[upbeat rock music] both: i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder - la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la - sha la, la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la, la - pittsburgh is a city of neighborhoods, each with its own rites and rituals, a patchwork of cultures that took shape over a century ago. back then, the city was a beacon of hope and possibility for people from all over the world, offering the promise of work, prosperity, a new life. pittsburgh could have been another company town gone to beautiful ruin, but something happened. the city started to pop up on lists of the most livable places in america. it became attractive to a new wave of people from elsewhere looking to reinvent themselves and make a new world. and so we find ourselves asking the same questions we ask in other cities in transition. are the n
because it s super affordable. [upbeat techno music] - bow down to your new masters, your techie future, the robot overlords of a shiny, new pittsburgh. the computer science program at carnegie mellon is one of the best in the country, inspiring an arms race between companies looking to recruit braniacs for new fields of artificial intelligence, cutting-edge medical research, possibly cyborg super nerds who will no doubt revenge themselves on all of us for their painful high school experiences by crushing us between their synthetic mandibles. they re also good for business. - here you go, guys. - thank you. - thank you. - the googlers that are coming in are coming in at the very top of the food chain, and they re walking into brand-new housing. they re making six figures. they re 23 years old. - right. - and, you know, i think the old-school, the people that have been here forever, are not happy about that.