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Anyway, I don't care anymore. I'm moving to State College, PA come January and also spending time in the Rift Valley of Kenya to train next year with the Kenyan development team. I'm going to have the world class trout fishing stream, Spring Creek, right in my backyard, plus some of the best mountains and trails for mountain biking. I will also spend a lot of time in Lake Placid, NY for training, where I intend to rent out another place. best of both worlds. I'll miss the food in NYC, and that's pretty much it!
Thats expensive a 3 bedroom? How many sq feet was it , do they have duplex 2 kitchen units in that area, and its a mile from the metro, by the way are there bus lines running every 10-15 minutes during the daytime near the property, if not its overpriced and there are plenty of cheaper homes near great schools , culture, decent transportation , since the metro is a mile away I presume you still have to drive to it, and it doesn't usually run at night right?
There are bus lines all over Arlington. It's essentially a part of DC. If you look at a map, DC and Arlington make a square (only the Potomac separating them). Square footage was 2,200. There are duplexes in the area, this was a detached single family home. But yes, there are bus lines running every 10-15 minutes as this is in the heart of the metro only minutes from Washington DC. In my old rental in Clarendon, I could see Georgetown from my windows. I'm still not sure what point you are trying to make about the rail system..? Could you elaborate? Not many areas have such easy access to public transportation. You can check out the WMATA website below for more information. On weekdays, the Metro closed at 3am and opened back up at 5am. I don't think there are a plethora of cheaper homes in the desirable neighborhoods, but for the region you can find decently priced homes with all the amenities I've already covered. H-B Woodlawn, Yorktown, and Washington Lee High Schools were all close by and all ranked in the top 100 in the nation.
NO WAY! Pittsburgh is NO WAY better than NYC!! Pittsburgh is a dumpy steel-town with a depression, it's all ugly and run-down, nobody has a job, it's a toilet! NYC though is the CAPITAL of the WORLD! It's the center of all fashion, money, information, and everything else in the world. NYC is all high paying jobs with educated people. Pittsburgh is a bunch of hicks who just wanna "go huntin" for deer and make stew while they watch the Steelers or watch the Pirates stink up the TV. In Pittsburgh, everyone is a hillbilly, wearing bib overalls chewing on a piece of grass, saying stuff like "Shewt, ah reckon ah kin git me some mores whiskey tonight and get drunkened off it, yeee-hawww!!!" There is absolutely NO culture in Pittsburgh; if you ask them for an art museum or where to see a concert, they'll be like, "DURRRR, art museum? Hell we gots a largest-ball-o-twine museum but ain't got no art museum!!! 'Scuse me while I dance a redneck ***!!! [dances a *** while his friend blows on an empty moonshine bottle to make 'music']...WHEEWWWEEE that was shore fun. Hey maw and paw, this here yankee boy wants to know where our Opry house is!!! Where's it at? Bah the way maw, did sis have her 3rd baby? Ah shore dew hope so cuz she's almost too old to have babies, she's almost 16!!! YEEEE HAAAWWWW"
Pittsburgh is more educated than NYC, and most articles will show that Pittsburgh is in the top 10 most educated cities. here's a recent one showing Pittsburgh is in the top 20, ahead of NYC. Also, there's nothing wrong with hunting and many educated people hunt, including several of my friends and family who have graduated from top 10 programs at Penn State, and other quality schools such as Penn, Notre Dame, Pitt, CMU, Lehigh, Allegheny College, Cornell, Maryland, etc. Penn State has one of the best forestry and agriculture/Geoscience programs in the World, and many people in those programs hunt very often. Are they "dumb"? HELL NO!!! Get a clue, buddy.
NYC is all high paying jobs with educated people. Pittsburgh is a bunch of hicks who just wanna "go huntin" for deer and make stew while they watch the Steelers or watch the Pirates stink up the TV.
