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perfectdisplay in pittsburgh

possibly moving to pittsburgh.

Jan 09, 2010 19:40

hello, i hope it's okay i post here... i'm considering moving to pittsburgh in a few months. i'm going to have to ditch my car relatively soon and i can get a job transfer to pittsburgh so i'm considering it. also, the price of living seems reasonable ( Read more... )

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littledeadgirl7 January 10 2010, 00:48:11 UTC

there is nothing in downtown pittsburgh and it pretty much shuts down after 7 pm save for some bars.

We dont REALLY have a 'subway'.....

I live and love living in, Oakland. It's quite the public transit hub and it's close to squirrel hill, shadyside (where you may prefer) and south side/bloomfield/lawrenceville area. it's close to everything basically and tons of buses go through here.

Drawback: It's a college area.

I"m 30 and I still live here, but not without people asking me why. ;)

perfectdisplay January 10 2010, 01:11:19 UTC

i was wondering how advanced the 't' was considering a large portion of my reading was from urbanrail.net and they also claim that detroit has light rail [which it doesn't].

part of me is thinking center city philly is where i'd like to be but it's so expensive. sigh.

littledeadgirl7 January 10 2010, 01:30:32 UTC

the T goes more out to the suburbs taht aren't heavily serviced by buses.

Right? Anyone?

freakshownia January 10 2010, 03:50:14 UTC

I've never been on it but I've heard it's useless.

xerotope January 10 2010, 18:40:58 UTC

What are you on, Detroit has the People Mover! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_People_Mover

perfectdisplay January 11 2010, 23:40:27 UTC

yeah, and everyone tells me it doesn't exist!

perfectdisplay January 11 2010, 23:40:51 UTC

so i guess my friends from detroit are all lying to me or don't know about the people mover. i even told them it was named that.

dabroots January 11 2010, 03:20:30 UTC

We do have a light rail system, but it runs only from downtown to several Pittsburgh neighborhoods and then suburbs known collectively as the South Hills, across the Monongahela River from downtown Pittsburgh. I live in Brookline, of those Pittsburgh-proper neighborhoods in the South Hills, but ride a bus more often than the T, but only because there's a stop right outside my door.

As far as neighborhoods that would probably appeal to you and have decent food shopping within a reasonable distance, I'd recommend Bloomfield, Polish Hill, and Shadyside. There are many bus lines running through each. If you haven't seen the Wikipedia page on Pittsburgh neighborhoods, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pittsburgh_neighborhoods and take note of which neighborhoods are adjacent to one another.

Much luck with your move!

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