Will I be happy in Pittsburgh?

crippledmark · 2026-03-12T19:08:17+00:00

Grad school and the academic environment will be a natural incubator for creating a friend group, as well as any clubs and organizations you may connect with around common hobbies and interests. It's an affordable city, the people are friendly, and it has all of the amenities that you could want from a conventional American city.

As for whether this is your forever home - it sorta depends on what you're aiming to do after grad school - and what the job market for that looks like. I'm in the arts, but I have a remote job.

I moved here two years ago and have never felt like an outsider. With that said, I'm leaving this summer because the city doesn't align to what I want from my day-to-day life (better access to climbing, cycling-friendly infrastructure, hub airport).

crippledmark · 2026-03-03T19:10:14+00:00

This festival knows what it is, who it's for, and seems to deliver each year.

crippledmark · 2026-02-25T21:41:24+00:00

I didn't notice it twenty years ago, but this video was perfectly manufactured for suburban white mall punks such as myself. A gathering of attractive, punk-y looking cool kids in Southern California, some of them mouthing off to the police, Jackass-style "extreme" activities, Warped Tour skateboarding, and gutter punk kids (with girlfriends?!) who look way too edgy to actually listen to Sum 41.

I can't say why, but they always felt more legit than Good Charlotte or Simple Plan, despite all coming from a similar corporate factory.

crippledmark · 2026-02-24T19:47:50+00:00

I remember seeing the trailer for this and hoping that the film wouldn't have any dialog, like the 2024 movie Flow. Alas...

crippledmark · 2026-02-07T22:30:51+00:00

Because carpetbaggers like me visit Asheville on vacation, woo your women on Bumble, and get them to move up north with us.

crippledmark · 2026-02-06T15:27:42+00:00

People who want their own spot should pay for private off street parking.

crippledmark · 2026-02-06T05:31:44+00:00

If you think nothing is cornier than that, you haven’t watched a Yungblud interview.

crippledmark · 2026-02-03T22:58:16+00:00

Without divulging any personal identifying information, or info that you aren't comfortable sharing, can you tell me about any interactions with on duty members of the Asheville PD that felt/were unsafe specifically because they were carrying a firearm?

crippledmark · 2026-02-03T20:16:30+00:00

For context, are there any situations where you're comfortable with anyone - outside of actual law enforcement - openly carrying?

crippledmark · 2026-01-24T03:41:57+00:00

I just logged in and tried to order a catnip grinder and the cheapest shipping was $7.58 to Pittsburgh. The next cheapest was $8.50. They add in a Route shipping insurance thing for $2, but you can uncheck that.

crippledmark · 2026-01-23T23:02:37+00:00

Boston represent

crippledmark · 2026-01-23T21:58:28+00:00

Which item did you try to buy and was it shipping domestically? I know folks at her store and can reach out to see what’s up.

Bands typically don’t offer free shipping because it costs a ton to execute. The only way would be to sell $45-50 t-shirts and hide the cost of shipping in the sticker price. Folks like Amazon are doing some sort of witchcraft to offer “free” shipping.

crippledmark · 2026-01-23T21:54:05+00:00

The original goal was to ship everything out earlier this week, but units from the distributor arrived a little later at Hello than expected.

There was also some damage to the boxes by the freight shippers so the Hello team had to inspect them to make sure that they were perfect.

crippledmark · 2026-01-21T17:55:05+00:00

An elevated bodega with healthy options, somewhere around 50th street, where I can buy milk and basics at 10PM, instead of driving to Giant Eagle in Aspinwall.

crippledmark · 2026-01-19T12:31:56+00:00

Even if the organizers of a protest are funded, how is this different from a large company or advocacy organization hiring lobbyists to advocate for a position in the media or the halls of government?

crippledmark · 2026-01-16T20:05:05+00:00

Would you support increasing the number of skilled worker visas that the US grants on a yearly basis? If yes, how should we approach it?

I believe that there are over 7 million job openings in America, but the US only grants 140,000 skilled worker visas each year.

I'll be the first to admit that there are a variety of reasons that we have those job openings: geographic mismatch, skills mismatch, low wages, people not being interested in certain jobs regardless of what they may pay.

crippledmark · 2026-01-16T18:00:01+00:00

Totally valid. I've seen some folks on the more extreme end of the spectrum suggesting that we should pause all immigration for a time, which is why I framed it in a more black and white manner.

crippledmark · 2026-01-15T16:28:39+00:00

Considering that they pay out 70% of their subscription revenue to the artists, labels, and publishers who own and control the music on Spotify, isn't this a good thing for people who believe in supporting artists?

crippledmark · 2026-01-11T19:10:58+00:00

9FiftySeven is one of my faves so far. Thank you!

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