I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, and yes, it's a great place to raise kids. but it's not a great place to be when you're starting out your life. I love Pgh and always will, but they city has a serious problem thinking ahead and finding ways to grow. It tried being a financial city in the 80s, then a tech city in the 90s, all the while it was growing as a medical city. It's still the best place to get sick for nearly anything, the medical facilities are second to none. But aside from education and hospitals, there's no nearly enough industry there, not nearly enough new-world accoutrements. I, and many people like me, moved away after high school and college because the city can feel small, constrained, and too old fashioned. I don't think it doesn't need to lose that to grow, but I don't know what else it does need. I hope it finds it.