ZAGAT names Pittsburgh number 1 food city of 2015 and my rent is going to go through the roof

https://www.zagat.com/b/the-top-17-food-cities-of-2015#17

• "When it comes to food reviews and rankings, ZAGAT is the go-to.
  And from time-to-time, in addition to compiling restaurant reviews, they’ll provide some insights about dining destinations and food towns around the country. So, yeah, if your city gets a shout out, it’s kind of a big deal. But, the top spots almost always go to the usual suspects, like New York, or Austin, or San Francisco. Right?
  Not this time. When ZAGAT asked editors from around the country to select the city that had the best year in food, an outsider claimed the top spot. After considering the voting criteria, including “caliber of new openings, award-recognition and national media,” Pittsburgh was selected as the best food town of 2015.   
  

  No. 1: Pittsburgh

  
  While hefty Italian bread sandwiches from Primanti Bros. remain musts on the Pittsburgh culinary circuit, as of late it’s an abundance of more refined food glories that Steel City is becoming known for. Consider the don’t-mistake-it-for-Brooklyn neighborhood Lawrenceville, where as of this year, locals now eat fried chicken and carrot slaw sandwiches for lunch at the Vandal, then jamón croquetas with leek-ash aïoli for dinner at Morcilla (pictured), chef Justin Severino’s low-key Spanish follow-up to Cure."

After the obligatory Primanti's mention; Lawrenceville gets compared to freaking Brooklyn in the second sentence!! Hey man, if you can get an apartment in the heart of Brooklyn with 2 beds 1 bath and a freaking cityview porch for $900 a month more power to you. I think I just proved that my apartment is the best in the world...

Other Pittsburgh area restaurants are highlighted in the writeup; but one thing is clear: after a perfunctory mention of the sandwich they show coming back from commercial of every primetime NFL game hosted in the Burgh(numerous), Lawrenceville is trending NATIONALLY. ZAGAT is pretty commonly accepted as The Go-To on all things food, and would you guess what, they just decided to give top billing to Lawrenceville in their writeup on the BEST FOOD CITY OF 2015. 

Given that you need food to live, it is well within the realm of possibility that my neighborhood has risen to number 1 in the world neighborhood power rankings.

More from ZAGAT:

• "Downtown, well-known restaurateur Richard Deshantz opened täkō, serving chorizo and Wagyu short-rib tacos alongside newfangled tequila cocktails. Perhaps the most robust symbol of Pittsburgh’s ascent is the arrival of a retro-utilitarian Ace Hotel, home to acclaimed Brooklyn butcher Brent Young’s just-opened Whitfield. ... With its geography straddling both the East Coast and the Midwest (likelihood of poaching more chefs from those areas = high), this town is poised for even more exciting things in 2016.

          —Alia Akkam"

I'm not surprised that an outsider was impressed with the try-hard charms of täkō - it's a pretty good taco in a really trendy setting - but any good Pittsburgher knows what a terrible value proposition this place is. That the world's authority on food named our magnificent city best in the world without ever trying La Palapa is a cosmic joke; that said I don't need the proprietors of my favorite taco truck getting big heads and charging $5 bucks a taco.

Full countdown(of cities we're better than):

17. San Diego

16. Miami

15. Charleston (SC I assume; no way anywhere in West Virginia ever ever ever makes this list)

14. Atlanta

13. Seattle

12. Denver

11. Minneapolis

10. Philadelphia (lol get real ZAGAT)

9. Dallas

8. Portland

7. San Francisco

6. Los Angeles

5. Boston

4. NYC (deservedly so)

3. Washington, DC

2. Baltimore(top 2 guesses for ZAGAT HQ are DC and the 2nd guess doesn't count #rolleyes)

#1 in your playbooks & hearts(at a safe distance from baltimore): PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania 

p.s.

Not ranked(probably ever): Cleveland