I was just kidding around - but I do think Pittsburgh punches well above it’s weight as a city of it’s size/history with the amenities that it offers - it’s certainly nicer to visit than major cities I’ve live in previously (the idea of someone vacationing in Phoenix is baffling to me for instance - although hundreds of thousands do) as someone else said in this thread said it wouldn’t be a very interesting article if it was just New York, Paris, London and Tokyo.

It’s my understand that stuff like this usually comes thanks to very heavy lobbying from VisitPittsburgh and other tourism/business groups. I have no idea why we got a shoutout - but I do think in general people in this thread are kind of dismissing the region more than it deserves. There’s a lot of cool shit here!!! I can only say very anecdotally from talking with performers/friends visiting but everyone who has come has seemed to say “I had no idea Pittsburgh was this cool!” and that seems to be the point the article is making.