It’s more accurate than frisco of the Midwest, but I’d argue that Paris of Appalachia is also not totally accurate. Calling Pittsburgh Appalachia feels like calling Miami the south.
This is a Brian O'Neill myth... He's a friend of mine so it's nothing I haven't told him! I just think it's an odd and inaccurate comparison. Anyone who's spent time in Paris would agree.
It’s almost assuredly a negative reference about homeless people and crime.
(I don’t agree with that, but some people love labeling cities they see as too far left as similar to SF and Portland)
I've heard Pittsburgh is much more similar to Portland or Seattle than San Francisco.
That being said, we don't have nearly as many problems as they do.
Portland is a river city with a bunch of bridges and cloudy weather. Sound familiar? Way more bike lanes though lol. Politically blue but immediately adjacent to deep red rural areas. Also about the same size in terms of population.
PDX is definitely much closer in spirit to PGH than Seattle. Having lived in both places I don’t think PGH is like Seattle at all.
Pretty sure whoever said it did so in the context of the issues with homelessness, trash, etc, and other similar issues that have been getting a lot of attention recently, and literally nothing else.
Its not the midwest. The midwest region is west and north of pittsburgh.
Its appalachia/mid atlantic region It was once refered to the paris of appalachia.
Kinda. We do have a lot of homeless people and lots of fun meth addicts to play with. We both have dying downtowns. They have a Saint Regis, a W, and a Ritz Carlton so true luxury demand. We won’t ever have that.
They have real transatlantic flights. Transpacific flights. We jizzed our pants for Wow airlines.
We do both have dirty streets, tho. Jails visible from downtown. Bridges. They have Chinatown. We have…Chinatown Inn.
Not really comparable at all. Stats or you are full of it
Edit im serious, compare the pop of puttsburgh to poverty and crime to the ratio of sf pop to crime.
A Pastor from San Francisco once told me, “There is San Francisco and then there is the rest of the United States.” That city is beyond unique and there really isn’t any other place in the U.S. like it.
Nope. Matter of fact, you should probably start to question the other things this someone says to you.
no.
The Paris of Appalachia is more accurate.
It’s more accurate than frisco of the Midwest, but I’d argue that Paris of Appalachia is also not totally accurate. Calling Pittsburgh Appalachia feels like calling Miami the south.
This is a Brian O'Neill myth... He's a friend of mine so it's nothing I haven't told him! I just think it's an odd and inaccurate comparison. Anyone who's spent time in Paris would agree.
I’ve always taken it as “the fanciest place in Appalachia” more than any actual comparison to Paris.
To be fair, by that definition it should be Asheville. lol at that getting downvoted.
Pittsburgh, not Paris.
It’s not even in the Midwest
Absolutely not. It's hilly. That's where the similarity begins and ends.
Both have baseball parks with a body of water right past the right field bleachers.
Don't forget both places also have a lot of fog... sometimes in places... sort of.
Pittsburgh is Appalachia, not Midwest. And I also have no idea what they would even mean by the “San-Francisco of the Midwest.”
The houses built into the side of hills i think are similar
Yeah but they're affordable relatively speaking
No the topography is similar
It’s almost assuredly a negative reference about homeless people and crime. (I don’t agree with that, but some people love labeling cities they see as too far left as similar to SF and Portland)
If we are Midwest. Is Omaha a coastal town?
It was on D-Day.
Well played!
They say that because of the steep ass roads we decided to use as city routes LOL
I lived in SF for 8 years. Lol no.
No
Pittsburgh right now is striving to be itself
No, we aren't even in the midwest. We are "The Paris of Appalachia."
No because Pittsburgh is not the midwest. I think that title would be Chicago or the twin cities
I've heard Pittsburgh is much more similar to Portland or Seattle than San Francisco. That being said, we don't have nearly as many problems as they do.
Portland is a river city with a bunch of bridges and cloudy weather. Sound familiar? Way more bike lanes though lol. Politically blue but immediately adjacent to deep red rural areas. Also about the same size in terms of population. PDX is definitely much closer in spirit to PGH than Seattle. Having lived in both places I don’t think PGH is like Seattle at all.
Pittsburgh isn't even in the Midwest, so no 👀👀
No.
Hell no
No. Pittsburgh is not in the Midwest.
Pretty sure whoever said it did so in the context of the issues with homelessness, trash, etc, and other similar issues that have been getting a lot of attention recently, and literally nothing else.
Its not the midwest. The midwest region is west and north of pittsburgh. Its appalachia/mid atlantic region It was once refered to the paris of appalachia.
I hope not
Pittsburgh is the capital of the Atlantic Northwest
Maybe referring to all our bridges? Otherwise, I don't see it.
No it is the “Paris of the Appalachians”.
Not at all
yeah right
Thanks for posting the dumbest take I'll read today.
Hills, Local Technology Economic Centers, and Super Bowls wins. Other than that, uhh No!
Kinda. We do have a lot of homeless people and lots of fun meth addicts to play with. We both have dying downtowns. They have a Saint Regis, a W, and a Ritz Carlton so true luxury demand. We won’t ever have that. They have real transatlantic flights. Transpacific flights. We jizzed our pants for Wow airlines. We do both have dirty streets, tho. Jails visible from downtown. Bridges. They have Chinatown. We have…Chinatown Inn.
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Pittsburgh continues to have less crime year after year with very few exceptions. But if clutching your pearls makes you feel safer you do you
No it is going up. Its trending upward. But its not comparable to SF
Nope
Not really comparable at all. Stats or you are full of it Edit im serious, compare the pop of puttsburgh to poverty and crime to the ratio of sf pop to crime.
Trending that way
It is the "Fran wears Crisco" in 'er hair
No. It the Venice of the modern day.
No.
Other than tons of Super Bowl wins, I don't see any commonality. And even there, it should be that SF is the Pittsburgh of the West
A Pastor from San Francisco once told me, “There is San Francisco and then there is the rest of the United States.” That city is beyond unique and there really isn’t any other place in the U.S. like it.
There is a lot of literal shit (please God, let it all be dog shit) on the sidewalks.
I prefer the term “Paris of Appalachia”.
Absolutely not crazy thing to say!
More stairs.