Is Pittsburgh A Northeast/Mid Atlantic/Mid West Town? (York: universities, dangerous)

[Bagger]

There was a long thread on this topic not long ago:
//www.city-data.com/forum/pitts...h-located.html

I kind of like Mideast.

[BrianTH]

I think Cleveland is in the Great Lakes region, along with Detroit, Chicago, and so on. Pittsburgh is not, at least in my view.

[pman]

Originally Posted by Thruway

NO....one of my pet peeves is when people lump DC in with NY.
DC is the mid-atlantic.
It has no culture...it just borrows from all the transplants and local rednecks.

The mid-atlantic is Balwmer and DC.....two areas not good enough to be wanted by the north or south.
Philly-NY-BOS is the northeast.

If you lump NY and DC together you do so calling them east coast cities...but do not call NY a mid-atlantic city.
It is too far north.

I don't agree entirely. I'd cal everything south of NYC mid-atlantic. Philly is most definitely mid-atlantic as is Delaware. I believe, geographically, they share similar traits. I'd also point out that Philly and Pittsburgh aren't that different. both are former industrial powerhouses (reall, that can be said of all of Pennsylvania, the Keystone state. ) both show traits characteristic of PA (clinging steadfastly to the past, giving directions by where things used to be, confusing roads) though, to be sure, there's always been a fair amount of distrust.

[jimmyev]

Too bad 'Appalachia' has such bad connotations. But 'Ohio Valley' is a nice synonym. Driving into Cinncinnati at night from Kentucky looked like the second-prettiest skyline next to Pittsburgh's. And the houses in Wheeling, Weirton, Morgantown and Charleston spill down the hillsides like the homes in Pittsburgh.

[bradjl2009]

Originally Posted by Little Mizz Pittsburgh

I agree wholeheartedly. When my friends, from Philly, come visit me, they always say "I can't believe we're in the same state"....lmaoooooooo

I say the same thing when I'm in Eastern PA lol. Also, my pet peeve is when we are called the Mid-Atlantic. Pittsburgh is one of the farthest things from the Mid-Atlantic.

[Katarina Witt]

Having lived in Pittsburgh, rural Illinois, and now Colorado, I can tell you that not only do most Pittsburghers think Pgh is not the midwest, most midwesterners and westerners don't think that, either. If you go west, it is obvious that people in the other parts of the US think of Pittsburgh as eastern. Not east coast, but eastern. Most Pittsburghers seem to orient themselves more to the east than the midwest.

[pman]

Originally Posted by bradjl2009

I say the same thing when I'm in Eastern PA lol. Also, my pet peeve is when we are called the Mid-Atlantic. Pittsburgh is one of the farthest things from the Mid-Atlantic.

eh, I'd say you aren't digging below the surface much. San Diego is about as far from mid-atlantic as you can get.

[ctoocheck]

I know another well-known region already has this name... but "mid-east" would be my suggestion. Not really east, not really midwest... Of course it's not a practical name for everyday use, but... ya know.

[Nebat]

Pittsburgh is in the northeast, just not part of the BosWash corridor. I could never understand how NY, NJ and PA could be considered mid-atlantic. Geographically they are not in the middle of the east coast. Pittsburgh and Cleveland might be rivals in industry and distance but they are definitely different type of cities with Pittsburgh winning hands down in my book. On another note, geographically speaking, I think Ohio is barely in the mid-west as it is. Yeah it might be a little flat, but when I think of the term mid-west I think of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and places like that. And why does a city have to be a clone of NYC or Boston to be considered "northeast"? I thought individuality of cities is what made them special. Not that all those cities are the same, but it seems most people expect everything to be the same when they move to another city or state. Sorry, it just doesn't work like that.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by Nebat

I could never understand how NY, NJ and PA could be considered mid-atlantic.

I think people tend to confuse Northeast with New England.