Pittsburgh in the Time of Cholera

I was just talking with some people earlier today about how Pittsburgh, while attractive, geologically unique, and multi-cultural, gets a bad rap.

Maybe it's because every time you go to a Pittsburgh news website you can see the most ridiculous headlines and stories. I felt pretty safe while in the city, and that's really saying something. So maybe Pittsburghers just have an insatiable appetite for death, gloom, and doom?

"A man charged with cutting off his wife's arms with a machete during their children's birthday party was taken back to New York City for prosecution today after he was discovered in a Pittsburgh jail."


"The owner of a pizza shop who was Tasered during a police stop last summer sues."


"A 20-year-old woman is clinging to life this morning after Pittsburgh Police say her ex-boyfriend shot her in the back of the head and then turned the gun on himself."


"A Beaver County man lying in bed with his girlfriend was killed when a bullet smashed through a window and into his bedroom."