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Basic Directions

At low to mid levels, never attack if a policeman is in the area and be careful about persons close to the baseball field as they tend to be tougher.

College students, newspaper lads and ladies are the best targets for the careful lowbie but gentleman offer far more cash for the midbie.

Before level 40, be sure to enter the midbie area of the Pittsburgh steel mill. The workers offer great experience but are very tough. Grouping is very helpful there. But be sure that all members are under level 40 as the steel mill does not allow those level 40 and above to enter.

Pittsburgh History

Pittsburgh, in the Gilded Age (1890-1910), was renowned for its industrial prowess and for the staggering fortunes that its smoky steel mills generated. The city quickly grew crowded, as people poured into the area to reap their fortunes in one way or another. The first motion picture theatre was built in 1929 in the Downtown section of Pittsburgh, its name simply - The Nickelodeon.

The city grew naturally from the establishment of Fort Duquesne by the French in 1754 and then Fort Pitt by the British in 1758. Rich nearby deposits of iron ore and coal-combined with the natural transportation system of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers-energized the early industrial growth of Pittsburgh. Laid waste by the Great Fire of 1845, the city was resurrected from the ashes and went on to become the North's industrial backbone during the Civil War. The city's continued vitality is a combined effort of public and private sector collaborations cemented by the instincts of its early, frontier roots and by the strength of its ethnic diversity.

Seen from atop Mount Washington-day or night-Pittsburgh is a breathtaking vision. Western Pennsylvania's business and financial hub, a vital shopping and restaurant district, its architecture possesses great class and distinction.

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