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I'll be honest. I didn't know Pittsburgh was even considered a northeast city. I always felt most considered it more Midwestern but for the sake of this poll I'd choose that for the rolling hills.
Pennsylvania has been a Northeastern state since its existence; those who consider Pittsburgh "Midwestern" either don't have any grasp of geography or just lazily conflate the Midwest with "anything west of the Northeast Corridor."
Pennsylvania has been a Northeastern state since its existence; those who consider Pittsburgh "Midwestern" either don't have any grasp of geography or just lazily conflate the Midwest with "anything west of the Northeast Corridor."
In fairness, Pittsburgh is like half an hour away from the Ohio border, and Ohio is considered to be super duper Midwestern, so I can understand the confusion many have.
In fairness, Pittsburgh is like half an hour away from the Ohio border, and Ohio is considered to be super duper Midwestern, so I can understand the confusion many have.
NE Ohio arguably is similar to many places in the Interior Northeast and was settled by people from CT. So, it may come down to what part of OH.
NE Ohio arguably is similar to many places in the Interior Northeast and was settled by people from CT. So, it may come down to what part of OH.
I think it’s also because people have mental images of the northeast consisting of large, very urban coastal cities with highly educated populations while the Midwest is made up of corn-fields, small collapsed industrial cities, and towns. Anything that doesn’t fit those stereotypes makes people confused, even people from those areas themselves. I remember reading a post in another forum where someone was writing that they now lived in the northeast but grew up in Cleveland so they know what “small-town” life is like. Or there is of course the assumption that everyone in the Midwest lives or interacts with a farm on a daily basis. It’s like someone in the Midwest assuming that someone living in Boston works on a fishing vessel.
It's a little weird that people aren't questioning DC being a NE city. It's technically in the south, and most people truly from the northeast states do not consider DC to be in the northeast at all.
It's a little weird that people aren't questioning DC being a NE city. It's technically in the south, and most people truly from the northeast states do not consider DC to be in the northeast at all.
DC is sort of a transition region and it pretty integrated into the I-95, Acela corridor, so I'm not really too surprised it was included. But Richmond is really head scratchier for me.
In fairness, Pittsburgh is like half an hour away from the Ohio border, and Ohio is considered to be super duper Midwestern, so I can understand the confusion many have.
It has the same distance to Maryland and West Virginia.....Southern states.
Voted Providence for Block Island and the nice beaches in South County and MA’s South Coast.
Yep. It’s easier to have scenic in coastal areas. The Providence MSA goes from Watch Hill on the Connecticut line to Fairhaven MA. It’s a ton of coastline.
The view of Manhattan is the biggest wow factor for urban scenery.
Hmm.
I’m a big fan of Pittsburgh but I just don’t see it leading here. The scenery is very much a one trick pony.
It’s hilly but the hills aren’t all that interesting or attractive. They kinda become monotonous pretty quickly.
I’ve always driven to Pittsburgh (from Richmond, been there 6 times) to visit. Western Virginian and Maryland are beautiful (high peaks, broad valleys) but most of northern WV and PA is just a less striking landscape that becomes redundant and ultimately peters out at the Ohio River. The built environment of Pittsburgh is great and the way the city interacts with the hills is cool but…. NYC, Washington and Boston have hills too, lots of them. Mountains even in their metro areas. But they also have rivers, bays, the ocean, beaches, salt marshes and swamps.
Honestly I’d rate Pittsburgh last out of all of these cities here for natural beauty. I rank it very high for urban beauty of course.
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