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Welcome to the revitalization effort for the Tenth Edition of the Guide to Living in Pittsburgh.

This guide book has been published semi-regularly by the Computer Science Community at Carnegie Mellon for over 25 years. We are currently in the long overdue process of bringing the text up to date, before we print our Tenth Edition, which will be again given to new students and also sold in bookstores.

You are welcome to peruse the pages below and if you would like to contribute please email pgage@cmu.edu, for a wiki account.

If you have a story that you believe would fit well into the guide, any comments, questions, or other feedback please email Patrick Gage Kelley at pgage@cmu.edu.

Eventually, we'd like to have a survey of the SCS grad students.

Outline Thus Far

Last Edition Outline

Edition 9

1. Miscellaneous
2. Introduction
3. Housing
4. Transportation
5. Services
6. Shopping
7. Eating and Drinking
8. Amusements

Current Outline Proposed

I think we should likely continue to diversify the chapters, making them shorter and more focused. This will also assist us later if we want to put up certain chapters online, and it should make it easier to find editors if they are editing shorter more specific topics. Feel free to add to this list.

People who have been assigned a chapter, I recommend making pages for each sub-section of your chapter and beginning to import the content from older guide (above) and figure out what needs to be re-written and what simply does not exist.

1. Miscellaneous (Patrick)
2. Introduction
3. About Pittsburgh (Patrick)
   1. Pittsburgh History
   2. Pittsburgh Today
   3. Pittsburgh's Bridges
   4. Air Pollution
4. Carnegie Mellon (Patrick + Abe)
   1. History of Carnegie Mellon
   2. Carnegie Mellon Today
   3. CS at CMU
5. Neighborhoods (Ciera)
   1. Map, point out parks and neighborhoods
   2. Map again, this time with the "desirable areas to live" highlighted
   3. Right around campus
      1. Oakland
      2. Squirrel Hill
      3. Shadyside
   4. Southern Neighborhoods
      1. Greenfield
      2. Swisshelm Park
   5. Northern Neighborhoods
      1. Friendship
      2. East Liberty
      3. Bloomfield
      4. Garfield
      5. Highland Park
   6. Eastern Neighborhoods
      1. Point Breeze
      2. Regent Square (including Edgewood, Swissvale, and Wilkinsburg)
      3. Homewood
   7. The suburbs
      1. Cranberry
      2. Monroeville
      3. Robinson
6. Communities
   1. GLBT Pittsburgh
   2. Jewish Community (Ronit)
   3. Muslim Pittsburgh
   4. ...other large communities?
7. Places of Worship
   1. Churches
   2. Synagogues
   3. Mosques
   4. Temples
   5. GLBT-friendly Places of Worship
8. Apartments
   1. How to find apartments
   2. Your legal rights
   3. The apartment checklist
   4. Temporary Housing
   5. Laundry
9. Houses
   1. Determining whether to buy
   2. The basic process
   3. Selecting the house
   4. Utilities
   5. Security
   6. Home Improvements
      1. Home Improvement
      2. Gardening
10. Transportation (Ciera)
    1. Getting license, insurance, car registration, other legal stuff
    2. Driving and navigating
    3. Buses
    4. Bicycling (Ronit)
    5. Airlines
    6. "Alternate" forms of transportation
11. Services
    1. Money and Banking
    2. Medical
    3. Beauty
    4. Hotels and Lodging
    5. Recycling
    6. Families
    7. Pets
    8. Volunteering
12. Grocery, Liquor, and Specialty Food
    1. Grocery Stores (Giant Eagle, Whole Foods, Trader Joes, East End Coop, Costco)
    2. Farmers Markets and CSA
    3. The Strip District
    4. Kosher Food (Ronit)
    5. Halal Food
    6. Specialty Food
    7. Beer
    8. Wine and Liquor
13. Shopping (for inedible shopping)
    1. Major shopping areas
    2. Boutique shopping areas
    3. Bookstores
    4. Miscellaneous
       1. Children’s Stuff Stores
       2. Clothing
       3. Florists
       4. Furniture
       5. Kitchen Equipment
14. Hobbies
    1. Art, Craft, and Hobby Supplies
    2. Musical Instruments
    3. Outfitters/Outdoor gear/bicycles
    4. Photographic Equipment and Services
    5. Records and Compact Discs
    6. Repair Parts
    7. Sewing
    8. Stereo Equipment
    9. Chess
    10. Dance
15. Sports (Nels)
    1. Steelers
       1. History
       2. Getting Tickets/Getting There
    2. Pirates
       1. History
       2. Getting Tickets/Getting There
    3. Penguins
       1. History
       2. Getting Tickets/Getting There
    4. Others (Pitt, CMU Varsity...)
    5. Grad Student Participation
       1. Facilities
       2. Intermural/Casual Leagues
16. Outdoor Activities (Mary) (see Amusements-outdoors and athletic) (cycling -> Ronit)
    1. Outdoor activities groups
    2. Bicycling, Recreational
    3. Running
    4. Fencing
    5. Ultimate Frisbee
    6. Ice skating
    7. Flying
    8. Hiking/Backpacking
    9. Rock climbing
    10. Rowing
    11. Sailing
    12. Whitewater rafting
    13. Shooting sports
    14. Skiing
17. Careers in Pittsburgh
    1. Major Businesses
    2. Job Hunting
18. Restaurants
    1. Ice Cream
    2. Bakeries
    3. everything in old restraunts, first 3 subsections
19. Hipster Pittsburgh (Patrick)
    1. Coffee and Tea Shops (check shopping and eating and drinking)
    2. Newspapers, magazines, and Radio
20. Bars & Nightlife
21. Entertainment
    1. Theatre, Classical Music, and Opera
    2. Live Music Concerts
    3. Libraries
    4. Museums
    5. Art Galleries
    6. Movie Theaters
    7. Festivals and Fairs
22. Tourist Sights (old sights section)

PDF of Last Edition

1. [[1]] Linked 9th Ed Guide