The Tartan Online: You’ve officially arrived at college. While you’ll be busy over the next few days getting to know the campus that will be your home for the next four or five years, it’s also important to explore outside the Carnegie Mellon bubble. Pittsburgh is a wonderfully diverse city with lots to offer, especially to college students. Read on for an overview of the neighborhoods of Pittsburgh that we here at The Tartan don’t think you should miss.
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This article is great! I wish I had something like this over the past years here at CMU. I might have to go and try these places before I leave. I think they should have included a section that was just pittsburgh staples, like D's and O's and Primanti's featured instead of just in the neighborhoods too. I think its good that the Tartan did this which will hopefully promote people to explore more. It was especially nice that they included what bus numbers to take. Really helping you your first year and making sense of everything always seems to happen, but something as clear and concise as this is good.
This article is a great resource. It did a good job of making each section seem approachable. Just having a list of each neighborhood with a brief description and which bus will take you there is a good thing for anyone new to PGH. I do agree with AJ that a bit more detail could have been cool. there are tons of public events in any of these places which are under-attended by CMU students. Adding info about the gallery crawls, Final Fridays, Second Saturdays, and Cultural Trust calendar could do a lot to get newcomers excited about our city.
I think that articles like this are a great resource for students, both new and returning. Especially for students in the School of Drama, it's important to explore and experience the city that you live in, since so often life in Purnell can turn into a bubble. I remember that when I was in undergrad, it took at least a year for me to really take the time to get to know the city that I was in, and so I think that articles like this can really open people's eyes to what Pittsburgh has to offer.
Because I'm from Pittsburgh, I was initially not very excited to be staying close to home for college. However, I realize more and more how little of the city I have actually seen. I haven't even been to all the neighborhoods mentioned in article. I'm excited to explore this city and and its diverse neighborhoods. Hopefully I'll gather some artistic inspiration along the way.
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