Ah, good point - I'd forgotten Pittsburgh. Genuinely spectacular setting and a nice feel to it. The name gives the wrong impression.
One obvious thing - being a tourist anywhere is never as good as living and working there or staying with someone who knows a place. I have friends who live in...
I lived in the Grove in the early/mid 90s and loved it. Sorry to hear it’s having a bad time.
Downtown LA is interesting around the Bradbury Building but not enough there to make a visit of more than an hour or two worthwhile.
Except that NYC is unlike almost anywhere else in the USA. I do love it, though. There's always somewhere else to explore and something else to do.
My favourite other US cities are San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans and Boston. I've lived and worked in Miami, so I see it a bit differently. I...