The reputation of Pittsburgh - Page 3

BG918 · #41 Posted **Apr 4, 2007, 4:54 AM**

I've never been but the pictures make it look pretty nice with the rivers and hills. I would possibly move there for a job but I would have to defend my reasoning to people. Pittsburgh? Why Pittsburgh?

steel · #42 Posted **Apr 4, 2007, 5:02 AM**

The reputation sucks. But unfairly so. The cities that really do suck are the ones people are flocking to in many cases

Taller Better · #43 Posted **Apr 4, 2007, 5:55 AM**

When I think of Pittsburgh, I think of a city that had fallen on hard times, but apparently turned things around and revitalized the core nicely. I've not been there but would like to, some day!

Fusey · #44 Posted **Apr 4, 2007, 6:18 AM**

What do I think of Pittsburgh? My girlfriend's crazy sister is moving there in the fall, so Pittsburgh, best of luck to you.

donybrx · #45 Posted **Apr 4, 2007, 12:47 PM**

Pittsburgh, like Philadephia and much of PA doesn't spend time tooting it's own horn....there's no "tear-their-heads-off-with-our-stuff braggin' like NYC and others......and I never minded that attitude, actually.....at the same time, Pittsburgh has survived the collapse of big steel after having been critical to the nation's evolution for so very long, after having had the 2nd largest number of American corporate HQ's after NYC for years (including many of the oil companies now HQ'd in TX).

And, unless things have changed recently, it's still the nation's largest inland port....bigger than more than a few seaports, actually...a great city...... still.

lawsond · #46 Posted **Apr 5, 2007, 12:19 AM**

we went to pittsburgh thinking god knows what.
to have a good laugh?
what we found was amazing!
the andy warhol museum.
the funicular.
the cathedral of learning.
funky nightlife.
super friendly people.
clean streets.
a great market.
there's that mini-manhattan thing goin on.
it was the most surprising city in the u.s. i've ever been to.
in a good way.

dimondpark · #47 Posted **Apr 5, 2007, 1:06 AM**

I have to agree with fflint, Its one of those cities "back east" to most Californians. Ive actually been there and found it pleasant.

Jeff_in_Dayton · #48 Posted **Apr 5, 2007, 1:38 AM**

Like most other people my age, it was heavy industry, steel mills and air pollution, but also Pittsburgh Paints and their peacock logo, and the famous shot of the point and the skyline, where the rivers meet, sometimes "before and after" shots of the point to illustrate the benefits of urban renewal.

Of course, after actually visiting the place my opinion was drastically revised and expanded, in a positive direction.

From what I can tell Pbgh would be an excellent place to live in.

And I like the people there, too.

PhillyRising · #49 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 3:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by volguus zildrohar

I spent a day about town and summed it all up in three words:

Fertile yuppie soil.

If that city had come up on the radar 15 years ago it would probably be indistinguishable from your Austins or your Charlottes (well, maybe not Charlotte) because so much of Pittsburgh is begging to be massaged back into relevance. Its perception is what's keeping it so low-key (as our West Coast friends clearly indicate) because, looking at some of the other places I've been, there's nothing most cities that have seen a resurgence in the past 15-20 years have done that Pittsburgh couldn't do twice as well with half the fat. It just needs to get the word and raise its profile.

I agree....Pittsburgh is ripe for growth. If the area could lure back half the people that left in the past few decades it would be a miracle!

SSLL · #50 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 3:21 AM**

Great skyline, three rivers, steel, resurgent hi-tech industry

SteveD · #51 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 4:26 AM**

I didn't read prior posts because I didn't want to be influenced by them.

Pittsburgh to me:

Rivers
Mountains
"Uptown" Appalachia?
Steel
Pubs
Football
Carnegie
Declining population
Underrated
Higher Education
Excellent Medical Facilities?
Cloudy
Cold
Old
Iconic skyline view from some nearby hill or mountain

STLgasm · #52 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 4:48 AM**

One of America's great cities. And my girlfriend happens to be from there, which makes both the city and her, even more lovable.

bricky · #53 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 7:45 PM**

Prior to coming to this forum, I (growing up in NJ, living in RI, LA, and now NY) had virtually no thoughts about Pittsburg. It just didn't figure in my worldview, like for instance Akron or Des Moines still don't. But from the photos I've seen here, it seems to have a ton of potential to gentrify, perhaps in 20 or 30 years.

From the photos though, it seems like a large Allentown. Perhaps Allentown x 3 or x 4. Is there some truth to this? Allentown also has beautiful late 19th and early 20th Century architecture, but at the same time feels like it has some lost in time cloud hanging over it, just now being punctured by exurb development finally spilling over into PA from metro NY.

donybrx · #54 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 7:49 PM**

^^^Pittsburgh had been so hoping for your upgrade.....

bricky · #55 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 7:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by donybrx

^^^Pittsburgh had been so hoping for your upgrade.....

I'll take that as sarcasm hehe. Sorry if I came across as patronizing. Not my intention! But frankly for Pittsburgh to come back, it has to get back on the radar screen for far more people and businesses. Unfortunately I don't think SSP will have much to do with that. Perhaps more business friendly policies? I don't know.

PhillyRising · #56 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 9:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by bricky

I'll take that as sarcasm hehe. Sorry if I came across as patronizing. Not my intention! But frankly for Pittsburgh to come back, it has to get back on the radar screen for far more people and businesses. Unfortunately I don't think SSP will have much to do with that. Perhaps more business friendly policies? I don't know.

It's a fallacy to think big corporations pay the amount of taxes they should in higher tax states. It is the small business owners who get wacked or hurt.

Sulley · #57 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 10:32 PM**

I think it's a beautiful capital city... the capital city of West Virginia, that is!

DBR96A · #58 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 10:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Willis McGahee

I think it's a beautiful capital city... the capital city of West Virginia, that is!

Austinlee · #59 Posted **Apr 7, 2007, 4:33 PM**

Sulley: Quit cohorting with Coldayman. We're surrounded by assholes in Pittsburgh. Sulley to the north (& south); Colday to the West.... We're trapped!

PhillyRising · #60 Posted **Apr 7, 2007, 6:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sulley

I think it's a beautiful capital city... the capital city of West Virginia, that is!

So I guess that makes it about the same as Birmingham being the capital of Good Ole Boy Dixie that hasn't been swallowed up by Atlanta's sprawl machine....except Pittsburgh has far less trailer parks and more dentists per capita.