I've been born and raised in Pittsburgh, went to CMU for undergrad and Pitt for grad but eventually left for other places. Pittsburgh has plenty of business op

I've been born and raised in Pittsburgh, went to CMU for undergrad and Pitt for grad but eventually left for other places. Pittsburgh has plenty of business opportunities. There is A LOT of industry within the metro area. A small group of folks can relatively easily set up shop and make excellent careers doing tech in Pittsburgh. The "bones" of the city are excellent. It is a medium-size compact urban area surrounded by streetcar main-streets, industrial areas, and older 'burbs. Neighborhoods are relatively stable, there aren't insane fluctuations in property values, many places are walkable/bikeable and there's at least a corner in pittsburgh for every taste. As for it being a "start-up hub" where "start-up" is defined in the silicon valley sense of going from idea to VC investment to IPO in a few dozen months-- no that is not common. But that's such a narrow band of activity, can you really say it is common anywhere?