What America Can Learn From Pittsburgh
This long-depressed city has overcome some of its most serious problems. Maybe others can accomplish the same thing.
Attention for @chrisbriem.bsky.social's book "Beyond Steel" continues to build, now with a substantive writeup in Governing Magazine. "Pittsburgh has reinvented itself into a high-tech, knowledge-economy success. If Pittsburgh can do it, can other places?"
06.03.2026 16:19
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"where they are moving from". This chart is specifically capturing people who moved into these neighborhoods from outside of the whole eight-county Pittsburgh MSA... So this is where people moving to Pittsburgh - writ large - from elsewhere in the country... not folks moving within the region.
06.03.2026 16:18
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Percentage of Population that Lived Outside of the Pittsburgh MSA One Year PriorΒ Β | Created with Datawrapper
Allegheny County Municipalities, 2020-2024 Period
Here is the same chart compiled for Allegheny County Municipalities. (www.datawrapper.de/_/2WSBK/)
No, I was not expecting Mount Oliver to pop near the top. Need to look into that some??
05.03.2026 17:08
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Here is something to ponder.
Percentage of Population that Lived Outside of the Pittsburgh MSA One Year Prior - City of Pittsburgh Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Groups, 2020-2024 Period
05.03.2026 16:24
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With a major change to bus routing again on the horizon in Allegheny County, itβs worth looking back at the core route numbering scheme currently in place. We just have to be different; the routes were numbered *counterclockwise* from (sort of) true north.
03.03.2026 21:04
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Just saying... maybe correlation is causality? Just last month and now this?
03.03.2026 17:56
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distillation?
03.03.2026 17:30
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The entire skyscraper in Bahrain is now engulfed in flames after a direct strike by a Shahed drone.
28.02.2026 19:36
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Today. In a few hours (@4:30pm) if you are still looking for a fish fry. Come⦠eat⦠drink⦠listen⦠and question! Maybe buy a book?
27.02.2026 18:27
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Neighborhoods needed to be grouped to keep geographies consistent across decennial years where census tract boundaries changed. That grouping is due to the shift of the area under the Civic Arena moving back to tract 305 from tract 201.
25.02.2026 22:44
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This is new. Carnegie Library now has an eBook version you can check out (so yes, get/renew your library card!)
25.02.2026 19:57
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Here is something to chomp on.
Change in total # of housing units between 2010-4 and 2020-4 periods, City of Pittsburgh neighborhoods and neighborhood groups
(www.datawrapper.de/_/7ew4Z/)
25.02.2026 18:00
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Itβs called age.
25.02.2026 02:32
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Required, that is.
24.02.2026 04:47
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I've pitched the book enough. Am not a customer, but someday. A Pittsburgh firm taking chicken reservations for 2026. (rentthechicken.com/about)
24.02.2026 03:43
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Sorry, I should have made clear, this reflects inflation-adjusted data. Added a note here:
24.02.2026 01:34
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Sorry.. I forget what platform I am on. Twitter is full of folks bashing the city of Pittsburgh gratuitously all the time, not here.
24.02.2026 01:29
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Where are my city of Pittsburgh bashers? This is actually remarkable:
24.02.2026 01:23
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Missed the book launch? Mark your calendars. This is for next month Downtown at the HYP Club on Thursday, March 26th @6pm. Free and open to the public, but registration may be retired.
AHYP History Series: Beyond Steel - Pittsburgh's Reluctant Reinvention
www.eventbrite.com/e/ahyp-histo...?
24.02.2026 00:26
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Thanks much... and thanks for past advice!
24.02.2026 00:02
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Accenture has begun monitoring staff use of its Al tools as part of how it decides top-level promotions, as consultancies push reluctant employees to adopt the technology.
The Dublin-headquartered firm told associate directors and senior managers that promotion to leadership positions would require "regular adoption" of AI, according to people familiar with the matter and an internal email seen by the FT.
This month Accenture started to collect data on individual weekly log-ins to its AI tools for some senior employees.
"Use of our key tools will be a visible input to talent discussions" during this summer's leadership-level promotion decisions, the email said. The New York-listed group says it has more than 550,000 people trained in generative AL.
If you want to keep your bullshit job you will be required to mind-meld with the bullshit machine.
23.02.2026 01:22
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February news and reviews
Christopher Briemβs Beyond Steel is reviewed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where itβs hailed as βan excellent history of the regionβs defeats and resurrections.β
Another big month for KSUP authors, including @chrisbriem.bsky.social, Nina Mandell, Martin Bush, and others. See all the latest news and reviews in our February roundup.
22.02.2026 13:13
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Again, for hyperlocal peeps. Note a time change for this on Friday this week. Now 4:30-6:00pm
22.02.2026 15:02
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Squad of Misfits: The Story of Connie Hawkins and the Pittsburgh Pipers
Northwestern Pennsylvania's brush with professional basketball
My latest: β[Connie Hawkins is] playing a very fast game of chess," observed one sportswriter. "He knows what's happening everywhere." #skystorians #history #basketball #Pittsburgh #NBAsky
www.eriereader.com/article/squa...
21.02.2026 02:15
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I mean, heβs the cubic regression guy, yes?
18.02.2026 19:32
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And next Thursday at 6pm Downtown. Technically, you need to register for through local alumni groups of like 12 schools. But if interested, and don't have a friend who can register you, send me a message.
Bonus: Mike Madison
More info: upenn.imodules.com/s/1587/gid2/...
18.02.2026 18:29
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