I moved to Pittsburgh in the mid-80s for college, and stayed after for the tech boom. Pittsburgh seemed to have so much promise then, honest. But the tech crash hit it hard, and it doesn’t seem to be pulling up well out of it, much as I’d held out for a while.

Still, there’s plenty to see (checking out the Carnegie family of museums could keep you busy for a while just by itself) and it makes a handy base from which to explore a wide variety of surrounding countryside and small towns.