pittsburgh

I have to admit, I love this city. Can't say I'm a big fan of Western PA (sorry friends), but Pittsburgh holds a special place in my heart. Something random that I love about it - coming through the Fort Pitt tunnel at night and "BAM!" it's Pittsburgh an the three rivers right in front of you. Love that.

Something random that I HATE about it - it's one of the worst cities to get around in. Example, I was going back to my friend's house from downtown Pittsburgh. There's all kinds of road construction going on and I needed to get back on a particular highway that runs along the city. I was coming up on a light and had my usual "feeling" (I have a bit of a gift with direction) that I should turn left there, but since there was no sign for the major highway I needed, I opted to go "just a bit further". Bad idea. I was about to drive through the intersection when I noticed those signs I was looking for. They don't help at all when they're practically ON the intersection and there's no way you can get over into the left hand turning lane with out blocking the entire intersection. Hm. So, I thought, hey, no biggie. I'll go to the next intersection and turn. Here's where it's a unique-to-Pittsburgh deal. I was suddenly on a bridge crossing one of the rivers going in the opposite direction that I needed to be. Grrrrr. (For those of you that know the area, it was Hot Metal Bridge.) Anyway, it wasn't a huge deal b/c I knew where I was, but it just added 30 minutes to a trip that should only take 15 minutes. Ah, the joys of a city with a ton of rivers and bridges. You're guaranteed to get "lost".

posted by Rebecca at 12:56 PM