Wow, you’re so far off the mark that it’s not even funny! Have you ever even been to Pittsburgh in the past 5 years or so? You sound like the typical yuppie snob who loves in Bergen County, NJ. I worked with one of your types in lower Manhattan and all the guy cared about was big cities and money. There’s way more to life than money. Pittsburgh has world class universities, world class sports teams that sell out every year (other than the Pirates), world class museums (Carnegie (one of the best dinosaur collections in the world), Any Warhol – hey, an art museum!) Pittsburg is a city with a diverse industry now and Steel is hardly even a big part of it. All of the mills in the city are now lofts, condos, stores, clubs, restaurants, bars, etc. The waterfront area is beautiful and the North Side continues being developed with new nightlife attractions, casinos and housing opportunities. Pittsburgh has won three major sports championships in four attempts over the past couple of years. As for concerts – Every country music artist that comes to Pittsburgh sells out. EVERYONE. Many of the biggest country stars come to Pittsburgh year after year because of the success that they have selling out shows there. Diversity – Pittsburgh is a pretty diverse city by all means. Squirrel Hill, Shadyside and the East end have many Asians, Jews and other ethnicities living there. Plus, who really cares if there’s not a large ethnic crowd? I’d much rather be somewhere with more of my own kind, people that know how to speak English than some place overrun by internationals. UPMC – The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is one of the best hospital chains in the nation and employs thousands in the area. They have also seen record profits over the past couple of quarters. Blue collar work – Small construction, remodeling, landscaping businesses thrive in Pittsburgh. I have high school friends making six plus figures from landscaping (revenue) and now own 5-10 prosperities. My parents hardly make a combined 60k year, but we own over 5 properties and a beautiful summer home somewhere else in the state of PA. Hunting and fishing is huge in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area. Two major international bass fishing tournaments have chosen Pittsburgh in the past couple of years. Both these tournaments had millions in prize money. Oakmont Country Club – A world famous golf course that has hosted PGA Tournaments. I can go on forever, but there’s a lot to do in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area and it’s a very clean city. There’s beautiful mountains within a hour (Laurel Highlands), world class white water rafting, not crazy traffic, you get A TON for your money in Pittsburgh, good family life and much better place to raise a family than in NYC, friendly people who say hi and hold the doors for eachother everywhere, beautiful blonde hair and brunette women who look extra hot wearing Steeler Jerseys during the fall, a world class sports city that has more or as much sports tradition of only a couple other cities in the USA (Boston, NYC), etc. If you check your facts, unemployment in Pittsburgh is MUCH lower than in many other major US cities right now and people are living very comfortably and really don’t give a damn about what you yuppies think. BTW, people in Pittsburgh enjoy the great overall benefits of living there, but still travel the world and country, and have much more to show for than most people in high priced overly crowded cesspools like NYC.
Easy, tiger... I was being completely sarcastic. I was anticipating the kind of post that was sure to follow from the usual NY cheerleaders.
Pitt is a great city, and so is NY. They are different. NY is much bigger, but that only means that both positives AND negatives are magnified. I've been to Pitt on business a few times and always enjoyed it. It's a very nice city; its stereotype as a depressed steel city is outdated and doesn't do it justice.
I liked the mountains across the river from downtown and the tunnels that come through, that's very unique. And the gold covered bridges around the city really give it character. It's a cute city.
I worked in an office on Liberty Ave, near the strip district. Our building was awesome, it was an old building, very large, looked like it was once some kind of mill or industrial building, right next to train tracks, but inside it was completely modern and beautiful; it was a great office in which to work, and the people were very nice. I enjoyed going to the Strip district to walk around and grab a bite to eat.
I just don't see comparing Pitt to NY, it is an apples/oranges comparison. Both cities won the last two Super Bowls. But the Giants Super Bowl was better overall, you have to admit.
And, Rutgers has beaten Pitt for the last 4 years straight. I'm just sayin'...
Pittsburgh is more educated than NYC, and most articles will show that Pittsburgh is in the top 10 most educated cities. here's a recent one showing Pittsburgh is in the top 20, ahead of NYC. Also, there's nothing wrong with hunting and many educated people hunt, including several of my friends and family who have graduated from top 10 programs at Penn State, and other quality schools such as Penn, Notre Dame, Pitt, CMU, Lehigh, Allegheny College, Cornell, Maryland, etc. Penn State has one of the best forestry and agriculture/Geoscience programs in the World, and many people in those programs hunt very often. Are they "dumb"? HELL NO!!! Get a clue, buddy.
Yeah, so upstate NY cities are "very educated too" and then the people leave after being residents for a few years, whats your point? Pittsburgh has improved but has its issues that is why people have been leaving although its slowed.
The crime is higher than new york city, taxes are high too, the do have great colleges but so do many cities that lose population, northern Virginia cities ranked "most educated" so that is not the best argument for Pittsburgh.
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