Here from TN! Got lucky and got an amazing wfh job so I finally decided to move out of the boonies and try to find a climate less likely to trigger my migraines (the weather fluctuations here are tricky for that but TN has 3 of the top 10 cities in terms of % of the population with migraines so thought it's worth a shot), and wanted to live in a denser, more walkable city.

And I love it here. My apartment is super quiet even though I'm still well within the city proper and less than a mile from 3 grocery stores and a ton of restaurants. I've taken biking back up for the first time since I was a little kid to get around too. The people here seem to be really involved in the community and I've met a lot of great people doing volunteer work.

People are also just incredibly nice here. I've been going through a rough time with insurance rejecting a migraine med that costs $1000 out of pocket for 8 pills and a woman in the cvs/target parking lot saw me crying and asked if I needed anything, could she get something for me, had someone hurt me, etc. A bit embarrassing because I hadn't meant for my emotions to get hold of me like that but really nice that someone thought I might be in danger or injured and wanted to help

Also everything is so green here. Ironically once you actually got into the nearest town to my rural home, despite being in the heart of the mountains and having a beautiful landscape, everything was so spread out and lifeless. It's just a collection of flat asphalt, a Walmart dn some other chains, then a collection of lifeless identical houses. Pittsburgh has a ton of green everywhere, everyone seems to have a ton of potted plants (I've gotten so many unplanned cuttings from people here, I just got back from my orthodontist with 2 new spider plant babies), and houses and apartments are all unique, oddly shaped, and differently colored. Idk it sounds like such a little thing but it's done wonders for me mentally to live in a place that feels like it has an actual identity.