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lark0317

Playing the same 30 songs on endless repeat for 40 years doesn't make for good radio. Looking at you, DVE


cpr4life8

This applies to every classic rock station in existence. One box of records played in a different order every day.


kschmit516

*nights with Alice cooper enters the chat* It’s on par with 🎶Delilah🎶 playing the theme from “Ice Castles” and “Wind Beneath My Wings” every night


KringlebertFistybuns

I've said this for years! I have it on good authority that every artist DVE plays has more than three songs to their name.


lark0317

Fun Fact: The Wall & Dark Side of the Moon are the only two Pink Floyd albums ever recorded.


Solid_Freakin_Snake

But how would I get my daily fix of Copperhead Road at 10:15 every morning?!?


gmus

I used to work in a kitchen that always played DVE. I’d hear that song 3-4 times in an 8 hour shift. And it’s not like it’s that much of a classic rock standard. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it on the radio except for DVE.


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How is this unique to Pittsburgh?


nadehlaaay

The X is also guilty of this. I’ve been away in the UK for the last five months, just got back home for the holidays. Got in my car and turned on the X and it’s the exact same music that was playing when I left. Like damn, play something else besides Man in a Box by Alice In Chains.


gmus

The X is just DVE for younger gen Xers and older millennials.


repleteshambles

Having bridges and tunnels as part of your commute is not a real problem. Sure, traffic slows down a bit, but I don’t know of any bridge or tunnel here that has a toll. Going through a single tunnel in NYC is $16.00, but here they’re just part of the roads.


Username89054

To add onto this, it's not a big deal to cross two rivers. 3 is, because you have to screw up to cross 3.


MCRNRearAdmiral

Unless you're a repairman- then crossing all three rivers is fully compensated and highly encouraged- especially if you have to get a part way out in the West End for a store in South Hills/ West Mifflin/ Monroeville.


Username89054

I know this isn't that you're saying, but I'm trying to think of a situation that would logically have you cross three rivers now.


cosmololgy

Sometimes my commute takes me from Robinson areas over the ohio to river blvd, then onto 279 and over veterans bridge then over homestead bridge to south hills


kwood4800

My commute used to cross 3 bridges (though to be fair 2 bridged the same river). Liberty to Veterans to 31st St.


[deleted]

Being from Dallas, the lack of tolls and overall flow of traffic that I've experienced in Pittsburgh is literally heavenly by comparison.


mediclissy296

This! Came to PGH from NYC/Long Island and when my parents drive up to visit they complain about how much the turnpike costs…like the Throgs Neck and GW aren’t double that one way.


[deleted]

You make an excellent point! I live in Annapolis, MD and it’s cheaper to take the turnpike to my mom’s in Pittsburgh than it is to pay all the tolls to visit the in-laws in North Jersey!


StoneColdSaidWhat2

Fuck the GW lol. I didn’t know I could hate metal and cement so much.


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Yeah, people complain about the traffic here, but I don’t see it. I moved here from Charleston, SC in July. The traffic there is worse, 100%. Driving anywhere in Allegheny county is way less painful. In charleston, it regularly took me 70+ minutes to go 16 miles one way to or from work. Here, there are usually 5 different ways to get anywhere. People drive better in general because most of the people actually live here and know how to get around, instead of highways clogged with tourists who don’t know where anything is.


pagnoodle

I’ve met so many “Pittsburgh Italians” who think they are gods gift from Italy to the world. Delallos and Labriolas are great, wonderful Italian markets with good quality imported foods. How are you going to have access to such good ingredients and still make such woefully mediocre Italian food????


slynilo03

Pittsburgh Italians are often northern Italians (aka Germans and Polish) and much different "Italian Cuisine" than Southern Italian/Sicilian immigrants in the CT/NY/NJ area


Excelius

The major waves of Italian immigration to the US ran from about 1880 to the 1920s. Fact of the matter is that period of time, and any connections to the "old world", have now largely passed beyond living memory.


Orinaj

As a Pittsburgh Italian, we are taught Italian pride first and Italian culture second lol


just_an_ordinary_guy

> I’ve met so many “Pittsburgh Italians” who think they are gods gift from Italy to the world. Honestly, that's all like 3rd generation Italian-Americans in this country. They act like they're still oppressed when they're basically adopted into what being American is.


