"Pittsburgh is kind of like Newark without the cultural advantages." -Johnny Carson

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WE'RE MOVING TO PITTSBURGH!!!!!

In, like, a week. Eek.

I'm ridiculously excited.

Questions for Pittsburghy people:

1. Do you know anyone who's subletting for the summer? We're looking for somewhere to stay while we house-hunt (preferably furnished, and definitely in Squirrel Hill, Shadyside or Oakland).
   
2. Comcast or Verizon FiOS? Or are there other

Comments

[roseandsigil]

Hey, awesome!

[jcreed]

I admit it is a bit expensive, but I have been happy with my new droid phone so far.

[escargonaut]

Neat! Do you need any logistic help with arrival on the Pittsburgh end?

Also, I've been really happy with FiOS.

[escargonaut]

In addition: Are you and J interested in borrowing a car for the summer? I'm looking to foist mine off on someone while I'm in Japan.

[qatar]

srsly? That's very awesome of you! We'd be very interested, assuming we could work out a mutually agreeable arrangement about paying you for wear and tear and stuff.

What dates are you away?

[anonymous]

Data plans are kind of expensive in, uh, most of the world. I don't think the US is so freakish relative to other places. -asdf

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I didn't mean DATA plans were expensive, I meant NORMAL plans were expensive. I've only ever owned a cell phone in Qatar, so that's all I can compare to. J's last monthly bill was QR44 ($12). Mine was perhaps twice that, since I SMS a lot.

Now I'm thinking of doing something like the T-Mobile pay-as-you-go plan.

[mdrnprometheus]

I use TMobile, and it's actually cheaper than any other smartphone orovider.

Also: West Penn. Overall, people in the West Penn system are much less disgruntled by their corporate behemoth than are people in UPMC. Magee residents are overworked, miserable, and bitchy.

[dachte]

On #2, I recommend Speakeasy DSL - they're very geek-friendly and the DSL-sans-phone-service thing works out pretty well.

[escargonaut]

I'm paying less for FiOS than I payed for Speakeasy, and getting more reliable service.