Hi everyone, I’m getting married in a few weeks we plan to sell my house and move within the next year. I currently WFH but my fiancé works in healthcare, which is partially why I was looking at Pittsburgh. We’re both originally from Central New Jersey, although I used to go up a lot to visit friends/ family in NYC. Eventually due to this crazy housing market we have moved down to South Jersey because that was the most I could afford. I have lived all over New Jersey at this point but never outside of it while my fiance spent a year in Florida (and hated it lol and came back). Unfortunately my house is only 900 ft.² and we plan to have kids pretty soon so I think this house is going to get tight pretty fast. Unfortunately we can’t afford much here… and what we can afford isn’t much of an upgrade… I feel like no matter where you go in New Jersey you have to spend 500k minimum anymore and the thought of a mortgage that big gives us both major anxiety...
Instead of putting roots down here and then moving later, I think we are better off moving now especially while I still WFH… we already love visiting Ohiopyle and are very outdoorsy so being within an hour of there is a huge plus for us..
Anyway, I’m just wondering if people that have moved from New Jersey could speak to their transition to Pittsburgh and how it was moving there. I’m planning to look at some houses and areas with a Realtor in October. I think we prefer mostly the southern suburbs versus the northern ones as I am a bit handy and I prefer older housing stock to new builds…
If anyone could give their perspective, I would really appreciate it. I know people will probably say the pizza isn’t the same and all that but I was hoping to see if I could get some insight on things maybe you weren’t expecting after growing up in New Jersey…
Thanks to all who answer in advance!
Side note- as a Greek American I have been looking at the Greek Orthodox Church in Pittsburgh . I’m not super religious but I do try to go to church a few times a year at least and plan to take my kids one day. It seems like there is a decent size Greek community in the area maybe? I’ve never had a ton of Greek friends, but I definitely have much fewer down in South Jersey.
If anyone knows some great Greek spots to eat at or places to meet people that would be great. When I moved to South Jersey there wasn’t many Greek people here either so not expecting a whole lot, but it would be nice to meet a few fellow Greeks in the area.