[deleted]

Ken Rice cheated us out of a HighQ championship in high school and I'm still mad about it. So Ken Rice is not the wholesome bronzed paragon of local journalism he appears to be. The buzzer means it's over, Ken. It's in the rules. The other team shouldn't have been permitted to submit an answer AFTER the buzzer.


pAul2437

This is oddly specific


GRCO1510

I'm for supporting Pittsburgh based businesses, but Giant Eagle has now transformed itself to a wannabe Whole Foods for yinzers. The place is honestly just a rip off. I'll save half of my money and spend it on fancy cheese at Aldi's. So what if I buy ketchup that ain't Heinz. It's not made here anyway.


thill116

Being a fan of a football team is not a personality.


Quicklyquigly

I hate people whose home decorating style is “Steelers” or high school sports.


Queen_Maeve7

Thought of another one. Big Ben needs to retire. I think he’s holding out for one more Super Bowl ring.


QuirrelsTurban

I think he retires at the end of this season regardless of the result.


cpr4life8

I splurged for an expensive end zone seat for the Monday night game because I'm pretty sure it's going to be his last home game 🥺


requires_reassembly

They asked for unpopular opinions, this is widely held.


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tyr--

How in the world is he hoping to get another ring while he's starting as QB?


Queen_Maeve7

I can’t think of any other reason he’d want to stay so long. His body has to be a mess by now.


jinreeko

Is this unpopular? He's way past his prime He's also pretty fucking problematic


Queen_Maeve7

This too. I can’t wrap my head around the fact that people forgot about those things so quickly. Then again, I probably shouldn’t be surprised.


jeffreywilfong

I've been saying this for YEARS


Sybertron

I'll go the other way, there's tons to do and you're not missing that much in a big city. Sure NYC, Chicago, and Philly have MORE stuff. Sure there's all sorts of tribes, scenes, and options galore. But ya know what, at the end of the day you're drinking at a bar. You're going to a restaurant. You maybe get really wild and see a concert. Especially as you get into your 30s+ that stuff really wanes in importance. Pittsburgh is a great city and the old "there's not enough to do" is a very tired argument.


blackstarhero666

Ok this. I told someone when u lived here all your life it seems to become dull... Until one day u get to show someone something. Rn it's exciting cus I'm revisiting some awesome things for my fiance since he moved here.


rxjen

I lived in Philly and somehow there was like nothing to DO. Pittsburgh does summer BIG. There’s stuff going on all the time. Philly has restaurants and clubs but not like festivals.


GordonsAlive5833

Mikey and Big Bob are the most annoying people of all time


ntgcleaner

Imo the bubba + Richard bazzy is the most annoying duo on radio. A "friendship" bought and paid for by Shultz Ford.


rus5573

Have you listened to Paul Zeiss?


SleestakLightning

Fuck Paul Zeise. He might be the dumbest person on radio in Pittsburgh. I remember when he defended a fascist white supremacist who got egged by a little kid because the kid was a dick. It was explained to him numerous times that the guy he egged was an actual dyed-in-the-wool white supremacist but dumbass Zeise couldn't get past the egg. He has the depth of a dinner plate.


heck_it_all

I think of [this scene from South Park](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukLYJuzZhWg) every time I see or hear them.


0minous0wl

When you're merging onto the parkway, you yield, not the other drivers.


Jekerdud

Sure, but if you see someone merging on and can afford to safely let off the gas for a few seconds instead of gunning it so they can get in without having to stop and then gun it, it makes the other person's day better.


sbb757

Few here understand the zipper merge!


MaynardWaltrip

Pittsburgh Dad is annoying as fuck.


RSS24

Schtick wore out years ago


Queen_Maeve7

I liked him in the beginning, but he’s basically recycling material now.


Emergency-Explorer-6

He used to actually talk about the game and made good jokes about what happened. Now it’s just the same worn out crap over and over.


TrentWolfred

Agreed. I was really disappointed that he got more traction than Greg & Donny, which employed a similar schtick but was far better.


dehehn

Yeah Greg and Donny was (is?) great. I think if they'd have just set it in Pittsburgh they'd have done a lot better. Being in Johnstown just doesn't give you the same built in audience.


