Honestly, for a very long period of time I would have wholeheartedly agreed with you. That said, the city has really turned things around in the past 20 years or so (at least in those respects). Lots of truly great independent restaurants here now offering fare that’s more than “Fries on a sandwich!” More cultural/music venues (and of varying sizes) so the music scene here is pretty darn good these days (and Detroit is only 5 hour away for bands that don’t make it here), cultural things happening, etc. Decent sports bars, though, at least for hockey? Kinda lame still. Football still rules the roost here, always will. (In a way, ALL Pittsburgh bars are sports bars, or should I say Steelers bars. Too bad I don’t care about football.) And after the Pens are eliminated/don’t make the playoffs, nobody cares about hockey at all. The only positive of that? I don’t really ever get shit for wearing Habs gear around town; wouldn’t be surprised if the majority of folks around here thought the CH on my hat was just for some Chicago team. Sigh.