Apple Store in Pittsburgh Moving Next Month

Actually, the Walnut street store is the ONLY store located within "city limits." The South Hills Village store and the Ross Park store are both located in suburban malls in the "metro area." Just saying......

Nice to see a lot of of the midwestern stores getting renovated in recent months - Cleveland’s Crocker Park store recently got renovated and a brand new Apple Store is planned for downtown Detroit

Hard to believe that Pittsburgh has a total of 3 Apple stores (within the city limits) even though the population of Pittsburgh is just over 300,000

Boston only has one Apple Store and has a population of over 650,000

I think Pittsburgh has more Apple Stores per capita (within city limits - not metro area) than any other city in the world if I’m not mistaken

Shadyside is the only one in the city limits, Ross Park Mall is a Pittsburgh mailing address, but it's in Ross Township. The South Hills Village location is also a Pittsburgh mailing address, but is in Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair.

(I live in Pittsburgh)

Once you factor in that it’s 3 stores to the entire metro area, which has I think about 2.7m people, it makes a bit more sense

I love visiting locations all over the world via Google Earth. Usually starts with a news article and a location that I try to find without using a search feature.

I pulled up Philadelphia and began my search. Found Walnut Street in Philly and tracked down the address: 5436 Walnut Street. No way, it is in the middle of a bunch of 2 story houses. I looked, and looked again. It was not there. Begrudgingly, I resorted to search and found the Apple Walnut Store but at 1607 Walnut Street. What the heck, is MacRumors crazy or can't read? That's when I found out I can't read. It's Pittsburg stupid not Philly.

But what a coincidence that there is a Walnut store in both towns.

The Shadyside location is actually really cool. Because it's just in a neighborhood. With low rise houses and apartments, old sidewalks, local bars and restaurants. It feels like it's on a classic American main street, not in a suburban mall.

Pittsburgh is HIGHLY underrated. One of the best cities.

And there will still be no parking.

And there will still be a parking garage on Bellefonte St.

interesting. I did some research just now and came across this article that explains the historical significance of ‘USPS mailing routes’ which are apparently often confused with the actual Pittsburgh city limits:

https://www.wesa.fm/arts-sports-culture/2022-10-26/why-boroughs-outside-of-pittsburgh-can-still-use-the-citys-name-on-letters

This is not unique to Pittsburgh. For example, most of what people think of as Las Vegas is not even in Las Vegas, although they use a Las Vegas address.

As far as Pittsburgh goes, most 152xx ZIP codes use Pittsburgh as the city name, although in many cases you can use the actual town’s name as well. I avoided using Pittsburgh in my address whenever I could when I lived near the city.

Also, Allegheny County, where the 3 Apple Stores are, has a population of over 1.2 million. The metro area, which includes surrounding counties but is mostly rural with small towns, is over 2 million.