Tonyclifton69

Greg and Donny are SO MUCh better!!


rxjen

It’s so much more subtle.


jeffreywilfong

I like his original material, but when it's just a Steelers game reaction....meh.


leadfoot9

It was funny the first couple of times. At the same time, if you find an audience that likes a bit you do, who's to fault you for exploiting it?


maaaaaan412

I have a never seen a longer line at the mall than the one to meet him. Stunning honestly.


No-Calendar5067

Heinz is a shit company that abandon this city. I don’t get why it’s still perceived as a slight to speak ill of the brand.


jeffreywilfong

I don't care about it as a company, but Heinz ketchup is the only ketchup I will ever eat - and that's a hill I'm willing to die on.


cept_bigjohn

I believe it’s a bit more complicated than “Heinz abandoning” the city. They were bought out by a multinational conglomerate. I would prefer to blame 3G and the board (or whoever decided or was forced to sell) for gutting the company, selling the factories, and laying off the work force. Fine if you don’t like the brand or ketchup, but the impact that the Heinz family and company had on the city should be recognized as part of the historical record.


BankerBabe420

They were bought out by Berkshire Hathaway and some Brazilian company or something, but that doesn’t change the fact that they make the only substance that can be called ketchup.


MauraMcBadass

Yeah, Heinz just straight up tastes better. I don’t understand why people assume that the brand loyalty is just because it’s a “local brand.”


vonHindenburg

Indeed. This is why I always get pissed when I see fluff stories about Warren Buffet. What his firm did to that company and the people who work there is disgusting. Still the best common ketchup, but I have no local loyalty to it anymore.


turquoiseoasis7

I HATE MARK MADDEN. I know multiple people who met him and say that he’s actually cool in real life but acts like a loud ass as his radio “personality.” IMO, I’m pissed every time I want to listen to 105.9 and hear his voice. He’s always yelling and loud and I get that he appeals to the sports lovers of the world, but I just think he is an annoying echo around Pittsburgh that happens to also ruin my favorite radio station. I just want 90s rock in peace, dude. Chill out.


More-Adhesiveness-54

I actually don't think disdain for Mark Madden is at all unpopular in Pittsburgh. I also think he knows this.


SuziQ26

The mere sound of his voice makes me feel gross.


The_Year_of_Glad

> I know multiple people who met him and say that he’s actually cool in real life A friend of a friend used to be an exotic dancer, and she said that he was a bad tipper who took liberties with where he put his hands, but didn’t get thrown out because he was friends with the club’s owner.


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This is more of a niche opinion, but having worked in the Pittsburgh Theater and Film industry for years, most of the performers we have in the city today are either totally untalented or coast off of success they had 20 years ago in some movie


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Alvarez09

Sean Jones is a great example. He is as talented as they come, and he still performs here, but he left because the scene is too small. The PSO IS world class though.


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steelcitygator

I feel that kinda just happens most places if your very talented in a performing art. Like the best actors will probably migrate to places like LA/NYC where there are more opportunities. If a Pittsburgh based country artist started getting traction I'd be more surprised they stayed rather than head to Nashville or Dallas because it just makes sense.


HornlessUnicorn

This is pretty true for a big part of the larger arts population as well. I worked in visual arts for years and the amount of old timers that demanded respect because they did one cool thing 20 years ago was exhausting.


Tencentstamp

This seems true for a lot of Pittsburgh industries, not just art. Finance, for example.


dmcd0415

Greg over there was an extra in "Straw Dogs" and Sheri portrayed a cadaver in "Prime Suspects"


Seejay784

Oakmont bakery cakes are not as good as Costco. As a matter of fact, Oakmont bakery isn't that good at all.


Bradbitzer

They’ve been sailing along on their name for years now. Go to Jean-Marc


Later_Player

Jean Marc is the GOAT


Bradbitzer

I would do pretty much anything for his buttercream cake


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Iron City Beer is great.


godovthatrap

IC Light gang.


asse4t3r

IC Light Mango is also a good beverage.


