Pittsburgh #9 Smart Place to Live

[T.S.]

Ranked by Smart Money magazine. I thought that it was interesting.

Originally Posted by Smart Money

#9 Pittsburgh, Pa.

Currently undergoing a renaissance, this hidden gem has distinctive neighborhoods, tree-lined streets, glittering skyscrapers, upscale shops and a diversified economy.

What we loved: The city's ethnic European cuisines. The pierogies served at The Church Brew Works -- formerly a Catholic church that's now a brewery -- were marvelous.

The best vantage point for surveying Pittsburgh is atop Mount Washington. Hollows and streams in the surrounding hills carve out distinctive neighborhoods that are linked by more than 700 bridges. Steeples of 19th-century churches dot tree-lined streets. Glittering skyscrapers cluster at the Golden Triangle, where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet to form the Ohio.

-- Sean O'Neill

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Top 10 Smart Places to Live

[cleozmom]

Hmmm, I would stand a greater chance at watching the Steelers play