On Pittsburghers

Pittsburghers have the Midwesterners' politeness without their righteousness, the sophistication of New Yorkers without their cynicism, the political awareness of Washingtonians without their pessimism and the sports enthusiasm and art appreciation of Philadelphians without the rowdiness and the snootiness.

JIM SPILLANE
Edinburg, Va.
The writer, a photographer, was a participant in the Three Rivers Arts Festival.