Carnegie Mellon University revamps Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

IN 2015, Monocle magazine, a favourite read of the global hipsterati, published an enthusiastic report on Lawrenceville, the former blue-collar neighbourhood here filled with cafes, hyped restaurants and brick row houses being renovated by flippers.

Last year, in a much-publicised development, Uber began testing self-driving cars on the streets, putting this city at the forefront of the autonomous-vehicle revolution. Also last year, in a less publicised development, Jean Yang, 30, returned to this city after more than a decade of living in Boston, finding a Pittsburgh she hardly recognised from her 1990s childhood.