ask your primary care physician to prescribe you qty 2 xanax or low dose valium/other sedative - one for departure, one for return. carry them in the prescription bottle and take after going through security.

You may be mistaking the north hills suburbia with the north side.

Some north side neighborhoods suffer from high crime rates, a lot of dilapidated buildings, etc.

Hi Queasy - Rusty is right regarding some (but not all) of the panhandlers. There is a 'pimp-like' network that runs the heavy traffic intersections (Liberty Bridge, East Ohio St., etc). I regularly see them get dropped off/picked up out of the same van. It's like dropping kids off at school, only they pass them their backpack, phone, and cardboard sign.

I used to love roundtable - they had one with a wine-based sauce and capicola...so good!

The Murrysville tree sign.

I'll be too busy vomiting...