Where is Pittsburgh?
| July 23, 2007 | Posted by Lindsay under 2008, Pittsburgh |
The presidential election will inevitably use regional identities to determine what values matter most to voters. So where is Pittsburgh?
According to Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest#Definition):
…parts of the Northeastern states have a Midwestern feel. Western Pennsylvania, which contains the cities of Erie and Pittsburgh, shares culture, history, and identity with the “Midwest,” but overlaps with Appalachia as well. Buffalo, New York, the western terminus of the Erie Canal and gateway to the Great Lakes, also offers a Midwestern orientation, and in most instances its residents identify more readily with the cultures of Chicago or Detroit than cities on the Eastern Seaboard. However, residents of Western Pennsylvania and Western New York rarely, if ever, consider themselves Midwesterners.
Do you consider yourself a midwesterner? Absolutely East Coast? A mix? Where is Pittsburgh more midwestern, Appalachian, or northeastern?
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One of my friends, a Bostonian, coined the term “Mideast” (not to be confused with Middle East) and I think it fits perfectly. Now to spread that around…
Having lived on the East Coast for a short time in high school, and now going to college in Minnesota, Pittsburgh is much more East Coast than Midwestern. Although the people in each place insist it is entirely the other, it’s my city and I get to claim it as mostly Eastern, with a little bit of Midwest thrown in.