Talk:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Two Graticules
Hooray, a page for Pittsburgh!
Perhaps we could choose the most convenient of the two points for Saturdays.
West Graticule (lon -80.xxx): Includes West End, Airport/Moon/Coraopolis area, most of the Beaver Valley, North WV Panhandle, and Youngstown. Mostly land, easy to reach by interstate. High likelihood of a point in the middle of nowhere. (For instance, today's location is well past Steubenville.)
East Graticule (lon -79.xxx): Includes much of Pittsburgh, Monroeville, Greensburg, and part of Indiana County. This would usually be more convenient for most of the region, but also covers some of the less desirable East End neighborhoods and suburbs.
North/South Pittsburgh and Butler are pretty much split.
As for me, I'm on summer break and have nothing better to do, so I may join once in a while. I live in the North Hills area, right on the line. 66.212.135.123 03:46, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- I'm taking a summer class and do have better things to be doing... but it's so enticing I can't help myself. Tim P 04:18, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
What if the main Pittsburgh page just links to the (not yet created) "East Pittsburgh" and "West Pittsburgh" pages... and then each Saturday everyone can chose to go to whichever seems the closer/better/more-feasible location? --Cahlroisse 06:05, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- I think we could increase turnout by having everyone agree to one location. I'm not sure how many xkcd'ers live in the area, and how many of those would be willing to do something like this. There may be more than I expect, in which case it wouldn't matter. However, I would be surprised if more than two or three show up to each location.
- Perhaps as a general rule, we could tentatively suggest using the coordinate which has longitude between -79.5 and -80.5? And if it falls right on x.5, we'll have someone "official" flip a coin! Tim P 22:42, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Addendum to that, if the above happens to, say, fall in a river (unlikely, but possible), we could then use collective judgment and head to the other one. Tim P 22:43, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Personally, for "small" bodies of water I'm a fan of the "nearest shoreline as the crow flies" method. But of course, it's up to the collective group. Other than that, I like the "-79.5 to -80.5" idea. MikeH 08:31, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
31 May 2008
The May 31, 2008 Saturday geohash was about 10 miles south of Washington, PA (in the 40, -79 graticule). It was up a hill through the woods and in a clearing near private property. Two of us made it there, but were disappointed to find that no one else showed. Hopefully the June 7th geohash is more accessible and we get a better turnout. P.S. - I hope I didn't get any poison ivy! KellyM 23:46, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- My girlfriend and I are definitely going to try for the June 7th one. I might try to convince a few other friends as well. MikeH 20:09, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
- I may try to attend, but as I lack a GPS device (So I'd just use the google map and 'wing it') and I have tickets to the JoCo concert that evening, as well as there will be plenty of Game 7 parties going on (I hope), I can see turn out for this one not being as great either...--Psychopez 12:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
7 June 2008
Saturday 7 June looks really good in Pittsburgh West... right on the southern shoreline opposite Neville Island in Coraopolis. I don't know if I'll be able to make it out, though. In any case, it's behind a development and near the train tracks, so the exact point might not be accessible. But there's a bus stop really close! --Tim P 14:28, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- It's right behind Sycamore Creek Nursing Center in Coraopolis, a 10-15 mile drive from downtown depending on which set of directions you use. We could meet in the parking lot at 4:00 and take our adventure elsewhere. KellyM 14:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- Making a note here, huge success! Updated the 2008-06-07 page with our ventures, if someone in possession of pictures can share. Nice meeting all of you and sorry if my nervous chatter bored y'all. --Psychopez 22:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
@Jessica
I imagine you'll have no problem finding people... you'll probably have good luck with the KGB-types. I'd be interested at least, and I can't imagine that a few of the fellow members wouldn't be as well. (Shameless plug: we're a really awesome group of people too -- www.cmukgb.org -- meetings Mondays 4:30, not sure of location... you should show up and mention it). --jwatzman@andrew, MCS Physics/CS sophomore
10 July 2008
The location for Thursday July 10th appears to be in the JC Penny at Century III Mall. If I have time tonight, I may try to get there. It's been a long time since there's been a hash this close to downtown. --KellyM 14:52, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
July 12 2008
Todays hash was in Aliquippa, so I took a little drive. Got there a little after 4:00, but couldn't get to the exact hash, as it was up a wooded hill and the trees fouled my GPS, so I would not have found it anyway. Took a picture next to a nearby sign with my GPS, so that I had something to show for my small adventure Dgandhi 00:36, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
