| No Images? Click here   Marina Fang met three dancers with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: Corey Bourbonniere, Julia Erickson and Jessica McCann. Jessica moved to the city three years ago, Corey came eight years ago, and Julia arrived in 2001. All three noted how much Pittsburgh has changed since they first arrived, from its emerging tech industries to its vibrant arts and culture scene. “I feel like Pittsburgh’s growing in a lot of positive ways,” Jessica said. “So that makes me want to stay because I want to be a part of that.” “There were some areas that I remember people would tell me were off limits, like, ‘You don’t really want to go to these areas,’” Corey recalled. “But now, I feel like there’s a lot more culture in those areas, a lot more businesses that are thriving now. And there’s just an influx of people that I feel is constant. I feel like Pittsburgh is almost like the idea of America, that all these different people are coming here and setting up shop and turning it into this beautiful melting pot, in a sense.”  But they said some things have remained constant.“Pittsburgh is an interesting little microcosm of America,” Julia said. “It’s got that great small town quality, where you can kind of get to know a lot of people in the city and network very easily — very quickly, you can feel like you have the support of the community. But it also has all the things that big cities have. ... I like that it’s kind of a marriage of both.”“There’s something very home-y about Pittsburgh,” Corey said. “I think before I moved here, I thought of it as a big city — and it is, in a sense — but it’s also very small and very communal. I know so many people that have left to go to school or to work that have found their way back, or grew up here, left, came back, people who moved here for school and ended up setting up shop here. … I feel like if I ever were to leave, I’d find my way back.”Corey said he hopes that the “new Pittsburgh” doesn't forget about the city’s roots.“In changing the city and in making it a more thriving environment, I feel like some people might be left behind in this new Pittsburgh,” he said. “We have to do a better job of remembering those communities that have been here and have their roots here, and make sure they still have a place here.”  The technology was billed as a central pillar of Pittsburgh’s future, but it may be creating more economic anxiety than anything else. HuffPost partnered with The Incline to investigate how self-driving Ubers are affecting the community.
 “When Colin Kaepernick originally began kneeling, it was to bring attention to the unjust killings of black men,” writes contributor Cleo Rydeski. “So, when did kneeling during the national anthem become an attack on our brothers and sisters in arms?”“It’s important to remember patriotism isn’t about forcing people to stand and salute the flag or about shaming them for choosing not to,” she adds. “Patriotism is about making this country a place where everyone wants to do so.”  Cristian Minor provides free counsel to Latino immigrants — including helping parents designate a guardian to care for their U.S.-born children in case the parents are detained or deported. Jeff Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images If you’re looking for someone who symbolizes the human saga of revival, take an Uber (self-driving or not) from downtown Pittsburgh to the old mill town of Braddock.There you will find Kevin Sousa.A 42-year-old chef with sleeves of tattoos and “HARD WORK” inked on his knuckles, Sousa turned a former car dealership into a low-key but chic restaurant that wins national raves for the freshness, simplicity and understated elegance of its food. Ohio: Come hang out!We’ll be in Akron on Monday! You can find our bus in Cascade Plaza during the day, and we’ll be hosting a panel at the Akron Art Museum that evening.
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