When analyzing development patterns in cities, there’s a concept called the “favored quarter,”. a direction on the map that gets the vast majority of the attention, services, convenient transportation, and thriving businesses, stretching all the way out to the affluent suburbs. Pittsburgh seems to have this too – going east from central Oakland through Squirrel Hill/Point Breeze. It makes sense, given that the three rivers’ delta points in the opposite direction, leaving the most developable land to the east.