When I was younger, my parents always took my sister and me to Pittsburgh to see shows, or to just stay for the weekend as a little vacation. I used to think of the city as something spectacular. Pittsburgh was a place for my sister and I to have a lot of carefree fun.

When I was in high school, I knew a lot of people that when to Pittsburgh for school, especially AIP. What I heard of Pittsburgh was that they loved it. Once my friends lived there for a little while, they started to get lots of piercing and tattoos; I assumed the city just kind of changes the way you see things and do. When I moved to Pittsburgh, a lot of the people that I see around have piercing or tattoos; they just have a different look than a lot of people. There are also just a lot of people that have such individual looks that no one would be able to copy.

Before I moved to Pittsburgh, I noticed how big hockey is in Pittsburgh.  Personally, I think it seems like its more popular than football. When I moved down to Pittsburgh, hockey was even bigger than I thought it was. Every single bar on South Side is packed with people who want to watch the matches. The hockey games are really fun as well with all of the true Pens fans.

In the first month of living in Pittsburgh, I couldn’t stop telling myself how awesome it was to live in the city. Since then, I’ve gotten really used to living here.  When I start thinking that there is nothing to do in Pittsburgh, and how bored I am, I look at the cityscape at night when it’s all lighted up, and remind myself of great of a city Pittsburgh really is.