Exactly. There uses to be a great local music in a wide variety of genres, but that hasn’t been the case for decades (no pun). But in general, they were centered around the universities, primarily Pitt / CMU, with tons of small venues with an easy bus ride or walk from the campuses, but then the real estate prices went up significantly because the universities (and UPMC) were expanding, so the owners sold, and there were no venues to take their place.

There are some, farther out into the ‘burbs, but those are fewer and farther between.