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Old 03-31-2008, 07:58 AM
 
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Can we say that the Greater Pittsburgh Area boundary goes from the foot of Chestnut Ridge westward to the western bank of the Ohio at Steubenville and Bellaire, OH? Is that a good definition of the east-west boundary? Because by the time you get to Ligonier or Confluence or Cadiz it seems like more of an Appalachian / agrarian culture. Just a thought. North-South boundary I'm not so sure of. At least south to Uniontown & Waynesburg but Morgantown seems too far. North maybe to Ellwood City, but New Castle goes with the Greater Youngstown area. Why do I care? I like geography, that's all.
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Old 03-31-2008, 12:12 PM
 
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It all depends on what sort of area you are trying to define. As we discussed elsewhere, Pittsburgh is the de facto capital city of a broad region that stretches from parts of New York state through West Virginia, and from Central PA into parts of Ohio (incuding Youngstown as a satellite city).

But on the narrow end of the spectrum, the city proper is distinct from its suburbs. And in between, you could define the urbanized zone (which would include inner suburbs but not outer suburbs) and the metropolitan area (which would include the outer suburbs). And I am sure there are more areas you could reasonably define as well.
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Old 03-31-2008, 01:58 PM
 
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Well, when I am in Martins Ferry, OH I still feel like I am in the same region as Latrobe, PA. A guy I know in Wheeling, WV felt like his city was part of the same area as Pittburgh and Greensburg. They are devoted to the Steelers and Buckos in Wheeling, but don't eat ham barbecue or say gum band. Some people in Connellsville say we, us, and our when referring to Pittsburgh. So I guess I would like to define the Pittsburgh Metro Area culturally as well as geographically. By the time you get to Sharon the people aren't eating ham bbq or gobs or drinking Stoney's or saying "My hauhs burned dahn" so maybe you are out of Pgh. by then. In Fairmont, WV they you may still be able to buy Uncle Charley's sausage or see Steelers flags, but the people are starting to get a southern accent, so I'd say you are out of Pgh. by then. Sorry for the weirdness, but I love anthropology, and Pgh. is so distinctive I can't resisist.
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Old 03-31-2008, 04:23 PM
 
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Don't say Pixsburgh.

Ever.

Again.

LOL
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Old 03-31-2008, 11:24 PM
 
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Pittsburgh is the de facto capital city of a broad region that stretches from parts of New York state through West Virginia,
I was pretty surprised to meet a lot of people from Western NY who went to Pitt when I visited. It's probably the best "BIG" school in a large North-South area from past WVU (sorry Mountaineers ) all the way north to Syracuse.
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Old 04-01-2008, 04:39 AM
 
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I was pretty surprised to meet a lot of people from Western NY who went to Pitt when I visited. It's probably the best "BIG" school in a large North-South area from past WVU (sorry Mountaineers ) all the way north to Syracuse.
Indeed, and the same is true of CMU in the private school category (you have to go to upstate New York or all the way down to Vanderbilt in TN to find something in the same league).

Incidentally, I also think it is interesting to look at population density maps. Here is a popular one:

Population Distribution in the United States: Census 2000

When you identify this North-South area we are talking about, it becomes obvious that Pittsburgh is the only relatively high population city in that entire region.
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Old 04-01-2008, 07:18 AM
 
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Interesting answers all...I guess another way of asking the question is when I am driving on I-70 or I-79 how do I know when I've gotten to the Pittsburgh area? When I can pick up Tony Mowad at night on WDUQ? When I can pick up WDVE? When the people start saying yinz? When restaurants stop serving Hunts or Del Monte ketchup? When I see signs advertising cash-bash's and gun-bash's at firehalls?
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