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Originally posted by 33girl
What area(s) were you in?
That's why I made the Lincoln Park comment - obviously all of Chicagoland is not like one suburb. All of Pittsburgh (I'm talking the whole area, not just downtown) is like the South Side or Downtown or Greentree or Rankin.
I just think this kind of writing is ridiculous and like honeychile said, makes him look like the idiot. I don't get that he's appreciative of how much we love the Steelers - it's like he's saying the town sucks, our team has a sucky name and we're losers to be this into a football team.
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Suburb? Again, look at the map. It's right outside of the Downtown region. I have never heard anyone refer to it as a suburb. I've lived in the South Side, downtown and in Lincoln Park.
As for the image of Pitt being a steel town, it is. It was built on steel. The mills have only been gone a short while. Here are 3 steel corporations located inside Pittburgh:
U S Steel Corporation: Headquarters & General Offices - 0.1 miles NE - 600 Grant St, Pittsburgh, 15219 - (412) 433-1121
Allegheny Ludlum - 1.3 miles SE - 1000 Six PPG pl, Pittsburgh, 15203 - (412) 394-2800
Quality Rolls - 0.8 miles SE - 1101 Muriel St, Pittsburgh, 15203 - (412) 431-8250
I don't know if all the old mills are gone or if some were converted to other uses. If there isn't a single one to be seen in any form, then it's a fallacy but it's not the end of the world. The city may get revitalized and it may not be steel fumes in the air every day, but it's not like you are waking up to the sun, the warmth and the ocean. This is his opinion. Just like I can find the Bronx to be ugly, this guy can find Pittsburgh to be ugly. Anything else, is anti-American.
-Rudey