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The Best Restaurants in Pittsburgh. No return address, nothing. Well, Charlie, you can't fool us. We here at Shmoop are literary detectives, and we think we've figured you out.

We're calling you a Midwestern boy. Then Sam decides to go there, too. If this was all we knew, we could assume that they'd chosen a nearby college. But you know what they say happens when we assume.

Thankfully, we have a couple more clues. Exhibit B: Charlie's dad's relatives live in Ohio, which according to Charlie is a "two-hour drive" 2. Now this isn't a math class, but we can safely guess that Charlie's family lives in one of the states surrounding Ohio. Pennsylvania, perhaps? Exhibit C: The smoking gun, folks. When Charlie, Sam, and Patrick drive through that symbolic tunnel and feel "infinite" 1. Chbosky knew that it would be impossible to capture the charm of Pittsburgh in any other city.

They would have had to recreate Pittsburgh elsewhere. For instance, the most iconic scene of the movie the one in the post below was filmed at Fort Pitt Tunnel and Fort Pitt Bridge. Apart from that, the West End Overlook can also be spotted in the movie. The West End Overlook is a municipal park that provides a breathtaking view of Pittsburgh and is located on Fairview Avenue.