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I too, think Pgh doesn't belong in the title. Probably would put it in the up and coming class. Along with Nashville, Louisville, Denver, etc. Nashville and Louisville have good weather - that will help in their favor.
Sure any city of a certain size will have hipsters. That doesn'tmean it's destined to be a hipster mecca.
I too, think Pgh doesn't belong in the title. Probably would put it in the up and coming class. Along with Nashville, Louisville, Denver, etc. Nashville and Louisville have good weather - that will help in their favor.
Sure any city of a certain size will have hipsters. That doesn'tmean it's destined to be a hipster mecca.
Haven't been to Pittsburgh recently? It's not stuck in the 80's like half of the country thinks it is. While I agree its not quite at the level that Portland and Austin are, its way way ahead of Nashville and Louisville. Denver is more its league. Both are bigger than mid sized but not quite huge cities.
Haven't been to Pittsburgh recently? It's not stuck in the 80's like half of the country thinks it is. While I agree its not quite at the level that Portland and Austin are, its way way ahead of Nashville and Louisville. Denver is more its league. Both are bigger than mid sized but not quite huge cities.
I half-agree with your post. The only thing "stuck in the 1980's" is outsiders' perceptions of the city. With that said, for as much as Pittsburgh and Allegheny County have changed in the last 10 years, much of rural western Pennsylvania still is stuck in the past. Also, I wouldn't quite group Pittsburgh with Denver because Denver has always had a sort of "hip" undercurrent to balance out whatever suburban banality might be there. Pittsburgh's undercurrent only developed within the last 10 years. And you're underrating Nashville too, which is more than just country music. In fact, I'd put Pittsburgh and Nashville together as the sort of up-and-coming "hip" cities.
I don't. Philadelphia is too large/established, Providence is too under the radar, and I just don't see it for Baltimore.
It's called revitalization and redevelopment. Not everyone is attracted to cities that seem like they are decades off from maturing and would rather be part of a city's rebirth/comeback.
Older cities (those that were essentially built-out pre-WWII) have a built environment with tons of potential from an urban livability perspective.
Pittsburgh, Austin and Portland are cities safely within the middle in terms of their size and influence. Chicago is one of the largest cities in the world.
Besides, I don't think Chicago's doing half bad anyway right now. For all of its flaws, people are still flocking to Chicago to live, millions of people visit the town every year and have a great time (all people in Michigan talk about is how fun and great Chicago is), it has best transit system in the US outside of NYC and maybe San Francisco, it has the best shopping experience in the US outside of NYC and maybe San Francisco, and not to mention it's the economic powerhouse of the Midwest and has some of the highest economic output of any city in the world.
A lot of Philly's draw comes from bohemian types who look at the cost of New York and decide it isn't worth it so they move to Philly. Twenty years ago you couldn't have paid them to live there. Eventually Philly will be mostly gentrified too. At that point Baltimore is the next logical city on the east coast.
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