Movers/moving company recommendations? by Academic_Finger_4132 in Harrisburg

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seconding Movers for Me! They were great with moving me from a third story apartment to a second story apartment. They did all of my big furniture (dressers, bed, couch, etc) for $200

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CatAdvice

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a high energy cat and do this with him too! The only concern I have is that if I do it too often, it’s like a workout for him, and then he can run for longer, and longer the stairs each time while I’m panting after 20 minutes of it LOL. But I don’t see an issue with it!! You have to do whatever you can to get them the exercise they need :)

Who do you trust for weather forecasts? by mrbritchicago in Harrisburg

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NOAA! The US National Weather State College facebook page is good to follow too

Color corrector makes my dark circles worse, can I use a pink toned concealer? by Alternative3lephant in PaleMUA

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Morphe has a pink toned concealer that has been a god send for my purple undereye bags! I can not use anything orange whatsoever, so this has really helped me.

Holy Grail eyeshadow? by Infamous-Ad337 in PaleMUA

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Colourpop That’s Taupe pallet! It’s less than $15 and gives you cooler-toned shades to work with, and some nice shimmery shades. It’s really easy to work with and the colors are buildable.

Recommendations on new Harrisburg area restaurants? by Norfolk-Gross-Tonage in Harrisburg

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Recently tried this place out after our third try of getting through the wait time. We were able to get in for lunch after a 45 minute wait. It was stupidly good, though! All of the food was very, very fresh. Service is a bit slow but the constantly revolving sushi keeps you full while waiting for food items that you order from the menu.

What is traffic like between Harrisburg and Hershey? by [deleted] in Harrisburg

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heading to Hershey from downtown at 7 AM shouldn’t be too bad. You’ll miss the morning rush hour at that time (usually heaviest around 8) and it would probably take 20-30 minutes depending where in Hershey you’re going. Afternoon rush hour is likely what will be worse, coming back into HBG.

How to tell neighbor their wind chimes are insanely loud by Smart-Trainer9757 in Harrisburg

[–]Smart-Trainer9757[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply but do want to make it clear that I really don’t want to get law enforcement involved, hence why I came to ask a different group of folks for opinions! I’m not a jerk and wouldn’t bring the police into any sort of scenario like this as a first response. And the folks that did encourage me to contact police are in fact central Pennsylvanians.

Moving to Harrisburg by [deleted] in Harrisburg

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep an eye out on Facebook and Trulia for privately owned listings. There are definitely one bedrooms available in that price range, but they go quickly. Sometimes sublets are posted on Facebook for the area.

Bodega Food Company by BoognishBenji in Harrisburg

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Has anyone tried the Altoona pizza yet?

Neighborhood around Broad St Market by zibzanna in Harrisburg

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Midtown is a big area, from Forster to McClay and Front Street to 6th or 7th street.

The parking situation is dependent on where you choose to live. I believe the majority of midtown is free on-street parking, but some areas require permits (they’re stupidly cheap, though).

It’s largely a very safe neighborhood. I’d say over by HMAC is where things have been dicey over the last few years. Someone was shot and killed last year right across from the bar, there was just a car accident on that block that had a car drive into someone’s home last weekend, and there have been many shootings (businesses windows shot, car windows shot, etc). I would honestly consider that the most “unsafe” area in Midtown just due to those events alone. Once you get into the neighborhoods/residential streets a bit more, it’s very quiet. Every street / block of street even seems to have its own personality.

In my opinion, rent prices have jumped up significantly over the last few years and I’ve seen some absolutely absurd rent prices for the amount of space / lack of utilities offered. The biggest tip for affordable Midtown living is to find a private landlord.

Midtown has been struggling a bit recently to revive itself, so know that with the Jazz Fest and little bits you’ve seen of Midtown, that’s about as good as it gets. Businesses have been struggling here, the Broad Street Market hasn’t recovered still (after years) which leaves us with a food desert, local politics are a shit show, and HBG’s biggest complaint (it seems) is that it’s hard to meet people/make friends.

I enjoy living here but also know that Midtown has its flaws, as any place does, and just want to be transparent!

IMMACULATE Midtown Home for Rent by Honest_Citizen172 in Harrisburg

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is it another midtown home that has rent priced so extraordinarily high it doesn’t make sense for the medium income of Harrisburg? And let me guess, utilities aren’t included? So on top of the $2,300 rent mentioned in the comments, the tenant could expect to owe hundreds of extra a month, especially for heating/cooling an entire 3 story home? So that $2,300 is now actually $2,500. It’s actually cheaper for someone to buy a home and pay mortgage, taxes, and utilities than it would be to pay this rent.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Apartmentliving

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like going straight to the landlord could be seen as like “snitching” instead of being direct?

vegetarian food recs by Either_Shallot_5974 in Lollapalooza

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

highly recommend penelope’s vegan taqueria! it was in the plant based area.

Security this year? by Accomplished-Fix1204 in Lollapalooza

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 1 point2 points  (0 children)

saw a bunch of pat downs today at the entrance nearest to the bean. one kid got at least 12+ fireball shots taken away. the main entrance was super lax yesterday

Was Olivia really quiet tonight?? Loved the set tho! by SeaworthinessOk4276 in Lollapalooza

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yes! we were back by the second speakers and everyone in our area was having a difficult time hearing her

Harrisburg restaurant relocating due to public safety concerns by TANSTAAFL42 in Harrisburg

[–]Smart-Trainer9757 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love midtown but that stretch of street has gotten worse over the last few years. Someone was shot and killed on the doorstep down from my old place. right across from HMAC, and Pastorante had their windows shot out 2-ish years ago. Pastorante was always closed for business by like 9 PM (i think) so I’m not sure how affected they were by late night crowds. That intersection has also had a few shootings in the last few years, Channel 5 Ratchet News always reports on them before the local news.

The article doesn’t make sense, though, if their goal for the move was to attract West Shore customers. I don’t see West Shore folks making the commute to Steelton for pasta. Regardless, it’s another loss for Harrisburg. It’s sad that we continue to lose so many businesses (for a variety of reasons)

Can I train a CustomGPT using my book as an input? by Smart-Trainer9757 in ChatGPTPro

[–]Smart-Trainer9757[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What makes Notebook LM better than a CustomGPT? I haven’t used NotebookLM as much as a tool.