OK, put the Stanley Cup smack talk on the shelf for one second. Don't think about what teams is superior to the other and whose butt will get kicked all over the ice. There are a few other things at hand. Sure, the Red Wings can school the Pens on the ice... but when it comes to the cities, Pittsburgh has a few things to teach Detroit.
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Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl suggests that perhaps Detroit should look 4 to 5 hours to the east.
"We still do make steel here, as Detroit will
always produce automobiles," Ravenstahl told The Associated Press. "But
what we've done is we've really reinvented ourselves and transformed
our economy so we're not just steel and advanced manufacturing, but
we're digital technologies, financial services, life sciences, energy
solutions."
"Detroit has no choice but to reinvent itself,
pick itself up and create good opportunities for the people of the
Detroit area," he added. "And I think what the good news is is they can
look to Pittsburgh and realize and believe that it can be done, because
we did it here."
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