What confuses me the most about the city of Pittsburgh (besides why coleslaw goes on fried meat) is the city rivalry that goes on. Whenever I seem to mention Philadelphia, an ardent Pittsburgher's pavlovian response would be to yell "Phillies suck!" However, after visiting Cleveland, I noticed that every other city in Pennsylvania isn't the only city Pittsburgh doesn't quite like.

I was standing inside a bus bound from Shadyside the other day, and as I sat and studied the Steelers and Eagles jerseys that peppered the seats, the unimaginable happened – a person with an Indians jersey stepped onto from the threshold and onto the bus. The daggers that people threw his way amazed me. I can't tell what was worse: that the guy would wear the jersey of Pittsburgh's most heated rival or that anyone should care at all what kind of shirt you wear.

It's gang warfare, man. Except, instead of drive-bys, there's hotdogs and people stealing front-row seats!