<p>" --(all of her kids attend BYU)-- "</p>
<p>Oooh! Funny anecdote about BYU: most of the paternal side of my family is from Utah, originally central farmworld but now SLC. My uncle's "partner," for lack of a better term, actually went to BYU and served as a missionary to Central America afterwards, and only when he was enrolled for grad school did he come out... Yes, even gay men go to BYU! ohmygosh! (hehe) But he and my uncle do still live in SLC so the whole of Utah is not as far off socially from everyone else despite what it might seem from Anderson Cooper.</p>
<p>But I love Utah, no hate at all... YES so anyways... (I need sleep)</p>
<p>"My uncle's "partner," for lack of a better term"</p>
<p>-Boyfriend?</p>
<p>Well, "husband" would be best, really. They've been together longer than my parents I think.</p>
<p>I'm fine with that too..... :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Nice description of Northwestern and "the Burgh" (tho, I would say Pittsburgh is not really Mid-western, more of a "tweener" btwn the East Coast and the Mid-west).</p>
<p>Btw, as a city, Pittsburgh has the best architecture btwn NYC and Chicago.</p>
<p>Nice report.</p>
<p>After countless visits to Pittsburgh (son's a recent CMU grad) I too don't know how to classify it. "tweener" sounds good. </p>
<p>More importantly I found the areas surrounding CMU... Shadyside, Squirrel Hill and Oakland, where you'd spend most of your time, to be surprisingly cosmopolitan, diverse, interesting and sophisticated (sorry coming from NJ you think everywhere else is gonna be the sticks). Loved the Burgh. Beautiful city, especially the view from Mount Washington at dusk.</p>
<p>My best impression of the whole trip was probably Pgh.
I really liked it, mainly because it was hard to classify: less chaotic than Chicago, say; less eastern than NYC; 2nd largest student population in the U.S. (so like Boston without the tourism); grittier than smaller cities; hillier than 10 San Francisco (I felt it had a lot in common with the Bay Area for whatever reasons).</p>
<p>Wow, I'm glad to hear so much great stuff about Pittsburgh! I just started the college search, but already I've had several people recommend Pitt. I'm from Michigan and I've never been to Pittsburgh, but I'm definitely going to have to take a look!</p>
<p>UPitt sounds like a lot of fun. People from there (and I know a few) are friendly. Explore Oakland, Squirrel Hill if you can, and maybe Shadyside as they are very nice communities and are very convincing. Also don't miss the Andy Warhol museum on the North Shore (he went to CMU before it was CMU and grew up in the city and all that)</p>