The Pittsburgh skyline from the North Side. Appalachia connects mountainous parts of the South, the Midwest, the Rust Belt, even the Northeast. The Appalachian Regional Commission defined the ...

southern California upbringing to settle in Pittsburgh, the largest city in Appalachia (or Appalachia-adjacent, depending on which map you consult). I now work as a political scientist and ...

In 2026, Pittsburgh will host the NFL draft. Pittsburgh occasionally gets called “The Paris of Appalachia,” mainly thanks to a 2009 Bryan O’Neill book by that title that paints a realistic ...