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Old 11-14-2012, 11:13 AM
 
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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My relatives hail from the hollers as well. Hell, I went to WVU and have spent many a summer there. I love the place, but they have seemed to be in reverse recently.
There's a town with my name there named after mine. They left 143 years ago (didn't really go to Pittsburgh) but I still have relatives there. I got invited to a ramp dinner family reunion awhile back.
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Old 11-14-2012, 09:52 PM
 
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Didn't realize Pittsburgh was considered so high-and-mighty. I guess only in WV do people look to pittsburghers as "those snooty types up there in steel city, with their fancy "electricity" and book-learnin" . Thank goodness Pittsburgh helped deliver the PA vote for the good guys.
I'm sure it was all those hyper educated types in the Hill District that carried the day. Are you a community organizer?
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