Hi: I joined your list serve after researching Pittsburgh neighborhoods in anticipation of a move to the city. I'd love any information and tips anyone on this list would be willing to provide. We currently live in Washington, DC. My boyfriend grew up in Penn Hills and has always wanted to move back to the city. When I visited, I just fell in love with Pittsburgh. Highland Park caught my attention, because I prefer to live in a more diverse neighborhood with lots of character and Highland Park seems to fit the bill. However, we've heard mixed things about Highland Park and I'd be interested in your honest assessment of progress in the neighborhood. Safety is the biggest one. We currently live in an "in transition" neighborhood in DC and I do tire of the drug dealers selling their wares right across the street from my house every day and the prostitutes wandering the neighborhood. Are there safety or crime considerations we should be aware of? My second question is in regard to the Highland Park Community Plan. It is an impressive plan and clearly much work and many good ideas went into it. I'm curious where things stand nearly four years after the plan was first released. Are there any areas that you think have not reached the level of progress you had hoped? I'm also wondering if there is continued work to be done to improve the business district and if there would be room for help in that area. There is nothing worse than an outsider coming in suggesting a lot of changes without appreciating all the work others have put into an effort. If we find a home in Highland Park, I would like to do what I can to help improve the neighborhood and take it to the next level. I would want to work within the existing structure you all have set up. I'd just need to be pointed in the right direction to build off of your good work. Would there be a need or opportunities for such an effort? Thanks in advance for any input that could help us make the decision and thanks for letting me join the list. The announcements I've seen so far are so interesting and make the neighborhood seem like a really fun place to live. Best, Teri ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