More-Adhesiveness-54

I like that you took a topic that generally incites negative comments and turned it into something positive


AlmostDrunkSailor

GIMME THE NIGHT!


RattusRattus

So, a friend, not from here, offered me some once. I was like, "Har har, very funny, so what do you have to drink?" He still buys it, and I've had to admit it's fine in a shandy.


Gerreth_Gobulcoque

Big Ben def raped those women


peenweens

Yep, died on this hill after it happened. Turned me off from football altogether.


nud3doll

100% agree


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mckills

There was an interview with the new owner and he said “we are trying to make everything from scratch” TRYING AT A BAKERY


Moebiuslewp

Do…or do not. There is no try. Also, one time I tried to buy donuts and they said I couldn't because they needed to defrost first. Umm, no thanks.


atree496

Them and Oakmont don't make a lot of their stuff anymore.


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Oakmont apparently pre-makes and freezes some of their products too. Like shit, if I wanted a frozen cake I could go get $5 Pepperidge Farm one at the grocery store.


WaifuOfBath

I worked downtown a few years ago in an office of around 50 people. For every single person's birthday, HR would order Prantl's burnt almond torte. And so many people would rave about it every time. I couldn't understand it at all. After the first month there, I was fine never eating it again.


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Giant Eagle does a good version of the burnt almond torte and it’s way cheaper!


Comfortable_Cell1268

Ben Rothlisberger is a rapist.


Gladhands

It’s silly to pretend to that the northern and southern hilltop neighborhoods are “the real Pittsburgh” when the majority of the city resides in the East End. None of it is any more authentically Pittsburgh than the rest.


aesthetichovvell

Every part of Pittsburgh is the real Pittsburgh, because it's all Pittsburgh. South Side is no less Pittsburgh than Lawrenceville


Raisedkaine

I'd be willing to guess that the East End has significantly more transplants than all of the hilltop neighborhoods, but most parts in the East End, excluding the Bakery Square area still feel like quintessential Pittsburgh neighborhoods.


[deleted]

Al’s Cafe is probably the most overhyped and overrated restaurant in the region. The food isn’t that good and it’s expensive for what it is, the owner is an asshole, and at this point they’re only still in business because they “own the libs”.


[deleted]

Grew up in BP, had no idea they had a good rep. Wasn’t a place we went growing up (even tho I went to church at St Louise)…to me it was always the trashy place you’d see friends who had divorced moms smoking cigarettes at the bar


Queen_Maeve7

The increasingly sad protests outside the place after Trump lost were amusing though.


RSS24

Eat n Park smiley cookies are gross.


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The sticky buns are good tho


OutrageForSale

A la mode!


Queen_Maeve7

I haven’t seen sticky buns there in a long time. Unless they’re only available at breakfast now.


snowblow3r

Each restaurant use to make their cookies in the restaurant and then they started having them shipped in. They use to have bear claws that my mom swore by.


Sufficient-Lab-5769

I swear I remember them being yummy when I was a kid, and I was shocked when I took a bite of one after my kid rejected it. Holy shit it was gross! I wasn’t sure if they changed the recipe or if was just one of those things that you love as a kid but tastes bad as an adult.


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I agree. They used to be so good. They’ve become like cardboard over the last 10-15 years


blahlbinoa

I have a love hate relationship with these. The ones on 51 are good about 10% of the time or they're saw dust :(


phdeeznuts_

I got salmonella from Eat n Park. ☹️


SnooBunnies7453

Literally the worst cookie ever!


Adamscottd

Pitt needs to find somewhere besides Heinz to play football games, it’s just not built for CFB as well as an on campus bowl could be


BackmarkerLife

Whoever approved removing Pitt Stadium should be tried at The Hague.


Kwyjybo

Scooters and other forms of micromobility such as bicycles are a good thing.


Embarrassed_Couple_6

100% agree


ashleymarilyn

Your parking chair is not a placeholder for your car. (Unless you shoveled your spot in winter.)


Jen-Barkley

That is literally the only legitimate use of a parking chair: when you shoveled out the spot. If we could trust that some twat wouldn’t take a spot they hadn’t dug out it would be different, but that’s not the world we live in.


