"Sowers said she often found herself recommending Squirrel Hill, Shadyside and Mt. Lebanon to her coastal transplant clients."
She's basically spot on with this, so I can't doubt the validity of it. Squirrel Hill isn't perfect, but damn, it's really close to it. The only issues I've seen so far is that there isn't much of a bar scene in Squirrel Hill (but that's what Oakland, Southside and Shadyside are for) and it's super expensive.
I was actually misled about the price of my new apartment, I was told that singles for the complex I was looking at range from $1065-$1085 based on sizes (either 580, 600 or 650 square feet), but it's even more expensive than that. Only two units have become available so far, but both are $1100 plus $80 for having a cat and a parking spot, with one being the smallest unit they have (580 square feet) and the other one being a basement unit (650 square feet). I'm concerned that they might actually be too rich for me, at least too rich for me to not cut costs elsewhere. I'm concerned that when they make the bigger units that aren't basement units available, they'll be close to $1150, which is way too much for me to justify paying.
This all would be a lot easier if freaking Westinghouse would actually reply to my application (have been on "Status: Applied" since September 19th), because I'd definitely get paid more at Westinghouse than I currently will make once I start working full time.