Rust as Gold Dust
Why the NFL Cherishes Bygone Cities
In a tribute to the National Football League’s nostalgia-tinged, size-doesn’t-matter, redistributive genius, Super Bowl XLV will pit the nation’s 152nd largest metropolitan area against its 22nd largest. Green Bay defeated Chicago yesterday to clinch the National Football Conference; Pittsburgh prevailed against the New York Jets in the AFC Championship.
Think about that. In what other contexts could Pittsburgh and New York – not to mention Green Bay and Chicago! – compete on a level playing field? Certainly not in baseball, America’s supposed pastime. In the unlikely scenario the Pittsburgh Pirates met …