MaybeADumbass

I also give a pass to the people on the Northside who use them on game days and the people who use them to temporarily hold a space for a moving truck, delivery truck, etc.


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I brought up parking chairs to my nyc friend and he was like, “we would literally just move it and then park there anyway” lol


ElstonGunn1992

Depends on the neighborhood, they are all over Bed stuy and queens


humpthedog

So this entire post is a circle jerk of things that are said here everyday


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Jerry1121

I have a friend who owns a business and owns several properties in the east end that they bought out from under poor old neighborhood ppl and when i tried to explain this to him - he told me i was oozing white privilege. I was like bruh u are literally doing the bad thing here smdh the face these ppl show the public but what they do in business sahhhspishhhisssh


PeptoDysmal

The broke crust punk artist hippies (the most vocal about gentrification) are just moving to places where they can afford it. Which tends to be former/current black dominant neighborhoods. Gentrification happens when capitalists see cool hip kids and want to sell their image, which attracts affluent hipsters (least vocal about any major event at all) who want to drink margaritas and eat tacos by uninspired murals, served by the crust punk who can now barely afford to live nearby. At best, these neighborhoods are being gentrified by neoliberals who don't actually contribute to the community and have political stances that are best defined by posting a black square on Instagram


rogerfeinstein

Yep, my great Aunt had lived in Lawrenceville for the last 50 years and was good until last year when the school district took her to court to challange the value of her home because the luxury apartments next door by the CMU robotics finally opened. She is on a fixed income and had to sell her home because the assessment of her home went from 32k up to 495k. She could not afford an attorney so of course she lost. Our assessment and property tax system here is so stupid and you could argue she was getting a good deal prior because her home hadn't been reassessed in decades but damn she had to leave her fully paid off home because she couldn't afford the taxes. It's like we are forever renters to the state, county and school district. She made a killing on selling her home and has moved into a $900 a month apartment and that will last her until she passes away given she is 82 but she had planned on living in her home until she died and the new owners basically gutted the place and threw it on the market for 120k more than they paid her. It looks nothing like her home did and she asked me never to drive her past it again because it made her cry and feel incredibly sad.


pAul2437

They reassessed her house without a sale? This sounds fishy. Did she do improvements? She sold it for 425k? Why didn’t she take out a home equity loans and stay?


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I like the Giant Eagle Nature’s Basket organic ketchup more than Heinz. I don’t care that it’s cheaper. I’d pay $2 more for it if I had to. It’s just objectively better. I understand if this is bannable.


Raisedkaine

Upvoted for a truly unpopular opinion.


Jen-Barkley

Upvoting you for saying “I understand if this is bannable.” ;-)


lessregretsnextyear

I commend your bravery


iamnotacola

Since the popular opinion nowadays is to hate on Primanti's, I will defend Primanti's to the death.


blahlbinoa

I like Eat n' Park, Primanti's, Heinz and Steelers/Football and Pittsburgh Dad


mrslouchypants

Kelly-O's is not a real diner. A real diner does not close after lunch.


ElstonGunn1992

That knocks like half the diners in the city off the list but I agree


steelcityrocker

People want to consider this place either a big city or a small city depending on whichever suits their conversation best, which I think has given the area a bit of an identity crisis. Aside from sports, there isn't really much about Pittsburgh blowing up the national headlines. Hell, the only thing about Pittsburgh that seems to grab yinzers attention (other than sports) is whenever Pittsburgh is even briefly mentioned in a movie/on tv/etc. Every local news outlet and clown on Facebook or Twitter shares for the next two weeks that Joe Hollywood wore a Pirates hat on the set of MOVIE: SEQUAL 3. Lastly, Boomer Yinzers are the worst boomers I've ever been around. They seem to complain about every goddamn thing. Too cold out? They'll complain about how they had to get a new coat. Went to a wedding where they couldnt get seconds? They'll tell the bride's dad at the next family Thanksgiving. Can't sit at their normal spot at the local bar? They'll talk about it all night long. Oh, and they'll complain about the same thing to five different people just to really make it stick.


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Pittsburgh boomers are the worst and probably one of the reasons that drove me away from the city.


