Major Airport: Pittsburgh International Airport

Companies with a Major Presence: U.S. Steel Corp., Highmark, PPG Industries, PNC Financial Services Group, H.J. Heinz, University of Pittsburgh, Giant Eagle, Mellon Financial, FedEx Ground, Allegheny Technologies

America’s most livable city. Recession-proof. Stable. One of America’s cleanest cities. One of America’s strongest housing markets.

This city of accolades? Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pittsburgh just celebrated its 250th birthday, but the most important celebrations of its vitality may have come from outsiders, including The New York Times, Forbes and Time. This city on three rivers may often get lumped with Rust Belt towns like Detroit and Cleveland, but analysts perceive its economy as evolved with a resilience more similar to New York’s and Chicago’s. Time dubbed it the “One Economic Bright Spot on Main Street.”

The region’s home prices rose in 2008, unemployment is below the national average and the Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl, so Pittsburghers were buoyant even when temperatures dropped below zero. The region learned decades ago how to tough out economic problems when its leading economic engine, the steel industry, collapsed.

Steel companies are still planning billions of dollars of investment in southwestern Pennsylvania, but the biggest economic fields are now health care, education and banking. A bevy of small tech startups are a new source of pride and hope for a region eager to grow.

Despite all the recent good publicity, Pittsburgh was still one of the fastest shrinking U.S. cities in recent years and its government is saddled with debt. The region’s history of parochialism may be part of the problem, according to some legislators who have been pushing for consolidation.

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Once known as the Steel City due to its reliance on big industry and steel mills, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is beginning to diversify and Pittsburgh travel is becoming increasingly popular. Not only have the Pittsburgh Steelers garnered the all-important Super Bowl ring, but there are a number of things to do in Pittsburgh that involve art, culture and many other attractions. Popular among many Pittsburgh tours is Pittsburgh shopping, which is a favorite among bargain-hunters who love the chance to find high-end items without paying tax.

Although the city of Philadelphia was the center of the American Revolution, the citizens of Pittsburgh certain played their own part in the war. After the war, the city of Pittsburgh, which was at that time merely a village, began to grow quite rapidly. After the War of 1812, Americans began to realize that the production of goods at home was important. During the war, Britain had cut off supplies to the United States in an attempt to win the war. This served as a catalyst for growth and production in Pittsburgh, which quickly became a hub for industry and production. This trend for production carried into the early 20th century as Pittsburgh began producing more than 1/3 of all steel produced within the United States.

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