without money every where's a bitch
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2/24/2007
When people say you don't need money to enjoy life,....it's because they have money. It just makes everything so ......affordable. Try going to Palm Springs or Taos or NYC sans filthy lucre and see what a great time you have.Well they really are great towns but you are never going to get to enjoy your stay without what? Right you are. Cash again. What's my point then? Here's the deal. Pittsburgh is a great little big town because it offers a lot but charges a little. It's got three pro sports teams,count em, Steelers,Penguins,and Pirates and is rated eighth best sports town in the USA. This for a town of less than 400,000 people to beat out much bigger cities like Miami,J'ville,Atlanta,Dallas,Denver,to name just a few,is amazing. Pittsburgh offers outstanding entertainment. It's symphony is one of the country's finest, performing at Heinz Hall a truly world class concert hall and of course the Benedum Center provides top flight talent from Broadway and around the world appearing 52 weeks a year, and a compliment of stellar museums that would be the envy of most cities double and triple it's size. But what the real difference is that because the cost of living in Pittsburgh is so ridiculously lower then other cities you actually have enough money to enjoy the many things the Burgh has available. Boston is a great town but all I could do was walk around and take in the sights I couldn't afford to get in to. I loved NYC but bleacher seats and a wiener at the Stadium would put a serious dent in my wallet. Don't even think about Kennedy Center for a date. And dinner for two gets to three figures in a heart beat,no drinks. Not so in the Burgh. And because housing is soooo affordable,ditto A1 health care, you have a few dollars left over for yourself or family at the end of the week/month. So you get use to all the bridges and tunnels, you learn to deal with the weather,cold and snowy,hot and humid,you learn to like cloudy, and because there's a church every two blocks,you might even drop in and learn to like that too. And you have a buck for the collection.
geo | Shelton, CT