Leaving Pittsburgh! (Duquesne, Denver, Howard: relocating, real estate, rental)

[fb1527]

Hello! I've decided to leave Pittsburgh, hopefully in the next 3 months. I've lived here all of my life and it's time to go. I'm bored here and I'd like to be around friendly people for a change. We are a family of 5 and are planning to move to NM. I want to rent out the house that I own in Pittsburgh until I decide to actually sale it down the line. I need the name of a Property Management Company that can handle the rental of my home when I am no longer in Pittsburgh. Any names, websites? Thanks!

[guylocke]

I'd like to be around friendly people for a change

how very odd.

[burghgirl]

I have family members who moved to Pittsburgh two years ago from Ohio. They tell me that Pittsburghers are the most helpful, friendly people they've ever seen. For instance, my sister was having trouble getting her son's stroller in her van the other day at a park, and a family nearby saw her and immediately helped her. My sister says this type of help and friendliness from strangers happens a lot. They've also been thrilled with the genuine, welcoming feeling they've gotten from their church and neighbors and work colleagues. I lived in Pittsburgh for five years and my experience was also that one of Pittsburghers are super friendly people! Which is just one of the reasons why we're planning to move back to Pittsburgh as soon as my husband finds employment there!

[guylocke]

I have family members who moved to Pittsburgh two years ago from Ohio. They tell me that Pittsburghers are the most helpful, friendly people they've ever seen. For instance, my sister was having trouble getting her son's stroller in her van the other day at a park, and a family nearby saw her and immediately helped her. My sister says this type of help and friendliness from strangers happens a lot. They've also been thrilled with the genuine, welcoming feeling they've gotten from their church and neighbors and work colleagues. I lived in Pittsburgh for five years and my experience was also that one of Pittsburghers are super friendly people! Which is just one of the reasons why we're planning to move back to Pittsburgh as soon as my husband finds employment there!

This is precisely why I reacted with "how very odd." I was just too lazy to write out very similar things to what you did, burghgirl, so kudos!

[Katiana]

Either Pittsburgh and Denver are a lot alike (maybe), or there are nice people everywhere! Those examples are the kind of things that happen here, too. It's not a Pittsburgh-ish thing to take off to a place like New Mexico, but I say, "go for it"!

[guylocke]

I guess everyone goes through their own experiences of a place, eh?

[juliegt]

Originally Posted by pittnurse70

Either Pittsburgh and Denver are a lot alike (maybe), or there are nice people everywhere! Those examples are the kind of things that happen here, too. It's not a Pittsburgh-ish thing to take off to a place like New Mexico, but I say, "go for it"!

Not to sound too "Pollyanna-ish" but I find there are nice people everywhere. Now that I'm considering relocating I've checked out other areas and realize that shared values, architecture, home prices, a vibrant downtown, weather, etc. are key factors for me. For example, I spent time in Nashville and its suburbs. It's really beautiful and the housing is cheap by CA standards. But the summers are way too hot & humid for me and the politics are way too conservative. Yet, one of my best friends lives there and the people I met were some of the friendliest I've met anywhere.

Sometimes a place just doesn't "fit" you or your lifestyle. And, sometimes, you're just ready for a change.

I've spent time in Taos and Santa Fe. Loved both. Absolutely beautiful, but completely different from Pittsburgh, or for that matter, Nashville. And, definitely more expensive. I can understand why people like NM. It is a very special place.

Julie

[guylocke]

I think the USA is in general a fairly friendly place. I know we have a REALLY REALLY terrible rep. right now thanks to you-know-who. But I am friends with a lot of people from all over the world at Duquesne and they claim that Americans (not the American Government) are some of the most boisterous, lively, and outgoing people in the world.

Just one little example. I am good friends with a girl from Madagascar. She first went to college in France and said the French treated her like she was barely human and she had to do far more work than the locals and received worse grades. She transferred to England where she said no one even spoke to her and they were the coldest peoples she'd ever met. Then she came to the USA and said she has never been happier. She also said the US embassy in Madagascar, France, and England were BY FAR the most helpful and friendly embassy she's ever encountered - and she's been to quite a few when she was determining where she wanted to end up at school.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by fb1527

Hello! I've decided to leave Pittsburgh, hopefully in the next 3 months. I've lived here all of my life and it's time to go. I'm bored here and I'd like to be around friendly people for a change. We are a family of 5 and are planning to move to NM. I want to rent out the house that I own in Pittsburgh until I decide to actually sale it down the line. I need the name of a Property Management Company that can handle the rental of my home when I am no longer in Pittsburgh. Any names, websites? Thanks!

Well you could always try one of the major real estate firms in the area, such as Howard Hanna and Coldwell Banker. Real estate firms often do property management as well as property sales.

I don't begrudge your decision to leave; I get restless myself sometimes. But as for "I'm bored here and I'd like to be around friendly people for a change," I believe that wherever you end up, in these two cases -- particularly the "friendly people" bit -- you're likely to find that the grass ain't greener on the other side. Good luck.

[Mugatu]

Originally Posted by Drover

you're likely to find that the grass ain't greener on the other side. Good luck.

This person speaks the truth. I moved to Pittsburgh last year, and this is by far the friendliest city I have ever been in.

But since you lived here all your life, you should go and experience someplace else. Life is too short to spend it all in one place.

Just go anywhere but Florida. It's NOT paradise, trust me.