The steel companies and industrial jobs that gave the Steel City its moniker are being replaced by a new crop of young and thriving tech companies quickly giving Pittsburgh a new title: the Silicon City. Pittsburgh's transformation into a bustling tech hub is really not that surprising, if you have been paying attention to what has been happening at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh since the 80s.

These universities are creating a new generation of innovators, scientists, and engineers helping to usher in a new economic era in Pittsburgh. Carnegie Mellon was the first of its kind to create machine-learning and robotics departments, offshoots of its internationally renowned computer science program, formed in 1984.

Now corporations like Amazon, Uber, and Google have flocked to Pittsburgh to mine the world-class talent that graduates from these universities each year. As a result, Pittsburgh is growing and changing. Lawrenceville, once the industrial heart of the city, is now home to Zagat-rated restaurants as fresh as they are rooted in Pittsburgh's immigrant-rich history. Grapperia's Red Pepper Gimlet is a must try, every sip a testament to the city's hard-working heritage and its vibrant future.

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