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[Christy]

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wil Welsh" <vort3xxx at earthlink.net>
> > People who want out of here typically have never been elsewhere or
> > have had some personal trauma here unrelated to the environment the 
city
> > provides. 
> 
> I have been elsewhere. Would be willing to bet more so than most on 
>this list. I do not recall any personal trauma either. I find this 
>city lacking in many ways for many reasons. I find the enviroment this 
>city offers to be shite. Some people I know have made it bearable - 
>that and drinking. 

I thought it was an odd statement as well. I realize I'm one of those 
people who only lived there for college, and therefore my experience is 
different, but most people I know moved away because of career 
aspirations. Pgh was my "starter city". It's like the first car you 
buy. Not meant to last a lifetime, but you really love it and get a lot 
out of it for a couple of years. ;)

> 
> > Its a safe, relatively cheap city with somewhat decent public
> > transportation and a little art & subculture everywhere. 
> 
> Relatively safe comapred to where?  
> Quite a few shootings, muggings and other misc violent crimes 
>reported in Pittsburgh weekly.

I was always told that Pgh was a very safe city, but then again, I was 
assaulted twice by strangers with no provocation in the 4 years I lived 
there. Once on Forbes Ave at 3 pm on a Sunday by a large drunk who 
decided he really needed to kiss me. Whee! The best part was when no 
one would help me. I suppose it's as safe as any mid-sized city 
though. :P 

Christy
http://www.spookee.net