Pittsburgh

Pros: Some of the best behaved and friendliest people in the country.
Cons: I simply fail to see the purpose of Dollar Stores.

Myth-quashing

It was probably fashionable to despise Pittsburgh even before Andy Warhol abandoned the city of steel mills for the glamor of New York. It was certainly fashionable to hate Pittsburgh when I made my first visit there in...

Pros: Colleges, hospitals, bars, low traffic, the airport, skyline.
Cons: Poor nightlife, aging population, terrible place for 18-30 year olds, wasteful local government projects.

First of all, I was born and raised in Pittsburgh PA. I grew up on the northside of Pittsburgh, living primarily in the Manchester then later the Fineview neighborhoods. At the age of 18, I went to college in western New York and currently reside in ...

Pros: restaraunts, not so bad traffic, major airport nearby, cost of living
Cons: densely populated by senior citizens 65 plus, not a youth friendly city

Well, not really when you're dead, cuz then you couldn't do much of anything! I've lived in this city for all 24 years of my life, born in Bethel Park but now reside in Munhall, and while I yearn to move to some other city and spread my wings, some ...

Pros: A small city with a small-town feel; be sure to visit Fallingwater
Cons: Poor quality services get old fast; drab look and feel; unhappy people

Pittsburgh has some interesting advantages and disadvantages as a place to live. I'm going to run through a few of them and speculate, hopefully helpfully, on why things are the way they are. Because I'm not sure where it should be, and because ...

Pros: Four thriving, varied brewpubs, PNC Park, Sharp Edge, Chiodo's.
Cons: More Yuengling taps than Iron City. Confusing to drive here; sober, even.

There is so much more to this City than Iron.

Say "Pittsburgh beer" and most people will say "Iron City." This is one of the very few beers left that are tied so strongly to a city: Dixie, in New Orleans, and...

Pros: cheap housing, some good restaurants, not congested
Cons: bad roads and infrastructure, dirty, high taxes, uninviting demographic, dreary weather

When my friends in northern California were enjoying a plentitude of micro-brewed beers in the early 90's, we in Pittsburgh had to make due with only one brew-pub (the very good Penn Brewery). I see here on epinions that another reviewer touts that ...

Pros: A lot of different activities to participate in
Cons: Parking downtown is expensive and difficult

Pittsburgh is my hometown and I am pleased to say this. I have heard many negatives about this city, but I love it and I will highlight some of the places I think are worth seeing and hopefully you'll agree Pittsburgh is a great city.

Downtown...

Pros: waterfall
Cons: arrogant, gimmicky architecture sitting on top of the waterfall

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions

Fallingwater sits above a waterfall on Bear Run in Ohiopyle State Park, about 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, fans out dramatically in a series of...

Pros: Awesome ballpark, great skyline, lots of cool neighborhoods, good public transit.
Cons: None that were obvious, aside from the unusually hot and humid weather.

Our main reason for spending a summer weekend in the 'burgh was to see a game at PNC Park, but as it turns out, Pittsburgh is a heck of a nice city to visit.

Cool Neighborhoods

Our first stop was the Oakland neighborhood, featuring...

Pros: nice people, quality architecture, a lot to do
Cons: bad weather occasionally

I have lived in and around Pittsburgh for much of my young life. This is not to say that I haven't traveled extensively or been to many other fine places around the world; however, Pittsburgh, or at least an area nearby, has been my home for much of my...

Pros: seek activities and you will find them
Cons: downtown lacks energy...

Only now, having been away from Pittsburgh for about a month, do I realize that I will miss this small city. I'll miss silly things, like the feeling of almost being "home" when I hit a certain stretch of road just before my apartment. I'll...

Pros: Friendly people, low prices
Cons: Not as cosmopolitan as other cities

Although Pittsburgh has a (dated) reputation for being smoky and gritty, visitors will find that this is simply not true.

This review may be a little subjective since I have lived in the greater Pittsburgh area all 25 years of my life, but I...

Pros: clean, restaurants within walking distance
Cons: tiny room, no amenities

NOTE: A few people have mentioned not rating my review since they don't like the category that I picked. I sent an email to epinions asking them the best place for this review and they wrote back saying that until there's a hotel category, this...

Pros: Friendly, Historic, Cultural, Sports
Cons: Traffic, Weather

Contrary to its earlier images as a dirty, smoky steel town, Pittsburgh has made quite a transformation over the last 20 to 30 years. Granted, most of that transformation has occurred because of the collapse of the US steel industry, but the change is...

Pros: Lots of culture and variety
Cons: The roads, weather (sometimes), parking

I have never lived anywhere except Pittsburgh. I started out in a suburb about 25 minutes north of the city and moved downtown to attend Point Park. (Just one of the colleges located in Pittsburgh, known for its performing arts program particularly.) I'm...