overrated things of pittsburgh

[850_branded]

Originally Posted by Copanut

Congrats, you're a true Pgher, What? Cross a river, go over a bridge, I'll just stay here.

I used to hear that a lot when I lived there...that certain (older) people have literally never stepped foot outside whatever township or borough they were born/grew up in. Thought is was funny as hell. All the different places to go and see in and around the city and they wanna stay holed up in Carnegie? That always got a chuckle out of me.

Originally Posted by feanix

I've travelled quite a bit (cross country in a car, as far North as New Hampshire and as far South as Mexico). Never once did I think, "Wow, Pittsburgh's really cloudy in comparison." I spent a summer in Tacoma, now that place stood out as cloudy to me! Personally, I would have thought the humidity would have been the main complaint of Pittsburgh weather.

I always found Pittsburgh's weather pretty appealing. Not just in one season, but in all four seasons. None of the seasons were extreme and all seemed to flow nicely from one to the next. I know some people who can't stand snow, but having been born and raised with 4 seasons I don't think I would fare well in a climate that didn't have them.

After my second winter there, I just said "to heck with it--deal with it". Now mind you, I come from a place where our four season are "almost summer", "summer", "still summer", and "dammit--its STILL summer?", which is a stark contrast to "almost winter", "winter", "still winter", and the yearlong one, "contstruction". lol All jokes aside, I couldn't take all the gray days too well--or the cold initially, or the snow--but, I suppose it's all just part of the charm of living up north.

To the point of this thread...of all the things that speak to "Pittsburgh character"--that which is the first thing to be pointed out to a visitor--I gotta go with a few others and say Primanti's is the most overrated. Never cared for the place at all. Not even a little bit.

[robrobrob]

I have to agree with a lot of what is said. Triangle is awful, same for the famous Vinnie Pie. It used to be that the Sharp Edge was great but there are bottle shops everywhere now. So now overrated.

To me the most overrated thing in the burgh is the South Side. If you aren't 22 and like to puke every weekend it is not for you.

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by Copanut

Congrats, you're a true Pgher, What? Cross a river, go over a bridge, I'll just stay here.

Originally Posted by 850_branded

I used to hear that a lot when I lived there...that certain (older) people have literally never stepped foot outside whatever township or borough they were born/grew up in. Thought is was funny as hell. All the different places to go and see in and around the city and they wanna stay holed up in Carnegie? That always got a chuckle out of me.

Don't you believe it, it's the young people as well. I had my car towed from McCandless to Dormont one time and the 20 something driver went into shock when he had to cross a river and go through a tunnel.

[trotter_rej]

What's really overrated is the contention that Pittsburghers refuse to cross rivers or go through tunnels. If that were true, there wouldn't be backups at ALL of the tunnels every morning and afternoon. Every traffic report I hear mentions the three main tunnels, and the Ft. Pitt, Liberty, and Veterans bridges at a minimum. Also, everyone who waits to go through the Ft. Pitt tunnel inbound has to cross at least 1 river as well, so all of those people do both.