let the haters hate, my Pittsburgh Partner!!
I live right in the middle of Ohio (Columbus) and it's like a strange war-zone for the AFC North, my Steelers Side-kick. things get real heated, due to these two reasons:
a) Columbus LIVES for football due to the overwhelming fanaticism that the Ohio State University Buckeyes bring. since it's a passionate football city with perpetual WINNING ways (just like the our Stillers, but imagine a younger and dumber fan-base due to constant waves of college kids). so football and drinkin' reigns supreme in Columbus (insert dumb ass cliche of "Columbus is a drinking town with a football problem!"
b) as aforementioned, where I live (Central Ohio) is a fucking WAR ZONE for the AFC North! this is due to my city being approx. equidistant between the Cincinnati Bengals, the Cleveland Browns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. and due tOSU being one of the biggest colleges in the world; there are kids from all over the Midwest and the world (fucking Indians and Asian tourists taking pictures of the dumbest shit).
so to make my point about point B - Columbus is a veritable battle ground for us AFC North footbaw fans. I remember the once out of every four years when the Cincinnasti Bungals are good, they have stopped me, harassed me, and usually try to incite conflict
so many footbaw fans hate us Stillers fans because we're like the Yankees of the NFL - constantly winning. but unlike the Yankees, we don't BUY our talent. the Steelers are KNOWN for never participating in those NFL mid-season blockbuster trades (right before the trade deadlines)
instead of buying our championships, we draft our players and actually DEVELOP them via our always-outstanding coaching staff and via our best ownership in all of the NFL (the Rooney family)
so let the haters hate!!