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Old 01-24-2015, 07:45 AM
 
Location: Swisshelm Park
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Cute, walkable business district! Community center with indoor pool and childcare!
And at least 1 Latin-Amish fusion bistro.
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Old 01-24-2015, 07:46 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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OP is not being selective enough. Ask for something flat, sparsely populated, with low taxes, a good school district, cheap housing, and ten minutes from downtown.
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Cute, walkable business district! Community center with indoor pool and childcare!
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and diverse.
Under an hour to the mountains and beach with a mild winter climate.


That is almost EVERY "I'm looking for" post on this site. Good luck.
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Old 01-24-2015, 07:47 AM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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The parts of Eighty-Four PA that I have been in seem to be fairly flat and it is a lot of open farmland. Flat is hard to find in this part of the country though. Ohio, KY and further west would probably be more to your liking. I hear Iowa is very flat and sparsely populated....
You heard incorrectly. Iowa has lots of rolling hills. They'll put you to sleep driving on I-80 if you're the least bit tired. It almost happened to me; I had to pull off and take a nap at a rest area once. Not so sparsely populated, either, with several large-ish cities and many medium-size ones.
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Old 01-24-2015, 07:49 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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And at least 1 Latin-Amish fusion bistro.
Darn. I forgot the Craft Brewery on the corner.
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Old 01-24-2015, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Squirrel Hill PA
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You heard incorrectly. Iowa has lots of rolling hills. They'll put you to sleep driving on I-80 if you're the least bit tired. It almost happened to me; I had to pull off and take a nap at a rest area once. Not so sparsely populated, either, with several large-ish cities and many medium-size ones.
Compared to Pittsburgh, rolling hills is relatively flat. OP said relatively not literally.


So what is in between the cities? Are there no rural areas in Iowa? Anyway my point was, Western PA is hardly a place to look for relatively flat topography. There are many places in other states that would fit the OP's desires better.
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Old 01-24-2015, 08:15 AM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Compared to Pittsburgh, rolling hills is relatively flat. OP said relatively not literally.


So what is in between the cities? Are there no rural areas in Iowa? Anyway my point was, Western PA is hardly a place to look for relatively flat topography. There are many places in other states that would fit the OP's desires better.
Of course there are rural areas in Iowa, just like there are in PA. I get annoyed with people making Iowa some laughing-stock, when it's not, and no, I'm not from there. Perhaps the OP needs to live in suburban Pittsburgh for some reason. If so, I'd say that most places are hilly, yet housing is usually built on fairly flat parcels, e.g. on top of the hills.
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Old 01-24-2015, 08:46 AM
 
Location: Brookline, PGH
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And at least 1 Latin-Amish fusion bistro.
Mmmmmm, shoo fly empanadas...
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Old 01-24-2015, 09:01 AM
 
Location: Squirrel Hill PA
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Of course there are rural areas in Iowa, just like there are in PA. I get annoyed with people making Iowa some laughing-stock, when it's not, and no, I'm not from there. Perhaps the OP needs to live in suburban Pittsburgh for some reason. If so, I'd say that most places are hilly, yet housing is usually built on fairly flat parcels, e.g. on top of the hills.
I wasn't suggesting Iowa as a joke. I have very close friends who are from there. Even they are very upfront about the topography of the place as being rather uninteresting. On the upside they get to see some pretty spectacular sunsets because there are no hill obscuring the view.


Being on top of a hill....well that does offer great views and protection from flash floods. But at some point you have to go down them, on icy snow covered roads. The OP may wish to avoid that scenario. Again difficult to achieve considering where we live.
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Old 01-24-2015, 09:12 AM
 
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Iowa has only 55 people/sq. mile and some flat/ some rolling hills, so compared to Pennsylvania it is both flat and sparsely populated. It's not considered a bad thing by many though, that is similar to what the OP is looking for.

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Old 01-24-2015, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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And at least 1 Latin-Amish fusion bistro.
With butter milk on tap.
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