Depending on the distances from where you need to be, you can walk, bicycle, or take public transit. All viable options in many parts of Pittsburgh city proper.

• any cool places for nerd things (we both love to read books/comics/manga, play board/video games)

Black Lotus Pizza (pizza restaurant + board/card game space), Games Unlimited (Board game/TPRG/etc. store and game space), The Exchange (store that sells used music and DVDs with an ample anime/manga selection)

I'm halfway sure I first went there when visiting relatives who lived here from out of town back in '10. I distinctly remember a small Vietnamese restaurant with an elderly one-armed owner.

Wandered in there years later after moving here and was like, "wait, this looks familiar!"

I love how aggressively friendly the owner is lol

Will always drop by your table to make sure you are enjoying the meal!

Very partial to Pho Minh and Tram's Kitchen!

Grass? I don't like smoking the stuff much, but I appreciate the advice!

A business's ownership proudly flaunting that they're giving money and votes to candidates who would be happy if over half my friend group died in childbirth says a lot about them.

Oof, that's even more gross and uncool.

It had a concept I wanted to like from the few times I popped in, but what I'm hearing about it (along with the aforementioned political endorsement) isn't a great look.

Yes, it greatly lowered my opinion of that establishment

I actively chose not to walk into a bar in my neighborhood when I saw they had a Mike Doyle (the one with an R after his name) sign prominently facing outward from the window by the main entry.

I was like, "this place is conveniently close by, let's get a - NOPE."

The people in charge of Nico's come across as a lot more trustworthy than you'd expect from walking into your typical hyper-local corner bar with glass block tiles and dim lights. Their trivia nights are solid, and it's also a great brunch spot!

Bloomfield is kind of like the baby in that story about King Solomon where two people are arguing over whose baby it is - on one end you've got the old school "yinzers", and on the other you've got younger transplants who are gradually hoping to reshape the Bloomfield/Friendship/Garfield nexus to be more contemporary in attitude.

Thanks for the heads-up, will not give them my business.

There are other dive bars in the area if you want a cheap, trashy vibe without supporting that kind of crap.

Oof 0_0

Lived in North Florida for a decade and then some. You mostly forget about South Florida entirely unless you're watching one of those movies or TV shows about cops shooting drug dealers (because there's a 95% chance those are in Miami), or unless you meet a student who tells you they moved for college from "around Miami".