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.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
Nonsense. You can gripe about the city if you want, but CMU is tops in what it does in terms of computer science, engineering and robotics.
LOL...on Mt. Oliver as Lesotho...oh that’s funny.
On Friday, have a bowl of MamaMalkin borscht; followed by a Blysma burrito. Wash it dahn with an Irhn. The ensuing gastric distress will be a great distraction if the ‘Guins loose. If they win...well...ya did your part for the HomeTeam!!! N’at!!!
Oh I don’t know . I believe that Cal TEch, MIT, Berkeley and a few other places beat CMU. Is it good? sure being second tier is not a bad thing
the same Ulfie that the Sharks hired ??
That’s first tier. They are in the same class as MIT and those others. Maybe Berkely has better beaches, but in terms of an engineering education and serious leaders in research, they are on the same tier.
Samuelsson.
You should check out Pittsburgh after you're done moving to Pittsburg.
It's important for engineers to be accurate. LOL ;>)
Bump for later.
>>I refer to it as the armpit of America.<<
No, that’s Cleveland.
And yes, I’m from Cleveland.
>>Friendly people<<
We just got back from a trip to Hershey.
As a child, we traveled all through NY, PA, VA, MD and WV, with my Dad the Salesman.
I forgot how lovely PA is and how pretty and friendly the people of PA are. (but the tolls will kill you)
Here in MI, I miss it all a lot.
OK, but I have to warn you, we don’t have fireants, the signs are only in English, and humidity is something we only have three months a year. :-)
Hey, after years of ranking #1 Pennsylvania actually is now rated by truckers as having only the a 2nd worst highways in the country.
Man that has to be a skewed report!
Who would rather live in the rust belt...with NO jobs
than in oil country where there are still jobs to be
had?
Yeesh!
Actually He’s correct, its just he’s moving her in the past when the name didn’t have the H.. apparently he’s got his own TARDIS.
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