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perchie.girl said:
Good morning chat folks..... :D
woke up feeling........ drum roll....... FABULOUS.....:wee

I am waiting for the other shoe to drop but I will take it as it is.... Yay.

No plans for the weekend.... except maybe some jewelry making and some cleaning and maybe assemble a book shelf that has been waiting about six months now....:oops:

deb
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That is good news!
 
bruceha2000 said:
Any reason you have such a desire to live in Pittsburgh?
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Not particularly. I really don't know tbh. For a while I was obsessed with Idaho. Now I seem to be obsessed with Pittsburgh. Not sure. Could also be slightly OCD related, like the degree of interest/obsession. BUT. It also just seems like a really cool city and from what I've read, it's supposed to be a great city to live in. And they also have a good music scene and I know of a lot of bands from that area as well as friends I've made from the music scene/Twitter so that's definitely a major attractant and factor I think. Of course, I also have a lot of friends in other cities too but Pittsburgh just seems cool. And also my mom's family all lives in Erie, PA, 2 hours away, and I have one aunt near Pittsburgh and some cousins in Ohio so it's close to all of them. Plus besides Internet friends, I have a lot of friends from school out there, both in Pittsburgh and Erie, as well as Ohio, and my best friend from school lives in Pittsburgh (well, Mars). So I guess there's just a lot of people I know there and a strong music scene, which is important. Plus it's not too far from my family here in MA and I could still have seasons. I love fall. Although there is definitely a lot more snow there than here which is slightly a concern but honestly I think I can deal. I also hate heat and humidity and just don't do well in it so moving to Florida, California (particularly LA), Texas, Arizona, etc. Where a lot of my other music friends are is definitely out of the question. Plus places like LA are really expensive. And I still want to be relatively close to family. Pittsburgh I could drive home. Now, Nashville or Boise is another possibility or Ohio but I haven't really looked into those places. So yeah. Idk, Pittsburgh just seems to fit a lot of the checkpoints of what I'd possibly want in a city and I know people so it wouldn't be such a hard move.

And honestly I hadn't really thought about it like at all or at least consolidated everything into a concise, specific reason until you asked, I've just kind of been like obsessed for unknown reasons, or so I thought, but I think I did know all the reasons, I just hadn't really talked about it yet. So yeah.

I think what triggered this particular thing was that I think I saw a tweet or article or something online and then that maybe started all the research/obsession with it but I've honestly looked into/considered moving there before, just was never as serious about it.
 
Oh and also, besides hot states/cities, middle of nowhere and/or Midwest ones where a lot of other friends live were also out of the question. And most of the East Coast like NYC, Boston, Jersey is expensive.

So Pittsburgh I think is one of the few East Coast ones that's close enough and not too expensive or depressing lol but I still could look into a few others, like Ohio
 
sourland said:
@KDOGG331 , visit for a while before moving there.
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Yeah, definitely planning to. I've been to my friend's house twice and driven through parts of it/gone a couple places with her but I definitely need to visit more and actually like go to in more of the city aha I can't move yet anyway cause I need to save way more money so I'll definitely be visiting a bunch before then.
 
sourland said:
@KDOGG331 , visit for a while before moving there.
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Yep, do that if you can. You probably don't want to hear this but I Googled Pittsburg and the crime rate there is higher than the state average and even higher than the national average. Imperative that you check out that sort of thing since it helps to know if there are just some areas that have more crime or if it is city wide.

And I'm with @rjohns39, no city for me. I grew up outside Los Angeles, the whole area was overpopulated when I left 29 years ago. Way worse now. Of course there are some people that love city life and there are certainly entertainment/dining options that we'll never see in small towns and can't even reasonably drive to.
 
rjohns39 said:
KD I've not had a choice where to live for more than 30 years. It gave us a good Idea of what we didn't want. Top of our list was city, which made that off limits.
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Yeah, I didn't used to think I wanted to live in a city but now lately it seems kinda fun. Idk.

bruceha2000 said:
Yep, do that if you can. You probably don't want to hear this but I Googled Pittsburg and the crime rate there is higher than the state average and even higher than the national average. Imperative that you check out that sort of thing since it helps to know if there are just some areas that have more crime or if it is city wide.

And I'm with @rjohns39, no city for me. I grew up outside Los Angeles, the whole area was overpopulated when I left 29 years ago. Way worse now. Of course there are some people that love city life and there are certainly entertainment/dining options that we'll never see in small towns and can't even reasonably drive to.
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Well that's definitely scary. :/ I did some reading not too long ago that talked about the best neighborhoods and safe areas and stuff and from what I gathered reading and from asking a friend, there are some areas you absolutely avoid, don't go at night, etc. But idk if it's city wide or not. I will need to do some more digging and asking more friends. But I guess I just assumed that it was safer than some cities like Chicago and St. Louis. But idk.

And yeah, sometimes going into Boston I'm like, I could never live here, too noisy or crowded or whatever, but then some areas are really quiet and pretty and you barely even notice you're in a city so I'm hoping maybe Pittsburgh has some areas like that. But of course the biggest thing right now, being relatively young and into music, is being close enough to a city or even in one, to be able to go to shows. And of course a good music scene and not just like country or huge pop artists because I do go to mostly smaller bands/shows. I was just saying that's part of what I love about where we are right now is how central we are to everything. It's relatively quiet with nature and stuff but we have a ton of stores in every direction and we're only 40 mins to Boston, 1 hour to Cape Cod, 4 to NYC, 2 to Portland, 1 to Providence, etc. So I can go shopping or to eat or to shows in various cities and stuff. Which is nice. I mean, heck, we have 2 grocery stores and 2 gas stations minutes down the street. Which is nice. I suppose one important thing I may have overlooked though is going to some shows in Pittsburgh and seeing if I like the venues or the area they're in or whatever. I've heard good things about the shows and venues there but I think visiting them myself might be a good idea since that is one of the biggest reasons for moving.
 

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