[sickoflibs]

Steel Tariffs didn’t impress those voters?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Steel Tariffs didn’t impress those voters?

This ain't 1979 anymore. Steel is a relatively small part of Pittsburgh's economy these days. It does not employ even a small fraction of the people it did back then.

[Vigilanteman]

Almost as many companies importing steel here in the Pittsburgh area as those involved in domestic production thereof, which has mostly shrunk to specialists for specific steel needs.

Yes, steel barges still ply the three rivers of Pittsburgh, but in much smaller numbers.

Yes, U.S. Steel has a huge impressive high rise building downtown with a parking garage charging nearly $20 per hour during the business day, but most of the tenants are law offices and the like and once 5 pm rolls around, parking drops to $7 for the entire evening, making it an ideal spot to park for a short free zone metro ride to the sports stadiums and cultural districts for the cheese and wine crowd and blue collar voter alike.