<p>I just want to thank everyone who’s been contributing information and links about what there is to do in Pittsburgh. It’s very helpful!</p>
<p>And I have to comment on this:</p>
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<p>That is so true. I’ve only visited Pittsburgh once so far and I was only there for two days but that’s something my sister and I couldn’t help but notice the entire time we were there. Everyone was super friendly and nice from the moment we got there from the guy who drove us into the city from the airport to just every other person we met while there. It’s just funny to me that someone mentioned it in this forum…I wasn’t sure if it was just a random good turn of luck that my mom and sister and I met so many nice people or if in general that’s the kind of people you tend to meet there.</p>
<p>And I have to say that as an OOS-er (and like way out of state – I’m from CA), the old view of Pittsburgh really does persist. At least one out of every two people, when I tell them I’m going to school in Pittsburgh, will kind of give me this ‘Why the heck would you wanna go there?’ or a ‘Ohhh…that’s nice’ look. And people keep trying to lecture me about the steel mills and violent crime rate.</p>
<p>Luckily, when I was applying to Pitt, both my parents and one of my good friends had visited the city before and helped me not buy into those outdated views of it. While my parents visited awhile back, they remember liking the city and my friend had just visited last summer and told me it was a very ‘cosmopolitan’ city. I guess word of mouth then really is the best bet right now of squashing those outdated perceptions.</p>