The articles appear every week. The premise is always the same: a rusty, industrial city once down on its luck has remerged as a dynamic hub of the tech economy. Manchester, the Ruhr Valley, Barcelona — all have had their moments in the limelight. But few cities have filled the role of urban fairy-tale princess for as long or as prominently as Pittsburgh.

Stories of Pittsburgh’s rebirth abound. Websites like Curbed and Salon explain to young professionals why it might be time to relocate from Brooklyn or Portland to the Steel City. The international press alights to investigate how cities overseas can follow the Pittsburgh model. The New York Times splashes Pittsburgh’s resurgence across its front page.

Recently, when Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris climate agreement, he explained that he “was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” The backlash was instantaneous. The city’s mayor and local and national media mocked Trump for his outdated view of the city. A Washington Post correspondent posted an image of a red hat that read, “Make the Burgh 1975 again.”