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Old 02-06-2018, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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I ran across a post on CD recently where a poster from Pittsburgh said that "Pittsburgh natives hate going to Ohio" and they prefer the East Coast so I decided to go to the source, which is you guys. Now, I'm from Cleveland and I never heard people from Cleveland disparage Pittsburgh to my knowledge. The only thing I've Cleveland people just talk trash about the Steelers, and I don't know if any people from Pittsburgh disparaged Cleveland. Is it true that most people from Pittsburgh hate Ohio?
I go to Ohio a lot. There's a restaurant in Youngstown that serves really good Puerto Rican food

 
Old 02-07-2018, 05:47 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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I go to Ohio a lot. There's a restaurant in Youngstown that serves really good Puerto Rican food
Please share the name!

OP, I grew up in Scranton, moved to Northern Virginia (near DC) for a couple of years, and then moved to Pittsburgh by choice because I found the people of Northern Virginia to be insufferably snobby and materialistic and had always admired Pittsburgh from afar. I've thrived in Pittsburgh overall and only plan to move if it's to care for my parents as they age and ail.

Since moving here I've taken MANY road trips into and around Ohio. I love the Buckeye State. Whenever I'm feeling depressed (most Sundays anymore it seems because I get anxiety about my stressful job on Monday) I love to hop in the car and cross a state line into either WV or OH because it feels like an "adventure" to me and perks me up.

I've become very familiar with the Mahoning Valley and love it---warts and all. I stumbled upon White House Fruit Farm in Canfield, OH by accident, but now I'm hooked! In Youngstown I also love Fellows Riverside Gardens (free) and the Butler Institute of American Art (free). Before Pittsburgh landed a Jamba Juice the closest one to us was on YSU's campus.

I also drive a few times per year to Stow, OH (suburban Akron) for Skyline Chili because they hate Pittsburgh and won't build a location closer to us. I've also become quite fond of Kent.

Cleveland and Cincinnati are both sorely underrated cities. I feel like Columbus is overrated (especially by eschaton's aforementioned resident "fly-by-night" troll who joins and then posts, essentially, "Columbus > Pittsburgh"). I've never been to Dayton, Toledo, or Canton but look forward to exploring them soon. I drove through Geneva-on-the-Lake and Ashtabula recently during a snowstorm and thought both were beautiful. I'm also considering taking a weekend trip to Marietta this year that will include some stops in/around the Hocking Hills.

I don't know of anyone locally who "hates" Ohio. I DO know many people---myself included---are offended when people say Pittsburgh is "the Midwest". No. We're not. If you want to be technical we're the southwesternmost major city in the Northeast. We're also the "Paris of Applachia". I can see a strong argument to be made for saying Weirton isn't the "South" than saying Pittsburgh isn't the "Northeast".
 
Old 02-07-2018, 06:41 AM
 
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SCR - thanks for the great E Ohio road trip tips! Added to my list.
 
Old 02-07-2018, 07:01 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Morningside)
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Last time I was in Ohio was a trip to Cleveland in...2011 I think? We don't travel much because we don't get much vacation time. Actually wait, when driving to Louisville last summer to see my brother we stopped for lunch in Columbus on the way out and Cinci on the way back, but didn't really get to see either city.

I'd actually be willing to go more frequently, but my wife (who is a local Pittsburgher, not a transplant like me) really has no interest in going on "local vacations." Plus family-related travel pulls us eastward (most of my family is from the Philly area) very often.
 
Old 02-07-2018, 07:05 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Where are you from in Ohio?
Toledo.
 
Old 02-07-2018, 07:13 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Much of Pittsburgh has more in common with West Virginia than either the Midwest or Northeast, or rather a mixture of all three (not to start that debate)
West Virginia? Really? I would disagree with you 500%. Now you can make some geographic references in terms of Appalachia. But culture wise the 2 places could not be more different. It has been notated on many forums that Pittsburgh has more alliances and shades of an East Coast city than a Mid West. Its geographic location definitely makes a unique case, but WV is the LAST place I would relate Pittsburgh too.
 
Old 02-07-2018, 07:18 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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West Virginia? Really? I would disagree with you 500%. Now you can make some geographic references in terms of Appalachia. But culture wise the 2 places could not be more different. It has been notated on many forums that Pittsburgh has more alliances and shades of an East Coast city than a Mid West. Its geographic location definitely makes a unique case, but WV is the LAST place I would relate Pittsburgh too.
What do you see as the glaring differences? Wheeling is about an hour away from downtown Pittsburgh. The landscape is similar, both rust belt, Appalachian areas, similar blue collar roots, etc.
 
Old 02-07-2018, 07:28 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Morningside)
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What do you see as the glaring differences? Wheeling is about an hour away from downtown Pittsburgh. The landscape is similar, both rust belt, Appalachian areas, similar blue collar roots, etc.
Yeah. It always seemed to me that the Northern Panhandle, Morgantown, and perhaps even the Ohio River area down to around Parkersburg were basically part of the same regional northern Appalachian culture as SWPA. Oddly, even though it's very close to Morgantown, Fairmont and Clarksburg both feel much more southern.
 
Old 02-07-2018, 07:45 AM
 
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As a native Ohioan (born and raised in Appalachian Ohio; educated in northeastern Ohio), I'd say that Pittsburgh and the surrounding area remind me of both Cleveland and the hills in which I was raised. As I used to tell my parents, Pittsburgh--in particular the Pittsburgh I moved to in the late nineties--is like moving the people I grew up around to a place with taller buildings and fewer trees. The accent isn't dissimilar to the local dialect I grew up hearing, either. :-) In terms of general culture and amenities, Cleveland and Pittsburgh are fairly interchangeable, although I will say that Cleveland's food scene is a bit better as is the Cleveland Orchestra in relation to the PSO. (Blossom also far surpasses the former Star Lake by a long shot on all counts--from the venue itself to the relatively easy traffic when coming and going to a show.) I still hold a great deal of affection in my heart for my home state and visit often as I have family and friends who live there, but I have few regrets about making Pittsburgh my adopted hometown.
 
Old 02-07-2018, 10:47 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, OH
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West Virginia? Really? I would disagree with you 500%. Now you can make some geographic references in terms of Appalachia. But culture wise the 2 places could not be more different. It has been notated on many forums that Pittsburgh has more alliances and shades of an East Coast city than a Mid West. Its geographic location definitely makes a unique case, but WV is the LAST place I would relate Pittsburgh too.
Yeah, I thought "Huh?" when I saw that poster's reply. I was wondering how can Pittsburgh relate to West Virginia?
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