honestly its probably comparable. so much of maryland is more expensive than it has any right to be

not cheap & higher crime but good for transportation within city .. to me you’re either overpaying or in a trashy building with a lot of shady stuff going on depending on the street

Hold on to the handrails when you get on the bus, the driver will slam on the pedal the second you get on and send you flying. Also if you are not immediately at the door to get on they will just drive away so be ready, they don't care if you're old or disabled.

I just googled "Pittsburgh Karaoke open on Sundays" and got 2 places.

Have you tried checking with the PADEP, EPA,Ohio EPA, ACHD? A simple Google search will link you to them, as well literally thousands of news articles that could answer any and all questions you may have.

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I moved here from LA last year, and while it is definitely cheaper overall, especially in the big area of housing, there are some things that are more expensive than I thought they'd be.

• groceries: to my surprise, groceries here are noticeably higher than when I was in LA. Not crazy, maybe like 10-15% more, but enough to make a surprise dent in my budget.
• utilities: the rates are about the same, but the utility companies here hit you with a lot more fees, be it account or weather related, where in CA I pretty much only paid usage and tax on utilities
• car/gas: while gas is cheaper than it is in CA, I use more despite driving about the same. So my budget for gas is actually higher than in LA. This is because of all the hills here. Maybe I just need to learn to drive better, but my miles per gallon are a lot lower compared to when I was on flatter terrain. I also had to get winter tires and I'm sure the hills are putting more strain on my car, so all that adds to more upkeep expenses.

The big wins are in housing costs and restaurants in my experience so far. I'm paying almost 2/3 of the rent I paid in LA for 3x the space. PGH has some of the best housing/rental affordability in the country despite recent price increases. With restaurants I'm similarly paying about 2/3 of what I was used to in LA. My taxes are also lower, but not as dramatically as you'd think since Pittsburgh proper has the 3% on top of state.

Not sure how that compares to Maryland but just wanted to share my impressions. I do encourage you to visit and scope things out before you move.

I wouldn't worry too much about what's happening in Ohio when you live next to Neville Island.

Between the lot of them my sons and nephew played for quite a few teams. Sadly a lot of them either don't exist any longer or consolidated. Cant say any of them played for Arsenal, most likely played against them, lol. There's always my niece, she's u9 now. No cup soccer for her yet.

PISA in Cheswick absolutely has/had all age levels on the men’s side, as well as coed and pickup. I used to ref/work there, although that was a while ago.

Edit to reflect your edit: the Oval at Schenley Park is pretty much the gold standard for adult pickup games.

The Neighborhood Academy is a small 6-12 prep school. I don’t know if the field house on campus is open to the public/hosts public programs at all, but there 100% are soccer activities there. I have coached Arsenal teams there and my kids have participated in programs there, also run thru arsenal.

I can say with certainty that I've seen adults play in Sewickley/Sportrak and at Tri county. Adult games are usually later in evening. Ie: u8, u10 might play around 5, 6, etc up to my nephew currently on a u19 team last night played at 9:20.
PA West does have adult outdoor leagues as well. Spring runs April to june; fall runs September to end of October. I don't deal with those but I have a couple friends that play on the over 40 teams.

No.

This has been asked at least 30 times or more in the past couple weeks and there is a megathread about it pinned to the top of the subreddit.

The pollution from the East Palestine train wreck is not going to affect Pittsburgh.

Oh so they dont come every 5-10 mins everywhere? Ugh. That sucks! One more question: how’s the east allegheny area in that regard?

It depends on what spices you want. I get a lot of spices from Salim's on centre ave because those are the types I use. Salim's, not Salem's.

There is also Bombay Market and Sultan Bey right up the street from there.

As far as cities going it's cheap

Thanks. Sounds like there are a lot of options for the youth game. Do you know if those places host games or leagues for adults? I am looking at things within the city. I don't mind driving - I'm from LA - everything is 30-40mins away there

At some point Colbert, the daily show (god I still miss Jon Stewart), SNL etc just became bad imitations of reality in a way, haha

I hope you did not literally buy a gallon-sized container of cumin and expect it to be any good at all after a year. I’m all for saving money but there’s a threshold beneath which things are too cheap for a reason.

Second the advice to shop at Indian groceries.

The vocs in those train cars break down into harmless compounds in a matter of days.

Look at where the T line travels to the south of the city, and look for apartments along it (within a few blocks ideally).

The "T" is the name of Pittsburgh's light passenger rail system. It is the most reliable, affordable method of public transit in the city. It travels from the heart of downtown, to fairly remote suburbs in the south. There is a gradient of [cheap-but-sketchy] to [bougie-but-expensive] housing along it.

Dang, I forgot about the bubble, my son practiced there for a while. Both of my boys and my nephew played at Greentree. Never heard of the one in Stanton Heights. Something tells me there must be a place in Monroeville too.

You just have to wait longer between buses. I go up to Mt. Washington pretty frequently, and to get back to the East End, I have to catch a bus that comes once every hour, and transfer in Downtown to a bus that comes every 45 minutes.

If I were going from Downtown to Oakland or vice-versa, I could catch a bus in 5-10 mins. almost every time.

The only other places that I’m aware of that you haven’t listed (that have indoor soccer) are The Bubble on Neville Island, Greentree Sportsplex in Greentree, or The Neighborhood Academy in Stanton Heights.

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