Is it all hilly like that, Mommy? (Pittsburgh, Washington: living in, moving to)

[hempfield mania]

And you'll learn to love them hills in the fall when the leaves change and learn to despise them in the winter when the road crews fall behind on a stormy, wintery night and you want to get home from work....:-)

[nuwaver88]

Originally Posted by Katiana

No one is complaining about the hills, at least I don't think so. We've been talking about how someone from the midwest perceives them.

I was not suggesting that anybody was complaining. I was just stating a fact about how the topography is what made Pittsburgh grow.

[Hopes]

Someone told me that our waterways were the largest inland port in North America. I'm not sure how accurate that is today. I rarely see barges anymore. Maybe the come in the middle of the night.

[ditchdigger]

Don't you remember the sign along the train ride at Kennywood? It said the Pittsburgh rivers carried more tonnage than the Panama Canal. No doubt, that was due to the all the barge traffic from the steel industry. I doubt that's true any more.

(Not that has anything to do with the thread topic...)

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by Hopes

Someone told me that our waterways were the largest inland port in North America. I'm not sure how accurate that is today. I rarely see barges anymore. Maybe the come in the middle of the night.

Last I knew the Port of Pittsburgh was still #2 by tonnage among inland river ports, after Huntington, WV and ahead of St Louis.

By the way, the way they define these things the "ports" are huge: the Port of Pittsburgh stretches all the way down the Ohio River to the Ohio border, plus down the Mon to WV, and up the Al to Clarion County:

Welcome to the Port of Pittsburgh Commission - The Port District

Huntington is even bigger (after they expanded the definition), and it now includes almost 200 miles along three rivers (the Ohio, Big Sandy, and Kanawha).

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

By the way, the way they define these things the "ports" are huge: the Port of Pittsburgh stretches all the way down the Ohio River to the Ohio border, plus down the Mon to WV, and up the Al to Clarion County:

That explains how Pittsburgh can be such a large port without much visible shipping.

[StyYellow]

I understand how you feel - but after the first month I promise you'll be hooked on the hills I like several people feel very odd now when I go places that are so flat. Cranberry is a great place to look at if you like it a little flatter.

[rwocmo]

I am the original poster. Thanks for all of the valuable advice. It's interesting to see what different people are comfortable with, what their likes and dislikes are, and their reasons for their tastes. For myself, I have lived in Nashville, TN, for 18 years and still feel penned in here but, of course, that's just my personal feeling. Others love it here. As far as the cold, I love the winter and feel "cleansed" by a good cold snap. Wish me luck on my job interview. I hope it works out. Pittsburgh sounds fascinating.

[Tinare]

Good Luck!!!

[5stones]

I miss the hills.... and the trees....
my kids laugh when at six flags and from the top of the roller coaster you can see forever...one of the highest spots around!!

plus it really sucks to be a Steller fan in Cowboy counrty!