Got an email from Mrs. PF today, still in exile in Oz-tin:
A friend’s facebook post that I thought you might appreciate more than most:
“Pittsburgh, do you seriously need to dominate in everything? Maybe other cities would like to win every sporting championship or host the G8 [sic] summit or be a center of biotechnology, health care, banking, and education or be largely unaffected by the recession or have such an awesome real estate market that your pizza guy has more square footage than the national archives…y’all just getting greedy”
This friend does not, apparently, live in Cleveland. I asked. He lives in Italy.
Hey It’ly in 1945 we only trailed Chicago and NYC for Itlaian immigrants so be cool. If you look back in history it would be highly evident that the resiliency that resides in this town can conquor just about anything. We have gone from almost a million folks in 1960 to just over 300K today, but still dominate. We are not Greedy, we know how to adapt. Look around your Ville or City, don’ t know where you are in It’ly but find the biggest steel structure you can find, and I’m gonna bet it was made in Homestead or somewhere close. Love ya.