How does Morgantown, WV compare to The Burgh?

[creepsinc]

Also, Wheeling is not a dump. It's a mostly-intact Victorian city with a lot of potential.

Also, I'm going here soon: http://www.palaceofgold.com

[groar]

the palace of gold is really sweet to go visit but the tour is kind of a ripoff. just visiting the grounds (which is free) is really all you need. you can have free lunch there if you don't mind hare krishnas trying to recruit you. the whole place was built by hippies who didn't know what they were doing and it shows. personally, i find that kind of charming/amusing. anyway, driving through rural west virginia, turning a corner and seeing this crazy indian palace in the mountains is worth the drive in itself.

also definitely go to the things i mentioned in moundsville if you're out that way. there's a really neat, super hilly (state?) park there as well. there's also a teensy little toy museum there that sounds cool but it was closed when we went. i think you might have to call ahead.

[Fiddlehead]

Originally Posted by WVUPharm2007

You people act like that's a bad thing.

Oh, no, don't you worry, we're starting to get those hipster weirdos here and there in Mo'Town, too. Pabst drinking, fauxhemian living, thick-rimmed glasses wearing hipsters. They all look like characters from a Wes Anderson movie. That strange retro-grease look...or whatever the hell it is. As a member of Generation Y, they **** me the hell off. Our generation is essentially vacuous culturally. The result is the hipster...a strange little breed of human, unable to find their own style, their own creativity...they look to the style of things past...an homage to a culture they can't appreciate as when it was formulated because they didn't experience what got them to where they arrived at...rather depressing.

And thank you for saying that Morgantown has none of that. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

WVUPharm and Groar,

I am definitely not looking to hang out with hipsters or any other self-satisfied, swill-drinking poseurs. But, truth be told, many types of folks can be entertaining in moderation. Hippy bongo slappers, Toby Keith blasting monster truck enthusiasts, hari krishnas, ecovegan gestapo types, lounge singers, rappers, banjo pickers, gospel singers...

What I have enjoyed about the Pittsburghers is the general lack of pretense. I hope that is the case in Morgantown too. But I don't bruise easily.

[Hopes]

Speaking of Moundsville, you have to go on a tour of the old Penitentiary---one of the most dangerous prisons in the United States.

It's known world wide and has a reputation of being the most haunted building west of the Mississippi.

They have a monthly midnight ghost tours and overnight ghost hunts too.

It's also a popular destination at Halloween when it becomes the Dungeon of Horrors.