I hope Pittsburgh is easier on the working class than Cols. (California: fit in, houses)

[greytercel]

It's very predatory and mean-spirited here....landlords, employers....even the colleges...There are a lot of unbelievably self-centered and bullying people...I've been here a total of 13 years, and I am just now at a point where I have evolved to the point of knowing how to handle these people and know almost exactly what to anticipate..there's been a lot of culture shock and trauma being a working class person in this area.....all of America can't be like this.....It doesn't seem like this when I travel to other areas, and it didn't seem like this in the other areas I've lived in....not to this degree, anyways....

[raubre]

Where are you from?

[NYSTYLE]

Are there 2 cities named Pittsburgh . Cause I have only met nice people in dah burgh....Maybe it's the change that you are having a ajustment problemo with

[greytercel]

I live in Columbus. And to answer the first person, I grew up in Steubenville.

[guylocke]

Are there 2 cities named Pittsburgh . Cause I have only met nice people in dah burgh....Maybe it's the change that you are having a ajustment problemo with

Yes there are, there is also a Pittsburgh, Alabama.

However, the original poster's first post was not in reference to Pittsburgh, it was in reference to Columbus, OH. He is HOPING Pittsburgh is not the same way, which I would say it is not.

[SteelersFan09]

Originally Posted by greytercel

I live in Columbus. And to answer the first person, I grew up in Steubenville.

I'm originally from your neck of the woods (wheeling,bellaire,OH) and I can tell you that Pittsburgh is going to be much more like home than Columbus, a place I think you described very accurately. The people here are one of the best things about PGH,IMO.

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by greytercel

It's very predatory and mean-spirited here....landlords, employers....even the colleges...There are a lot of unbelievably self-centered and bullying people...I've been here a total of 13 years, and I am just now at a point where I have evolved to the point of knowing how to handle these people and know almost exactly what to anticipate..there's been a lot of culture shock and trauma being a working class person in this area.....all of America can't be like this.....It doesn't seem like this when I travel to other areas, and it didn't seem like this in the other areas I've lived in....not to this degree, anyways....

Dude -- even though we *own* our janitorial company, hubby and I are in the trenches cleaning with you. I'm in California, and people want us to be invisible and very often treat us as such.

I once was in an elevator with my large cart, and when it got to the floor I needed, a woman was waiting outside. Instead of doing the proper thing of WAITING she pushed her way in, looked at me and said "two". not Two Please; not could you push two for me -- "two" I pushed my cart out and said "Enjoy your ride". I did NOT push her button. I am NOT her maid.

Three weeks later -- the same cow and her moron husband moved out, and spilled a loaded Fry Daddy all over the elevator... AND FREAKING LEFT IT. ON A FRIDAY. ON A THREE DAY WEEKEND! AND dragged their loaded cart too and fro through it to move.

They not only messed up the elevator, but the other dumbasses in the building traipsed through the muck and dragged it out on their shoes ALL WEEKEND -- essentially ruining four floors of elevator lobby carpet -- that crap wasn't coming out.

By the way -- there are three other elevators in this building.

Oh -- I got stories...

But that crap is hte smae every where -- I don't think people respect people that work with their hands until they need them...

[greytercel]

Wow, that's about as low as it gets leaving that oil there...and others trapsing through it....yeah, I don't think I would fit in out in CA from what I've seen of it on tv....in one way it really intrigues me, the climate and the beauty...but in another way it seems like it might be even worse than Columbus! People seem so obsessed with physical perfection there , at least in that southern CA area, and it seems like traditional Christian values would be hard to find ....

You know, you're gonna meet asses like the one you encountered getting on the elevator anywhere you live, but my point is, some areas seem to have more of them than others....

[greytercel]

Steelersfan, that's good to know...I met someone from Steubenville here once and she said Pittsburgh was so different from Cols., and she said she planned on going back to Pittsburgh and wish she hadn't moved here....I don't know what brought her here...probably more jobs....but I'll work a lower paying job to get the heck out of here....Because of family obligations here, I have been here a long time.....and I can tell anyone that is like me, that is put off by all of this in Cols. --- been here 13 years, and it does not get better.

These people are so difficult, so self-centered....you just can't win with them.

One of my all-time favorite Columbus horror stories: Christmas 2004--ice storm causes a major electrical outage in the city of Cols.--hundreds of thousands without power for days, some as long as a week--and it was very cold as well, around zero at night, obviously dangerous for the elderly and kids....All we had, and I''m sure all a lot of others had , was a transistor radio to try and find out what was going on.....it was Christmas eve and early on in the situation.....you would think the local, major am radio station would be really trying to relay as much helpful info as possible, how to stay warm, when power was expected to be restored, how people were coping, available help for people with babies, etc.--I listened to these jerks on WTVN for days....they were so ignorant ....they had electricity I guesss, acted all cocky talking about sports and fishing and how good the food was at this Christmas party they were having at the station--didn't even talk about the situation that much---it was unbelievable--if you have never lived here, you just don't know the depth of the selfishness here....you just don't know....

[kettlepot]

Originally Posted by greytercel

One of my all-time favorite Columbus horror stories: Christmas 2004--ice storm causes a major electrical outage in the city of Cols.--hundreds of thousands without power for days, some as long as a week--and it was very cold as well, around zero at night, obviously dangerous for the elderly and kids....All we had, and I''m sure all a lot of others had , was a transistor radio to try and find out what was going on.....it was Christmas eve and early on in the situation.....you would think the local, major am radio station would be really trying to relay as much helpful info as possible, how to stay warm, when power was expected to be restored, how people were coping, available help for people with babies, etc.--I listened to these jerks on WTVN for days....they were so ignorant ....they had electricity I guesss, acted all cocky talking about sports and fishing and how good the food was at this Christmas party they were having at the station--didn't even talk about the situation that much---it was unbelievable--if you have never lived here, you just don't know the depth of the selfishness here....you just don't know....

Grey, your story is a horror story. When San Diego had it's firestorms in 2003 and 2007, our blowtorch local AM station went 24/7 with official information, reporters out in the field, call-ins from listeners reporting the situation in their locality, and callers phoning in asking if anyone out there knew about the situation in such and such a neighborhood, and even if particular houses were still standing or burned down. Our stations took being a community forum to heart.

People bad mouth the selfishness and plasticity of southern California so much, but at least in San Diego, a lot of what is good still remains.