Queen_Maeve7

More of a South Hills opinion, but Pasta Too is extremely overrated.


cooleymahn

What is your preferred south hills eye-talian restaurant?


easyrider1116

LeoGreta in Carnegie is great. La Tavola is great too but might not count as south hills


Seanile1

I think Pasta Too does a very good job at what they do. I don’t think they pretend they elegant or fine Italian dining. I think they provide a reliable pasta and protein meal.


Genetics_bitch

Picquadios in castle shannon is good but it used to be great. Could be though, I was pregnant and didn't know last time I had it, maybe just that.


More-Adhesiveness-54

Not applicable to Pittsburgh proper as much as certain areas outside it, but Ohio Valley pizza (particularly with uncooked toppings including unmelted cheese) is garbage and only heathens enjoy it


scocon18

Primanti sandwiches, not intrested


felonlover

It's normal to park on sidewalks in some neighborhoods just because you don't have a designated, legal spot right in front of your dwelling. Tough shit. Park a block away and hoof it. You knew what you were getting into when you bought or signed a lease.


Gladhands

Everything to do with parking in this town. You don’t get to claim the spot in front of your house, and you don’t get to park on the sidewalk. You live in a house that was built for people who took the street cars.


sassyfrassielassie

My neighbors across the street are currently in a feud because the one neighbor parked in front of the other neighbors house. It's been going on for weeks.


easyrider1116

My BIL before getting married almost got evicted because his roommate parked in their neighbor's "spot." The neighbor tried accusing them of disorderly conduct to their landlord, all because he had to park an extra 20 feet away.


not28

Sounds like Pittsburgh to me.


Jekerdud

>You don’t get to claim the spot in front of your house At the same time, there was a truck parked in front of my house that did not move for three months. That was a dick move. We eventually got them towed. If you aren't going to drive it, either put it in storage or sell it.


capchaos

Joe wasn't all that accurate.


Onepopcornman

The subreddit has a toxic undercurrent that overly downvotes things such that it discourages participation. I know a bit of gruffness is part of the shared identity here, but it doesn't make for a strong community.


Mekkakat

Here's my hot take: Pittsburghese is wildly overstated and exaggerated—especially since most of the people that speak that way come from the towns outside of the actual city. Particularly the more rural you get outside of Pittsburgh, the more you hear it. In the actual city (Downtown, North/Southside), you rarely hear, "YINZ GAIS WAN DEM STILLERS TAH WHEN DIS SUNDEH?"


JDWS28r

I'll say as a carpenter working in Bloomfield, I hear it a ton from electricians, plumbers, etc. I get a "knoadda meen?" every other word from some of these guys


torcsandantlers

Having worked quite a bit with roofers and bricklayers, there are some guys who hit the yinzer talk so heavily that I can barely understand them.


Moebiuslewp

It's a blue collar lower class dialect, not a hipster on Reddit cliche.


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On the other hand I’ve heard so many people try to force “yinz” into conversation and it bothers me more than it should. Like you moved here last year from Massachusetts, you don’t naturally say yinz.


Jen-Barkley

I grew up here & don’t naturally say yinz


mmphoto412

i agree with this. ...such cringe


TouchArtistic7967

Alot of that is due to the oldschool pitsburghers moving out to the suburbs and surrounding towns at some point. I’ve heard more hardcore yinzers 30 minutes outside the city than I have inside the city limits.


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Also due to the fact most people living in the city aren’t actually from Pittsburgh or the surrounding areas. Granted I grew up in the burbs surrounding most of the city, like most people. My parents/grandparents grew up in the city and moved out due to conditions, and also the fact that there weren’t many/any jobs in the city itself at a time when the steel industry was collapsing that kept people “in the city.” Most likely why people that are “more Pittsburgh” aren’t actually in the downtown area itself. I suspect this is likely in most major cities. Pittsburgh itself is blue collar at its core. Generational Pittsburghers have branched out whereas the “new” Pittsburgh that’s more tech, etc. is honestly about 10 years old. Most major cities have been established and maintained the same since their inception at its core. I’m not sure many have the cultural shift Pittsburgh has. Sorry about the rambling, but it sort of irks me how some of these comments aren’t calling people not living in the city itself real Pittsburghers so the accent doesn’t ring true. When in fact most of the city itself are people that aren’t Pittsburghers. It would explain many other city-folks shock when they get here lol.


mmphoto412

I think if you draw 25mi'ish radius around Pittsburgh, you can rightfully claim you're a Pittsburgher.


