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As a person born and raised in the Pittsburgh area I think there is confusion and debate on the city.
Most people I know from the area.(Washington county & southwestern suburbs) view the east coast as an entirely different region. New York and Philly are not well thought of. Baltimore, WV, Columbus and Cicni are common weekend getaways. Bristol TN and Charlotte are only 7 hrs away. We go to Wheeling as often or more so than Pittsburgh. Having traveled a lot I see the region as having many different influences. Appalachia has the largest influence. Followed by a northeastern work ethic and southern politeness + some dialect and the midwestern chattiness. We are all messed up! I know this may differ in the inner city and some of the suburbs, but on the whole I believe it holds true. I lived in Columbus for five years and it felt very similar. Maybe we are talking about two different areas Pittsburgh and Ohio Valley region.
why split the bluegrass region in half? cynthiana is not a different cultural region from richmond and is certainly southern culturally. id say go louisville to owenton and then on to charleston wv. although if one is going to including joplin and cairo i think youve got to include maysville ky as well
but i agree with it for the most part and only disagree with it by about 40 or 50 miles in the bluegrass region but the rest is right, assuming you are describing the south-east. when talking about the south as a cultural region its usually good to include the western/plains south as well, the area west of what youve described in TX and OK, ending near new mexico. its southern culturally but not climactically or in appearance.
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when talking about the south as a cultural region its usually good to include the western/plains south as well, the area west of what youve described in TX and OK, ending near new mexico. its southern culturally but not climactically or in appearance
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Okay, we all know geographically these cities are placed in a region but have more in common with another region.
Would you consider Pittsburgh to be in the Northeast region or the Midwest region? Which one do you think it has more in common with?
Would you consider Louisville a southern city or a Midwestern city? Which region does it have more in common with?
Would you consider Kansas City a Midwestern city? Or a mountainous western city like Salt Lake City or Denver? Especially since the city across the state St. Louis is very much Midwestern.
I've always wondered about the cultures of these cities and if they display cultures of another region better than the ones they're geographically in. What do you guys think?
Kansas City = solidly Midwestern (although it is "West Midwest" in its flavor....different than what you would get in Ohio or the Upper Midwest like Michigan, Wisconsin, MN, etc....don't really get into overt Southern culture until you get into Oklahoma.)
Louisville = Predominantly Southern with a dash of the Midwest.
Pittsburgh = Northeastern all the way....it is a stretch to include much of any of the areas of PA in the Midwest IMO.
See to me living in PA - there is a vast differance between the eastern part of the state (more in common with Jersey than most of PA) and the western part - Pittsburgh to me seems more like Cleveland or Cincinatti than it does seem like Phialdelphia - but I do agree in some ways it may be the largest city quasi appalachia city -also it's closet NE ties are actually to DC (of which it is much closer to than Philly or NYC) and DC is in many ways the least NE city in the NE corrider
Disagree. To start off with, Cleveland feels nothing like Cincinnati. Secondly, Pittsburgh is definitely a mixture of Appalachia and Eastern, while Cleveland is Midwest and Eastern. I just don't see many similarities between Cleveland and Pitt, or Cleveland and Cincy. Just IMO, I've visited all the cities many times.
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