People in Pittsburgh like their city very much (eat, title)

[Evergrey]

Originally Posted by LIRefugee

Of the places where I have lived, Pittsburgh has the best balance of self-confidence and non-arrogance.

[LIRefugee]

Arrogance is not the same as rivalry!

[eccotecc]

I currently live in a gateway community to Yosemite National Park in California. Just the other day a friend an I were coming back from fishing the Merced River and decided to stop for lunch in town. As soon as we parked we saw a guy with a Primanti's t-shirt on. I stopped the guy and asked him if he was from Pittsburgh. He was and recently was back home for a visit. We had a brief conversation and he told me he also lives in the area. To make a long story short, after being away from Pittsburgh for 40 years, I still consider myself a Pittsburgher. I'm proud of the city and the neighborhood I was raised in. I owe much to the city for the person I am and to my relative success.

[quaymorris]

Originally Posted by SPSGuy

In Pittsburgh you either have somebody that loves it, or somebody that hates it and complains about how they can't wait to move to Charlotte.

Omg, I want to move to Charlotte ... HOW DID YOU KNOW?!?! lol

Originally Posted by LIRefugee

Of the places where I have lived, Pittsburgh has the best balance of self-confidence and non-arrogance.

I don't know about that ... probably the only real issue I've had with the people in Pittsburgh is the arrogance of how great they think this city is. I totally agree with having pride in your city (I will always have a love-hate thing with Jax, Fl), but I have met a fair number of people here who take it too seriously IMO. I just stay away from those types and hang around people with more balanced views lol.

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by LIRefugee

I think it's good to be proud of where one lives, it's only a problem when it tips over into arrogance. I don't see that as being a problem in Pittsburgh. Of the places where I have lived, Pittsburgh has the best balance of self-confidence and non-arrogance.

I agree with this. PGH's rivalries are primarily sports-based anyway, making such rivalries more tongue-in-cheek and playful for most people, hyper-fanatics aside.

[XRiteMA98]

Originally Posted by szug-bot

i have to say ive heard across-the-board 'hate' (or, dislike) from three kinds of people:

1) students at either Pitt or CMU - at one time, i read in a Pitt new students brochure that the university is located in "Oakland, PA". this speaks volumes. like, get out of Oakland, PA and meet people. there is life way beyond the university.

2) foreigners. the comparisons to their paradise hometowns in their respective countries of birth are endless. in no way, shape or form can pittsburgh hold a candle to their hometown where people sit aside slow meandering rivers, painting and speaking poetry to their lovers, whilst breaking open fresh bottles of the best wines in the world.

3) the girl/guy who is staring down the age or 30 and is finding it more and more difficult to get laid by hanging out at the bar. mondays are tough as they try to be productive at work after near dehydration from downing a case of Coors both days prior. monday also means serious discomfort with a mean case of the vapors after several pounds of bratwurst are consumed just 14 hours prior during the gridiron battles. gee, are they right - is pittsburgh is a vast wasteland of boredom and drudgery?

Related to your observation #2: I should say that the foreigners love or hate Pittsburgh according to their success in creating a new life for themselves, if why they came here was to create a new life for themsleves.

And of course foreigners who find it difficult to be happy in Pgh relocate much more easily than the natives. The philosophy here is: I changed countries once, changing cities is nothing.

Foreigners who don;t like Pittsburgh don't particulary like american life style. It has nothing to do with the city. Don't be fool into thinking that they will like New York better. Maybe estetically or culturally, not to live there.

In general people from Europe tend to stay temporarily here because the life styles are different from what they are used to that they can't and won't get adjusted to the American ways. Different life styles does not reffer to wine and poetry but things like politics, universal health care, vacation, guns, violence, environment, food, things that are so different in their country of origin from here like night and day.

Most of them, even if they are married to american citizens, won;t apply for citizenship preferring the green card status. This is valid for celebrities like Antonio Banderas (who will never give up Spain) to my British coworker who thinks his mother tongue is somewhat superior to american english or smth like that.

[ForYourLungsOnly]

ugh..what a boring, cliche, redneck shirt.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by ForYourLungsOnly

ugh..what a boring, cliche, redneck shirt.

And this, I tell you, is the absolute pinnacle of excitement, originality and sophistication!




And so is this, naturally:




If only Pittsburgh could be as worldly as the lands of milk and honey off to the west.

[Copanut]

Yeah, whatever happened to being clever?

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by Copanut

Yeah, whatever happened to being clever?

Most people aren't smart enough to be clever or appreciate cleverness.