Pittsburgh Over Portland Hype Continues

Around this time in 2012, Pittsburgh was "in" and Portland was "out". New year, same story:

WE FOUND THEM TO BE ABOUT HALF PRICED.GOT A DECENT HOTEL ROOM FOR ABOUT $100 A NIGHT. >> ANOTHER PLACE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T TYPICALLY THINK TO GO ON VACATION THERE IS PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. >> RIGHT. >>xx THIS IS REALLY MAKING A COMEBACK. >> IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY WE'RE LOOKING ALWAYS FOR THIS HOT NEW AMERICAN CITY.PORTLAND, OREGON, HAS HAD THAT CROWN FOR MANY YEARS.PITTSBURGH MAY STEAL THE CROWN. >> PITTSBURGH IS THE NEWPORT LAND. >> YES.IT HAS ITS OWN MINI SILICON VALLEY.IT HAS GROWING RESTAURANTS, MICROBREWERIES.AGAIN, AFFORDABLE.DEFINITELY WORTH A LOOK. >> OVERSEAS TRAVEL, MARSAILLES,

That's the unedited closed captioning from the TODAY Show clip for hot destinations in 2013. You can view the entire segment here. (Pan down to the bottom of the article for the embedded video.) For some reason, Kate Maxwell's (Jetsetter.com) slip up of "Liberty East" is omitted. That's the location of the "mini-Silicon Valley". Pittsburgh is the hot new American city, displacing Portland. Put a bird on it!