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the mills closed in the 1980s, a nascent green movement in Pittsburgh mobilized around reviving the rivers for recreation as well as for environmental health. Eventually the rust belt’s rivers began to grow cleaner. Yet there were ongoing problems. Acid mine drainage polluted fifteen thousand miles of rivers and streams.
Eliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
TIL: Bay Area suburb Pittsburg, CA was named after Pittsburgh, PA, given the steel and mining industrial heritage of both places.
The largest private employer in Pittsburg is still US Steel (based in Pittsburgh). Ironically, US Steel is not in the top 10 employers in Pittsburgh. https://t.co/X6aBPhhyKr
“What unites everybody around Pittsburgh is the sports. Sports unites a lot of people from all different areas around the city that meet up at that sports stadium.” — Charlie, a 64-year-old politically unaffiliated white woman from Pittsburgh
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