Originally Posted by bark4me (Post 2193740)

Wow. That's alot of places to have lived. We're you running from the law or in witness protection? 😆

Originally Posted by Velvet (Post 2193615)

If you can’t get used to the outside restaurant food - and I have tried and tried, over the years, then learn to make your own. It takes time and effort but it is so worth it if you are a foodie. And just watch your popularity soar! Start with perfecting one meal. Let that be your signature dish. Prepare it at least 30 times before you decide that it is perfect.

Originally Posted by meme5x (Post 2193807)

I can’t beat the convenience of being here.. so love the food, esp. the fresh fish at the Lighthouse on 466.. I love my Midwest home but love it here too! Especially the Daily Sun… St. Louis paper is awful plus it costs $2.50… and so biased…

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2193902)

Yes, the Daily Sun is famously free of BIAS.

Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2193134)

What do you miss about your northern home state compared to living in Florida?
I think living in Florida is great at my age, but there are times I reminisce after 7 years down here.
We travel back, but it just isn't the same.

For me it has to be the 4 seasons, not the snow and cold, but the change in weather, the fall colors that never seem to last long enough.
The farm fields in summer watching the crops progress from month to month, or the smell of freshly cut hay and miles of corn fields.

Originally Posted by bark4me (Post 2193740)

Wow. That's alot of places to have lived. We're you running from the law or in witness protection? 😆

Originally Posted by Marmaduke (Post 2193394)

I sometimes miss the "era" of things we loved back then, but they are only heartfelt memories now.
Gone, but not forgotten. Sadly, no generation will experience anything as wonderful as we had.

Many of the Depression and Post-War Institutions that made the City of Pittsburgh great are no longer.

Of the bygone days, those of us who enjoyed them KNEW they we're really special. We didn't take them for granted.
It was a big city, small town atmosphere where everyone was friendly, quite like TV.
(Of course, there's always Some!)

Tailgaiting before the Steeler games at Three Rivers Stadium, the Boys of Summer Pirate Games on a warm Spring nights and the Penguins at The Civic Arena.

The Pgh. MARATHON and the Great Race.
The 3 Rivers at Point State Park, visited as often, as North and South Parks.

HOT Mancini's Bread, Sunseri and Primanti Brothers in the Strip, Donahues on 5th Avenue. The Original Oyster House in Market Square (est. 1933) FOR THE BEST Chowder and Fish Sandwiches.

Shopping in Downtown Pittsburgh during Christmas Season and marveling at their mechanical window displays.

Carnegie Libraries, Museums and the Duquesne Incline all visited at least once a year, as a tradition.

The Original HotDog Shoppe near Pitt.
The Pittsburgh Press. (My Dad set Page One as a Printer and brought home a Free Paper every single day for 30 years.)

My Testimony-
It was the Best Of Times....
And
You Can't go home again, but if you were from there, may your Pittsburgese stays with yens forever!

Go Bucs.
Go Steelers.
MARIO, Franco, and Willie.

Originally Posted by PugMom (Post 2193184)

i don't miss anything but the people i knew. we tried visiting 2 years ago for 5 days, & i couldn't wait to get back here

Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2193134)

What do you miss about your northern home state compared to living in Florida?
I think living in Florida is great at my age, but there are times I reminisce after 7 years down here.
We travel back, but it just isn't the same.

For me it has to be the 4 seasons, not the snow and cold, but the change in weather, the fall colors that never seem to last long enough.
The farm fields in summer watching the crops progress from month to month, or the smell of freshly cut hay and miles of corn fields.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2193411)

Good health care .

Originally Posted by nn0wheremann (Post 2194331)

Reliable health care. Hospitals here and in Leesburg are grossly mismanaged, inadequately staffed, and the people they hire seem to be malevolently incompetent.