While other rust belt cities are struggling to maintain their identity, their population, and their profitability, Pittsburgh seems to be cultivating all three. Josef Goodman, writer for The Politic, explains why Pittsburgh survived the post-industrial rust belt landscape while others, Detroit and Cleveland included, are slowly withering in the new climate. Pittsburghers might be inclined to tell others that they live in the greatest city in the country - Goodman explains why we're right.
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