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re: Considering taking a job in Pittsburg, PA
Posted on 12/17/19 at 6:26 am to yankeeundercover
Posted on 12/17/19 at 6:26 am to yankeeundercover
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Posted on 12/17/19 at 6:31 am to yankeeundercover
Lived there for years. I didn’t mind it, but I like Chicago better. I would take Pittsburgh over an East coast city any day of the week though. A south Louisiana native will have trouble adjusting to the food and winter. Pittsburgh is the best city in Pennsylvania by a wide margin.
Pittsburgh has some rust belt problems although it’s much farther along in reinventing itself than Detroit, Cleveland, Erie, or Buffalo. IMO it’s most similar to Cincy but the architecture and people are more “East coast” than Midwest. The younger people are mostly cool but keep to themselves. The older people seem to have a chip.
The outlying areas feel a lot like the southern US (everyone has a gun and a pickup truck - and the people that do not have a factory job are probably on disability). Most of the bars are themed towards professional sports instead of college sports. The countryside is gorgeous.
My advice is to stay off the parkway - especially at rush hour. Do not ever be in a position where you depend on that highway. It’s always clogged both inbound and outbound.
Where will you be working? What’s important to you - night life, public schools, outdoors shopping, etc.? Shadyside and Regent Square are popular now. Lawrenceville is a bit more rustic but is definitely on an upswing.
Pittsburgh has some rust belt problems although it’s much farther along in reinventing itself than Detroit, Cleveland, Erie, or Buffalo. IMO it’s most similar to Cincy but the architecture and people are more “East coast” than Midwest. The younger people are mostly cool but keep to themselves. The older people seem to have a chip.
The outlying areas feel a lot like the southern US (everyone has a gun and a pickup truck - and the people that do not have a factory job are probably on disability). Most of the bars are themed towards professional sports instead of college sports. The countryside is gorgeous.
My advice is to stay off the parkway - especially at rush hour. Do not ever be in a position where you depend on that highway. It’s always clogged both inbound and outbound.
Where will you be working? What’s important to you - night life, public schools, outdoors shopping, etc.? Shadyside and Regent Square are popular now. Lawrenceville is a bit more rustic but is definitely on an upswing.
This post was edited on 12/17/19 at 6:59 am
Posted on 12/17/19 at 6:40 am to fallguy_1978
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Their roads are fricked up though. It's the most confusing city I've ever driven in.
The area would, IMO, respond well to an expanded public transit network similar to Chicago or DC. Their roads are terrible, and the people aren’t as against riding the train as they are in the south.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 6:52 am to LB84
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Pittsburgh and Columbus are two major rust belt cities that diversified their economy and are the two best major cities in the rust belt. Far better than Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, etc.
At this point, most of Columbus’s history was framed by higher education, research, and state government. It escaped most of the “boom, then bust” rust belt problems that Cleveland or Pittsburgh had.
I think the higher education aspect of Pittsburgh is why it’s been able to reinvent itself. Not sure if that will ever happen in Detroit or Cleveland.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 6:54 am to yankeeundercover
It’d help with the locals if you spelled the city correctly
Posted on 12/17/19 at 6:58 am to dewster
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Pittsburgh is the best city in Pittsburgh by a wide margin.
Hot take
Posted on 12/17/19 at 7:00 am to yankeeundercover
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Pittsburg, PA
First piece of advice...learn how to spell it.
This post was edited on 12/17/19 at 7:01 am
Posted on 12/17/19 at 7:30 am to yankeeundercover
Pittsburgh in the 80's was a great place to grow up and it's nice to visit when I go back for xmas. Lots of bars. Lots of hipsters now too if you are into the craft beer thing.
It's like a poor man's square version of PDX.
Not sure if I'd want to live there, the winters suck. CenFla >>> WesternPA as an adult.
It's like a poor man's square version of PDX.
Not sure if I'd want to live there, the winters suck. CenFla >>> WesternPA as an adult.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 7:55 am to yankeeundercover
Hoagies FTW. And PNC park is legit.
Still order my steaks “Pittsburgh Rare”. Hilly and as mentioned cold AF in the winter but a fun town.
Still order my steaks “Pittsburgh Rare”. Hilly and as mentioned cold AF in the winter but a fun town.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 8:20 am to yankeeundercover
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Considering taking a job in Pittsburg, PA
Stay away from real estate around Frick Park. The park name devalues the property values.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 8:22 am to yankeeundercover
Went to Pittsburg for work once. Was pleasantly surprised. Great sports town too.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 8:22 am to yankeeundercover
bland normal arse place with zero identity
have a blast being a basic bitch. lol can't stand people who live in places that are void of a personality
have a blast being a basic bitch. lol can't stand people who live in places that are void of a personality
Posted on 12/17/19 at 8:23 am to greenwave
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Went to Pittsburg for work once. Was pleasantly surprised
by what?. it's just like every other basic arse place dude.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 8:24 am to yankeeundercover
Western Pennsylvania is a nice place to live. Great people, easy driving distance to a lot of other big cities, Great Lakes during the summer, relatively easy to get to snow skiing in the winter, three major sports teams.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 8:26 am to SuperSaint
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second to only Boston in my opinion
Posted on 12/17/19 at 8:35 am to Mr Perfect
Where do you live? Dallas?
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:02 am to SuperSaint
When to Boston the first time last month and my most noteworthy take away is the traffic engineers must have been drunk af when laying out the roadnetwork
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:04 am to sanora
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i hope you enjoy heroin
Who doesn't?
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:08 am to yankeeundercover
Pittsburg is a really cool city. Underrated. But I have no idea where you should live.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:10 am to kjp811
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Pittsburg is a really cool city. Underrated. But I have no idea where you should live.
Hill District.
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