I saw a quote many years back comparing the homosexual community in San Francisco to the Obsessive Steelers fans of Pittsburgh. The quote was "Steelers fans can be compared to a heterosexual San Francisco.". Today, on the 'United Way' Friday, I had a glimpse. I noticed that one in ten persons wore a Steelers shirt for their casual Friday dress. Now out of about 3,500 employees, that was quite proponent. I just thought it was un-mistakable, the overwhelming dedication to the home town sport team that I have never encountered in my life.
Updated January 9th, 2009 at 07:49 PM by mknutson
I have been living in SF since 1990. I just recently moved to Pittsburgh PA for a 6-month contract. The first thing I noticed was, in general, a tendency to be lazy by most people. The most prominent example was the reason for this post in the first place. I work at a 3 story building. There is a large lobby and there are stairs in the center of the lobby. Quick obtrusive actually. I have to walk another 10 steps to get to the elevator to get up to another level. I work on the 2nd level. Now I am just dumbfounded by all the obese persons that will not walk 1 flight of stairs. Then I hear them in the hallway complaining about how their medical coverage did not help their ...