what city was flashdance set in?
<answer> Pittsburgh <context> Pittsburgh features in The Silence Of The Lambs, but also stands in for ‘Gotham City’ in The Dark Knight Rises. Flashdance location: Alex nervously applies to audition: Carnegie Institute, Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh. One of the archetypal 80s movies, with Alex Owens (Jennifer Beals) flinging herself around like a maniac to a Giorgio Moroder soundtrack, against the backdrop of industrial Pittsburgh. It’s clearly filmed around the Steel City, with Adrian Lyne’s visuals rendering the gritty urban environment strangely appealing.