1. There are a ton of train tracks everywhere ... and most of them are still in use!
2. It snows quite a bit here too.
3. The accent. It's really gruff. That's the best way I can describe it. It really reminds you that most people here have lived a tough life ... and probably smoked a lot of cigarettes too!
4. Pretty much everywhere you step you are walking over a coal mine ... a lot of those are still active too!
5. You may think you have narrow, windy, hilly roads near you. But unless you live in the Rockies or the Appalachians, you are just kidding yourself.
6. You cannot leave the house or turn on the radio or the TV without being reminded constantly that you are in Steeler, Penguin, and Pirate Country. Typically you are reminded by someone who has gone completely over the top. You know, like someone decked out completely head to toe in black and gold, just getting groceries on a Tuesday. Not even close to a game day. There is even a house in the next town over that is painted black and gold. Now that, my friends, is some serious team spirit!
(No, I didn't take this picture, just got it off the internet. And no, he would probably not be walking through the grocery store on a Tuesday dressed like that, but you get the idea!)
