Originally from Pittsburgh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh
always a lot going on there from the sports to the arts.
Gulfport has been mine home for close to 30 yrs now and the entire Gulfcoast of Ms is like one long thread of cities. Nice thing I like is lots of car events, big and little (we are a stop again on PowerTour). Oh yeah, every type of food you could ever want. Eating is one of the things we do well!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfport,_Mississippi
http://www.gulfcoast.org/restaurants/
http://gulfcoastmotorsports.com/events/