Dev1d ago
Is Pittsburgh midwest
Yes
22.2%
No
77.8%
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Show threadRob Ricci1d ago
@dev whoever is answering yes to this lives on a much smaller planet than I do
Show threadDan Ports1d ago
@ricci @dev that was my first reaction, but then someone pointed out to me that Pittsburgh is only about 30 miles from the border with Ohio which is clearly in the midwest so now I am confused
Show threadDan Ports1d ago

@ricci @dev it is also in the Ohio Valley which means I have to link this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Valley-style_pizza

Ohio Valley-style pizza - Wikipedia

Show threadJim Meyer1d ago
@dan @ricci @dev I originally came to wonder at the 1/3 of folks who found Pennsylvania to be Midwestern, and now here I see a clear argument for the entire Ohio Valley to be cast out.
Show threadGemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐
@purp @dan @ricci @dev Have you never been to the Western side of the Allegheny Mountains? I went to Carnegie-Mellon University. PGH is absolutely a Mid-Western city. It might be the most eastern of them, but it is absolutely "Midwest".
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Show threadJim Meyer1d ago

@gcvsa @dan @ricci @dev I'll confess that I haven't, and I'm the poorer for it (as several CMU friends will happily remind me =).

Living in Missouri, Minnesota, Arkansas, and Kansas informed my biases which strongly lead me to feel that "Mountains" and "Midwest" don't properly go in the same sentence. Utterly irrational, I'm sure.

Super curious to hear more. How does it feel Midwestern?

Show threadGemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐15h ago
@purp I mean, don't get me wrong, I can totally see how people from, say, Duluth or Wichita or Rapid City might have a very different conception of what "Midwest" means, but I'm originally from NYC and went to university at CMU. I've also lived for many years in Philadelphia. There is a fundamental distinction btw Philly and Pittsburgh, because of the fact that PGH is on the other side of the mountains. It's definitely the most eastern of the Midwest, but it's also definitely NOT "East Coast".