Am I Right?
Am I Right?
Pittsburgh is actually the northern-most cultural reach of Appalachia. It has recovered well and has a lot to offer, but I have always hated that city's Appalachian vibe. If you listen close enough, you can hear banjos a-playin' when you're in and around Pittsatucky.
Contrast that with Northeast Ohio, which was originally the Western Reserve of Connecticut. NE Ohio brings a decidedly New England vibe in infrastructure and culture. Pittsburgh is years ahead in terms of economic recovery as compared to Cleveland, but I'll take CLE all day every day. Still, Pittsburgh is a regional city and close enough that I root for it, even if I hope the Stillers all die in a fiery bus crash.
I recently interviewed at a school near Pittsburgh. I knew that western PA cities tend to be more compact than eastern PA cities because of the hilly terrain, so I assumed that people would be a bit less car dependent due to the higher density. The reality seemed to be the exact opposite, though. When I noticed that basically everyone seemed to drive to school, I asked some current students if any of them lived near the school and walked or took transit to class (as is the norm at both of the other schools I've attended). Their reaction made it clear that not only was the answer "no," but that the entire concept just struck them as completely foreign.
I don't know if the same is true in the city of Pittsburgh itself, but that just struck me as kind of a strange thing about the metro area.
Pittsburgh Left wrote:
Am I Right?
I don't know if insurance companies consider a car making the Pittsburgh left to have right-of-way, but I doubt it, which is really a shame
I never thought Pittsburgh was all that bad. It sure beats Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and Columbus, three of the most boring places I've ever been. Even Bridgeport, Connecticut is better than any of those three.
Those who complain about how boring a place is, unless they are referring to the Sahara, or BFE, make me wonder whether it's them that's boring. People make the place, not the other way around.
We got the chewman. Case closed, pittsburgh is number 1.
Luv2Run wrote:
Is Pittsburgh really considered the "midwest"?
We call it East Youngstown.
So, how is the actual running there? Feasible for, say, 70 mpw if you're willing to put up with cold weather?
You better like hills.
There's a nice park near Carnegie Mellon university that you can log some miles in
Haha the Penntucky mudcucks lost to a terrible team today. Pittsburgh is the ultimate banjo paradise. Dikk sukkers all!
If you saw the ballgame today it said it all. They have an attitude and they have no discipline. If they had just behaved with a degree of honesty and respect instead of false bravado and jiggabo elan then they would have won but no!
It's not a bad city. Doing pretty well economically with medical centers. Great schools and pro sports. The rivers and Mt. Washington are pretty (rated #1 urban view). The bar scene in SouthSide is like Mardi Gras every weekend (densest bar area in the world). The air quality is pretty bad and it's big stinky city like most big cities.
Thanks for the input.
A couple reasons (from someone who lives here):
Weather sucks - winters are cold as balls, summers are hot
Pollution- one of the most polluted cities in the US
No night life whatsoever - horrible for single / young people
Pros of living here: great universities (CMU, Pitt), super cheap place to live, close to major big cities
Also - the women here are horrible. Lots of fat / overweight women who are 7's in any other city, but they are 10's here. Unfortunate.
ThatAverageRunner wrote:
You better like hills.
There's a nice park near Carnegie Mellon university that you can log some miles in
I lived in the South Hills, and there literally was no stretch longer than 1/4 when I wasn't either going up or down a hill. AS I said in a previous post, great city, lots of character, but I agree, you better like hills.
And getting from Point A to Point B usually entailed going via some Point C in a different direction, due to the topography -- it was maddening.
Their mayor is such an ingrate.
http://time.com/4802340/paris-agreement-pittsburgh-mayor-bill-peduto-donald-trump/