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Sounds like I'll be moving there in four months or so.

Anybody know much about it? I think I've maybe spent a total of 12 hours in the city. Good places to go, shit to check out, people to meet, etc?

What's the skinny, help a brotha out.

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Is your address already decided?

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No, but it will likely be in the city.

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try steel city beer!!!!

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They lost to Toledo last Saturday, very disappointing.

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Pittsburgh used to be a dark, dirty city, back when the major industry in the area was the mines. You could literally spend a couple hours outdoors in some places and feel the residue on your skin. In the 80's, with the decline of manufacturing/steel, they did a major turnaround, and became a leader in the service industries. The whole area has cleaned up, downtown revamped, two new stadiums in the past couple years, and it's now a great place to be.

Can't tell you much about nightlife, but I hear great things about it. Downtown is very people friendly, including walking bridges over the rivers (the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet to form the Ohio). Lots of sites, including Point State Park and Fort Pitt at the confluence of the rivers, the ball parks, and along the Mon. River, the various inclines that take you to the top of Mt. Washington. Definitely a must see: the view from Mt. Washington, overlooking the city and suburbs, was voted the second most scenic place in the US.

Pittsburgh has a very good zoo NE of town (in Oakland), a great golf course (Oakmont), river boat cruises, skiing, hiking, and plenty of name entertainers coming to town. Fallingwater is 2 hours away. Can't tell you much about transit: there is a limited subway, but I don't know how much, if at all, commuter trains are used. Airport is well out of town on the west. In general, I'd say it's not an easy town to drive around/through, though the traffic problems aren't quite as bad as other cities its size. It's just not a well-planned city, being in the East.

I never lived in the city, only suburbs. You'll definitely notice an accent, but it's not heavy. It's "pop" there, not soda, they use gumbands, not rubber bands, and the side of the road is the "berm". You never speak ill of Roberto Clemente, and never, ever wear a Cowboys hat.

Don't know anyone there anymore. Guessing the closest Asylumite is morgana. Would definitely move back to that area, though the cost of living is a good bit higher than what you and I live with now.

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Iron City Beer, not that you care.

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my friend missy(if you remember her) is moving there in a few months.

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The American Queer As Folk is set there, I think. You should love it.

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Wow. It completely didn't occur to me that you used to live there MstrG. Kick ass. When I get more details, I'll be sure to pick your brain some more.

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yeah, i go to pitt. frequently, as the 8 hot topics in that area are all in my district. they've asked me many times to move there to be a district manager. i hated what i saw of it- most of the suburb shopping areas, of which i would be travelling to frequently for work, lay an hour or more out of the general housing area. everyone i've talked to that works for us up there commutes an hour or more, considering traffic, just to get there. and i wanted to kill myself after being on the freeway system.

that being said, every freakin' weekend there is at least 2 major shows to go to in the area- like mstrg said, there's always something to do. and their malls are fabulous.

i think i'm just a small town girl at heart. that, or i need anger management for my road rage.



edit- when you move to pitts, i will definitely find a weekend to come and visit, freeway system or no. in return, you must venture the wilderness of WV sometime.

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If you become a Steelers fan, I'll have to kick you in the balls.

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. . . or i need anger management for my road rage. . . .

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Pittsburgh, eh?

Crop off the trailer park background, remove the S, and add some snazzy animated touches, and you got yourself a new sig:

http://www.antiquemystique.com/images/5570_jpg.jpg

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I hear tell Chee Wup Sun lives in Pittsburg.

Amen.

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Iron City Beer, not that you care.

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I will be driving through there sometime soon on my Norfolk -> Toronto trip.

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I was half expecting you to move to Provincetown.

The other half was damn sure you were moving to Provincetown, actually.

(good luck and happy trails, by the way)

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Chopsticks used to live there, and some of his friends from there just visited. I'll ask him tonight. Um, so they're guaranteed to have a Chinatown, although they said they couldn't find duck tongues there. I'm not making that up.

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Their transit agency.

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