Pittsburgh is a great town with a thriving tech and startup community. As you can see from http://pghtechevents.com http://pghtechevents.com there are plenty of

Pittsburgh is a great town with a thriving tech and startup community. As you can see from http://pghtechevents.com http://pghtechevents.com there are plenty of meetups (many of them web development oriented). The only annoying thing is that most of them meet on a thursday so you usually have to choose one. Having CMU, Pitt and Duquesne (and the others) definitely helps with keeping a ton of interesting and smart people around the burgh.