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MolaMolaMedia t1_jef3q0o wrote

Moved into Pittsburgh just after this event last year, what is it actually like if you're just in downtown but not going to the convention? Miserable to get around and super crowded or do they mostly keep to the hotels and convention center?

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Corny_Toot t1_jef4r5w wrote

> mostly keep to the hotels and convention center

It's pretty much this + restaurants in the area. So the cultural district and the strip will probably be pretty busy. The parade is the only thing that seems to cause any congestion in my experience.

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Avocado_Amnesia t1_jef7eiz wrote

Worked right near the convention center for a few years and it was never too out of hand. Really no more traffic than your average convention at the DLL. Just a lot of really unique foot traffic in the area haha

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MolaMolaMedia t1_jef8gg9 wrote

Hey I'll take it! Not exactly a community I'm interested in joining myself, but I god knows how much money I got during rougher days back in college doing commissions for fursonas. Not even NSFW stuff, they just pay good money in general, those folks paid my rent a couple of times. Maybe I should hand out business cards lol

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Avocado_Amnesia t1_jef9qi5 wrote

That is 100% my experience as well. Worked restaurant/bar jobs down there and the anthrocon crowd was consistently among the very best tipping and most polite of any guests we would have throughout the year. They are also just a lot of fun out on the street and very approachable.

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montani t1_jefbbtl wrote

The sidewalk on the block on Penn around the convention center is full of furries... and that's about it.

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LeoTheBirb t1_jefu6gt wrote

They keep to the convention area mostly. It gets crowded around the hotel, but outside of that area you wouldn’t even know there was a convention happening.

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FuzzPunkMutt t1_jef5diy wrote

It's no different than any other time that things get a little crowded. The biggest thing to be aware of is that on the Saturday they will close down a section of Penn Ave near the center, so you do have to go around during that time.

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vivamario t1_jefxbes wrote

The number of waifu mobiles you'll see will be higher than average.

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MolaMolaMedia t1_jeg49ky wrote

Thank God my folks still live in TN, that's not an explanation I'd want to give to my dad if he saw one

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mysecondaccountanon t1_jegk1te wrote

Honestly from my experience they don’t like make it too crowded and miserable, and they’re all usually very polite!

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