Posted on 06/10/2009 8:03:46 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato was calling -- no, crowing -- from his cell phone, in full, gleeful, salesman-for-the-region mode, ticking off the number of recent surveys declaring Pittsburgh the nation's most livable city (four or five); the number of front-page New York Times stories about Pittsburgh in the past three months (two) and the value of such publicity to the Pittsburgh area (priceless).
Given that abundance of good publicity, the news that Pittsburgh once again is the most livable city in the United States -- and 29th worldwide -- in a 2009 survey by British magazine The Economist was "great news, but not a surprise," Mr. Onorato said.
"This is now the fourth or fifth independent survey from outside the region talking up the Pittsburgh metro region. You have the stories in The New York Times, the president picks us to host the G-20 summit, now you have this magazine, plus others over the years. It's amazing."
The Economist Intelligence Unit -- which publishes numerous surveys and studies for paying clients -- has ranked Pittsburgh first in U.S. livability ratings since it started measuring them in 2005, said Jon Copestake, editor of the survey.
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Now that's funny. What? Bernini come back from the dead or something?
The down side of this is more NY liberal types will keep moving in thinking we should be doing things the NY way.
That’s ok, we’ll just dump em in the river anat.
The answer is to live here in Southern New Hampshire - you still have easy access to Boston and environs, but without the crime, taxes, corruption or restrictive gun laws.
Are you still upset about Ulfie taking out Cam Neely?
Indeed. Any state which does not allow me to protect myself is not a state in which I would ever live.
Did yinz see my pitchers of Picksburgh N’@ up air in the thread? Yinz need ta red up this thread of the Picksburgh bashers.
Pittsburgh would be one of the rare cities to have two major sports champions at the same time if they could pull off Game 7. Boston did it last with the Sox/Patriots a few years back. And I think one year the Steelers/Pirates were also concurrent champs.
What city are you talking about? Pittsburgh may be many things, but overpopulated is not one of them.
And while three lefts will not make a right in this kind of terrain, the locals will be more than happy to give you good directions.
We even sometimes use landmarks that still exist. (”Hang a right where the Gee Bees used to be.”)
Cheap real estate, relatively low crime (lots of senior, few gangbangers outside of parts of Oakland), and friendly people.
Bookended. The Steelers won the Super Bowl after the 78 and 79 seasons, and the Pirates won the World Series in 79 in between.
(Add in the 74 and 75 Super Bowls and the 76 Pitt national championship and we were the "City of Champions")
Naw, I’ve been too busy.. I gotta redd up da hawse a’nat. There’s no doubt da view from up air on mount worshington is perty.
Yep, Pirates/Steelers were both world champions in 1979
79’ Stargell and Bradshaw on cover of Sports Ill. . “The City of Champions”- Remember “ We Are Family !”
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