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Sponsor |  carouselle | Nov 21, 2007 9:54pm | Hip City U.S.A.? It's the Pitts
by Dick Blackburn
Natch, there're plenty more obvious cool capitals. Tourist
mobs will never dim the eternal hipness of S.F or N.O.
Still, overexposure has rendered both a bit too holy and
Home on the Range-ish. Contrarywise, P-burgh's industrial
armpit rep pisses off its many denizens who know they're
boss and dig having a place called The Iron And Glass Bank.
Homeboy Gary Koteski thinks the town's frigid because, after
working the night shift, steelworkers "go home and watch
Leave It To Beaver reruns. Click to continue reading |
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Sponsor | | rieraci | Nov 24, 2007 8:49am | | Geez, he found steelworkers somewhere? |
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Sponsor | | carouselle | Nov 24, 2007 8:54am | | That is rather amazing isn't it?? |
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Sponsor | | rieraci | Nov 25, 2007 5:53pm | | Yah, he either saw a ghost or went to a retirement home. Or maybe his article was written in 1980 and just made print now. |
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|  darlin741 | Dec 14, 2007 6:52am | | Yes..we are a hip town....My husband who passed away on November 30th was a retired steelworker for 30 years and he loved being from the "Steel City".... |
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Sponsor | | rieraci | Dec 14, 2007 2:29pm | | Sorry to hear about your husband. But yah, the steelworker's legacy is hip enough. Whenever my boys bring home some buds from college (he goes to Dayton, in Ohio) they leave amazed at the action in South Side, Station Square, Oakland, the Strip. And they like the neighborhood clubs, too. Work hard, play hard. And for those that appreciate the classical and performing arts among us, the Cultural Trust complex in town ain't NYC, but it ain't bad. Lawrenceville is becoming a small urban hub for creative arts, too. And geez, where's the love for Beaver Cleaver? |
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Sponsor | | carouselle | Dec 14, 2007 2:58pm | | I'm so sorry to hear about your loss darlin. My husband was from "Little" Washington, Pa. but, he sure did love Pittsburgh! |
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| | Teiresias | Dec 17, 2007 5:46am | | My sis just bought a house in L-ville two years ago. In that time, it's almost doubled in value.... |
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Sponsor | | fgviva | Dec 28, 2007 4:52am | Pittsburgh Christmas Carol
Yinz better wahtch aht
Yinz better not paht
Yinz better not cry,
I'm tellin yinz hauscome
Santa Clause is commin' dahntahn
He's makin' a list
He's checkin' it aht
He's gowen find aht who's nebby an at
Santa Clause is commin' dahntahn
He knows if yinzes a jaggoff
He can see inside your haus
He knows if you've been workin' hard
Or sittin' on your caach
Yinz better wahtch aht
Yinz better not paht
Yinz better not cry,
I'm tellin yinz hauscome
Santa Clause is commin'
dahntahn.....
What is frightening is that this
is perfectly understood by those of us
that have grown to love the Burgh.
Merry Christmas |
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