Yeah, it was an extremely poorly insulated house though. Original 1901 windows. After that we bullied the landlord into replacing the windows and it dropped to about $200 in regular cold winter months and $300 in frigid months.

Important to note this was 9 years ago- between regular inflation, extra inflation, and gas prices, I'm sure the same house's bill could be even higher today

OP, people have set you straight at this point, so I won't pile on. The summary here is that your bill is most likely accurate, so taking it up with the gas company would be a waste of your time.

Is it unfair? That's more of a political question. If you choose, you can certainly take it up with lawmakers, in terms of supporting expansion of LIHEAP-type benefits, gas price capping, or improving rental laws regarding insulation requirements. But that's the level this is currently at.

>That’s an entire house gas price.

Not really. In a really cold month, I once got a $550 gas bill for a 3 bed house in Pittsburgh.

All the above suggestions are great, and as a note: definitely consider jobs outside of Lawrenceville/Strip/Bloomfield! The bus connection from Lawrenceville is pretty good, he could easily get almost anywhere within the main "triangle" of Pittsburgh

Pretty sure the type of people ordering general tso's at Chengdu will never really be convinced to do otherwise

Why on earth was an ice cream place giving out loans omg

I have lived in both places. I don't really think they're comparable. Firstly, the food they're known for is so different- subs and snacks vs burgers and fried food.

Secondly, Sheetz is allergic to urban locations, a car is pretty necessary to find one. We don't actually have a single one in the city of Pittsburgh. It's a true gas station chain. Wawa has a large number of locations with no gas pumps at all and tons of locations in urban or high-density suburbs.

So if you're an urbanite who loves subs, Wawa is for you. If you're suburban/rural and prefer burgers and fries, Sheetz is your place. If you live in Pittsburgh the city, you're SOL because we have neither lol

Not a weird question at all!

The pro tip I always give is to really lean on the "terrain" filter on Google maps when you consider where you want to live. Especially if you come from a mostly flat place, living and driving in the hills can be really difficult, especially when it snows. Also, a house/apartment may look awesome, and then you look on Google maps and discover that it's actually located on a cliff side or in a ravine.

If you plan on using public transportation a lot, do a little research into bus lines to see which places are connected in the way you need!

I see you're new here (to Post Gazette issues). They have conservative ownership and a history of controversy as a result.

I feel like that might just be a cover status for "we have no clue"

We have an issue with both Amazon and USPS (not sure if the delivery driver is the same or separate) where the driver will sometimes leave half the mail/packages for the block in our apartment's mail room. My theory is we must be at the end of a route and laziness kicks in or something. It's pretty frequent, and the mail is usually for addresses on our block that are nearby, or the address one block over that has the same building number. I try to redeliver them when I see it, and I have complained before (which helped for a time, but I never really nailed down which delivery service was the culprit). There didn't seem to be much interest from the customer services in solving the problem.

Long story short, check your neighbors porches (as well as you can without being creepy) and see if it's been misdelivered or dumped at another part of the route. If you live near Walnut in Shadyside, PM me because we might get your mail lmao

Urban Tap has a huge draft list and good food

I think it's because you said "is that better or worse than a silver alert" which sounds snarky. Alerts aren't ranked by "badness," different colors just mean different things

Strange, they just cancelled the UPMC one. Wonder what's going on

Yes!!!

Hundred Acres Manor benefits Animal Friends and Homeless Children's Education Fund, and they take volunteers to help run the haunted house attraction!