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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Well, Pittsburgh is culturally midwest even if they aren't geographically so.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it was settled by a lot of the same type of Germans who continued west from there during the mid 19th Century.. and its proximity to Cleveland has always sort of made it the easternmost Midwestern city..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Aside from the Browns/Steelers rivalry, I don’t get why there is so much animosity between people in the two cities. Having lived there for a couple of years after growing up in NEOhio, I miss Pittsburgh, and there’s a lot of commonality to be shared there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Pittsburgh is geographically midwest as well. The Appalachians were the historical eastern border of the Midwest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We're way too confrontational to be culturally midwest.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't been to much of the Midwest, then, I guess

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I figured it was mostly passive aggressiveness rather than aggressiveness. Michigan has it too but I chalked that up to rust-belt overlap.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Could be; I'm in Chicago, so what I see is just active aggressiveness, haha.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Philly, on the other hand, is culturally... Philly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I view Pittsburgh as honorary Midwestern territory. It's a fantastic city, too.

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ey. Fuck you for saying so. And, fuck Pittsburgh. 🤌🏼