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>"It's part of our culture to be feel vaguely dissed -- >and to then stand up and say, "Damn right!" when >someone notices our great city....." > >Okay, up to a couple years ago, I'd second this >without thinking twice. Trouble is, the G-20 is being >held here and it's not because Pittsburgh is a rusting >hulk ala Detroit. The 'Burgh has been getting >increasingly favorable national press (remember the >"Most Livable City ratings?) sending those stereotyped >"smoky steel town" stereotypes into the mists of >history. > >Howard Fineman, a Squirrel Hill native known for his >Newsweek columns and his punditry on MSNBC, did a >great column about how his hometown battled back from >the economic brink WITHOUT bailouts and so on but >through reinventing itself with tech, medicine, sports >and specialized industrials. > >I think we're just about past the point of this >inferiority complex business. If was no doubt true >for a good while, but not any more. As for Rob Owen, >he can do it when he has to, as you mention with the >WQED piece. But he could use more adult supervision. >A little too full of himself and too star-fixated. > >>I'm not a huge fan of Owen's, but when he did his >>recent piece on the financial issues at WQED, I >>thought it was straightforward and well-reported. He >>asked the tough questions of George Miles and he laid >>out all the salaries, losses and other specfics. I >>had expected less...and got more. >> >>The rest of the this is just piffle. It's TV and >>films, people, not the war in Iraq! >> >>And the truth is? TV shows set in Pittsburgh or >>referencing Pittsburgh are much-loved. It's part of >>our culture to be feel vaguely dissed -- and to then >>stand up and say, "Damn right!" when someone notices >>our great city.....

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