I agree. Pittsburgh did not wait long for steel jobs to come back and then die. They decided they needed to expand. Medical research, tech, etc. I just can’t explain how they did that with Democrats and unions. It’s mind boggling. Well, they did have John Heinz for a while. Back when Theresa was Republican.
Pittsburgh has been operating under a state-controlled oversight board because of its impending bankruptcy for the past few years.
The city is trying to figure out whom to tax next to try to fill the hole in their pension funds.
It’s not as bad as Buffalo, but it’s no shining example either.
Pittsburgh was always 'diversified' in terms of industry even when the steel industry was booming locally. It always had a mix of high tech, and heavy industry. Companies like Westinghouse, Alcoa, PPG, Gulf Oil, Rockwell, Koppers etc were all headquartered there which gave the area enough flexibility to survive the cutbacks in big steel during the 70s and 80s.
That, coupled with some pretty good universities and medical research has kept the area from becoming a Detriot or Allentown.