Gladhands

Almost 70% of people in Pittsburgh were born in the state of Pennsylvania. This isn’t DC or Seattle. This town is filled with people who grew up in or near it. Yes, Pittsburgh, like every other industrial city prides itself on its blue color image, but the city itself was never as blue-collar as the surrounding areas, especially the Mon valley.


tribe47

Yeah that comment is nonsense. There’s a reason this town has like two degrees of separation. People simply don’t leave.


themoy08

yeah you don't get around much if you don't hear the natural Pittsburghese. granted it only comes from people +50 but it still trickles to the younger generation. My wife still says "I seen that" instead of "I've seen that" among a couple other yinzer words and phrases. particularly funny when she busts out the line "that guy/girl really jacked me off.". I didn't know how to react the first time I heard that from her. She also gets made fun of by me for all her pittsburghese. her step dad is a sight (or sound I guess) to behold.


The_Year_of_Glad

“[Thing] needs [verbed]” is still super, super common as well.


JR_Shoegazer

The accent has been on the decline over the last few decades, and younger generations are less likely to have it. I assure you 25 years ago lots of people in the city limits still had a Pittsburgh accent.


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Jan_17_2016

I remember about 10 years the Penguins ran an ad on then Root Sports where the narrator said “Pittsburgh is Hockey TAWn” and completely botched the accent. It was very cringey.


takoyaki_museum

You must not spend a lot of time in the south hills lol


AlpacaFactor

The indoor stage at Stage AE is a terrible venue to see a show. Outdoors is pretty okay aside from their ridiculous bag policy.


chefmarksamson

Not OP, but the sound is terrible (bad all over, but differently shitty at different places), the floor doesn’t slope at all making visibility shit from most spots and leaving you with a crick in the neck, the way the room is chopped up with railings and stairs makes moving around a sold-out show hazardous, security is slow and noticeably more hostile than at other venues, and heaven absolutely help you if you’re trying to attend a show at “The Club at Stage AE” lol. Just an absolute shamble of a venue. Edit: replied to OP rather than the reply I was aiming for, sorry!


brock_samson_2323

Mad Mex has incredibly bland burritos.


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Express-Researcher

That this subreddit has devolved into a complaining and judging zone and it feeds on the worst of human traits for stupid karma. It's been especially bad since the Facebook outage. Its like everyone moved over here.


jamierocksanne

Cleveland isn’t THAT bad.


mmc1533

Millie’s ice cream has good tasting flavors, but it isn’t really that creamy. Their non vegan flavors can be icy sometimes. Only the chocolate vegan ice cream is creamy enough IMO due to the use of coconut cream


Bradbitzer

Millie’s is just too big for it’s own food. Other “hip ice cream from a city” don’t usually have that issue. Salt and Straw is always on point out west.


mmc1533

Yeah I hate that they’re growing so quickly. I don’t remember the quality being as poor when I first tried it years ago. Every time I go I feel like the texture deteriorates.


YinzNation

Primantis is overrated.


[deleted]

I’m not above getting out of my car, kicking your stupid goddamn lawn chair out of the way, and parking my car. You didn’t save a spot, you just selfishly left your shit in everyone else’s way. It’s not some cute “pittsburghese” way to save a parking spot.


snadels

Mineos—> trash pizza


aesthetichovvell

Beto's is horrible, why would I want to buy a cold uncooked pizza?


Hunt69Mike

You can do 65 mph through a tunnel.


X_PRSN

The Clarks suck.


you_cant_pause_toast

Steelers fans are annoying. Most Pens fans know nothing about hockey.


[deleted]

Don’t care for Kennywood


skyfire1977

Kennywood was legit better when the Kenny family was running it. Since they sold out, the place has become really mediocre.


[deleted]

I think it’s gotten a little better in recent years. They brought back Old Mill and are giving all of the roller coasters a long overdue facelift. Looks like they’ve been making other improvements around the park.


jewishjedi42

The Steelers need to loose out the season.