Again, so what? Pittsburgh is in the middle of a distinct region, which is Appalachia. The Great Lakes region overlaps the geographical Midwest and Northeast too, but it's still a distinct region.
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"Big city Appalachia" is a ridiculous term to describe Pittsburgh, which is why I have never heard the term before now.
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Well, apparently you've never read Pittsburgh's wikipedia page:
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Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia[8] and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States.
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