What is pittsburgh? midwest or northeast or...Other??? (Bristol, Rochester: neighborhood, buy)

[Ilovehockey85]

Northeast cities seem to be the exception actually.

Most cities in the US are like Midwestern cities than Northeastern.

There seems to be this prevailing notion that if its not Northeastern, then its Midwestern, or that theyre polar opposites of eachother.

I think "Midwestern" cities are the default types of cities........ in America.

Still, Buffalo and other Upstate NY cities, and Pittsburgh are Eastern cities.

[memberX]

I don't know any midwestern cities with the steep, hilly terrain like Pittsburgh. Also Pittburgh is a part of the Appalachians, which encompasses most of the northeastern states.

[Drover]

This again?

The built environment is 100% Northeast (or mid-Atlantic if you prefer). Culturally it's a blend of Northeast and Midwest.

Originally Posted by memberX

I don't know any midwestern cities with the steep, hilly terrain like Pittsburgh.

Cincinnati.

I don't know many Northeast cities that have steep, hilly terrain like Pittsburgh either.

[DinsdalePirahna]

Originally Posted by Ilovehockey85

Theyre not Midwestern cities.

They (especially Buffalo) have a VERY midwestern feel to them...

(And I've spent a lot of time in both cities and in the midwest)

[11KAP]

lol it looks like it is in apalachia but it is still in a northeastern state,
so that makes it a northern city.

[Ilovehockey85]

Originally Posted by DinsdalePirahna

They (especially Buffalo) have a VERY midwestern feel to them...

(And I've spent a lot of time in both cities and in the midwest)

That still doesnt mean theyre Midwestern. Its just transitional. Most cities in the US are more like Midwestern cities than Northeastern ones, anyway. Northeastern ones may be the exception, and not the rule.


I wonder what you think of Washington, DC.

[starletta8]

Pittsburgh is geographically Northeastern. The US Census Bureau has already settled this debate.

However, as a native western Pennsylvanian who has lived in a number of other Northeastern states as well as a Midwestern state, Pittsburgh is culturally Midwestern. The Appalachians helped to facilitate the cultural identification with our (mid)western neighbors rather than our eastern neighbors.

From personal experience, I found that cities like St. Louis and Dayton reminded me more of home than cities like Philadelphia, Providence, and Hartford. (Note that I'm not even touching the "Pittsburgh isn't like NYC/Boston/Northern NJ" comparison. That's problematic on its own for other reasons that aren't worth the keystrokes.)

[bjimmy24]

I always think of it as Rust Belt- more in common with Cleveland, Buffalo, Milwaukee, etc. than with Boston, NYC, or Indianapolis or Columbus.

[DinsdalePirahna]

Originally Posted by Ilovehockey85

That still doesnt mean theyre Midwestern. Its just transitional. Most cities in the US are more like Midwestern cities than Northeastern ones, anyway. Northeastern ones may be the exception, and not the rule.


I wonder what you think of Washington, DC.

Mostly northeastern, with southern undertones

[aggie75]

Originally Posted by DinsdalePirahna

100 percent right.

Probably the most western of the northeastern cities. I lived there for 5 years and saw very little "midwestern" traits

(btw: Buffalo or Syracuse are probably the most eastern of midwestern cities)

Buffalo and Syracuse are not midwestern.