Pittsburgh is in the Rust Belt, which often gets lumped in with the midwest. It has more in common with Buffalo and Cleveland, or even Milwaukee, than NYC or Chicago, although Pittsburgh is economically stronger than most of its Rust Belt brethren. No one from the East Coast considers Pittsburgh part of the coast - Philadelphia is the East Coast city in PA. East Coasters see Pittsburgh as Cleveland in the universe where Spock has a beard. [I really like Pittsburgh and other Rust Belt cities]
^ Not sure why this got downvoted. I'm pretty sure that if you told someone who lived in a rural area that they lived "out in the boonies" or that they were "rednecks," they would also take offense.
Please take some perspective: People on here are literally calling my beloved hometown and place of birth a "Rust Belt."
Even though I'm in Silicon Valley now, the vast majority of my friends and family still live back home.
