Pittsburgh, great small city

Just moved in to Pittsburgh, living in the North Oakland area. After 4 years of Baltimore, this is a breath of fresh air..seriously!! Pittsburgh has a great feeling to it, Baltimore had the opposite! I suppose Pittsburgh reminds me a bit like an european city..

Its like the landscape, green hills surround the “buroughs”, blocking the eyesight beyond the city walls,  but the numerous bridges over the rivers Mononghaella (is one, love the name..) prevent from any sense of claustrophobia or remembrance of how far away is the next beach..

Thearchitecture is beautifull! I love the combination of the (yet to be properly investigated on any future tour by me) seemingly victorian and the modern styles. The extensive gardens also add up to the university like, city-campus  type (at least three world wide uniersities that I heard of are here: Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne).

I havent been yet to Squirrell Hill, one of the hipp sides of town, but from driving around i can tell the people are quite friendly and a lot more sophisticated then the “morons from Balto”..

I like the fact that Im moving deeper into the northwest, it gives me a sense of perspective into the future. Besides If anything, there are more options, in terms of cultural events and even shopping.

Shopping downtown is the way its suppose to be. In Baltimore shopping was done in the big outlets, usually in the outskirts. Park, spend and go..hate it! I like to get a pulse of the city, walk on the streets (preferably in safety), Baltimore streets are the harbour, and little more i think. And they re not really walkable..I tried walking up and down Pratt several times and its ugly, hard and unpleasant.

So far Im giving Pittsburgh high marks and I dont feel like its ever going to be down from here onwards..