When Simon & Garfunkel toured England and introduced the song America, Paul Simon mentioned hitch-hiking from Saginaw to Pittsburgh as like hitching from Grimsby to Birmingham.I stayed off the turnpike when I drove to Pittsburgh from Washington DC. Pittsburgh isn't that industrialised these days compared to what it used to be. It's very like Manchester in many ways, having come back strongly from post-industrial decline. Also very friendly people who love their sport.