Springsteen Confuses Where He Is, Shouts Out to Pittsburgh in Cleveland [VIDEO]

Forgive a man who's been on the road since Gerald Ford was President for confusing where he is.

The only problem is that he did it in a city that already has a regional inferiority complex. Trust me, in the battle of coolness for formerly industrial, northeastern, midsize cities, Cleveland is losing to Pittsburgh.

My perspective is completely skewed, because I am from Pittsburgh. However, I think there is some validity to the fact that Pittsburgh has the edge here.

It's not like the quest to decide which is the 'evil' twin between Boulder and Fort Collins, because that is a much tighter race. People can make arguments that Boulder is better, others can sing the praises of Fort Collins. The thing about that argument is that both are right. Fort Collins is better than Boulder in some ways, and vice versa.

Between the 'Burgh and the 'Land, I don't think the same is true. Pittsburgh has regularly been named on 'best places' lists in the past few years. The importance of pro sports teams reigns supreme over there, and in that area, the edge clearly goes to Pittsburgh. The Steelers own the Browns. In baseball, not that many people care, and they don't have a hockey team. Cleveland does have Lebron, but Pittsburgh has no NBA team (yet), so it's not a thing. Although I have to say that Lebron's stature does bring them some super cool points. It's not easy to be cooler than King James.

Still, it's not enough.

So the Boss couldn't have picked a worse city to accidentally shout out. Unless he was onstage at New West Fest and he shouted "Party noises, Boulder!"