Bloomfield

Welcome to Bloomfield, my friends. This neighborhood is home to yours truly... Lara. Between Bloomfield and Friendship, detailed below, I have lived in these two neighborhoods the longest.

Bloomfield is often referred to as Pittsburgh's Little Italy. I've been to the Little Italy in New York City and well, the two differ vastly. Pittsburgh's Little Italy is a decent-sized neighborhood with a unique business district located on Liberty Avenue.

One of the many things that I adore about Bloomfield is the stores and restaurants that you find on Liberty Avenue. Bloomfield is not home to many nationwide chains *cough*Oakland*cough*. In fact, the independently owned restaurants and businesses outnumber the few chains that exist on this street. How cool is that? It's nice to know that your patronage is helping out a family instead of some greedy CEOs and what not (oh man, think I've been at my job too long... it's corrupted me, hahaha).

Anyway, Bloomfield also is home to many residents of Italian (duh) and Polish descent, as well as college students or former college students, such as myself. It's affordable and in decent proximity to well, some decent places. If I had to vote for a favorite neighborhood... I think you all know where my vote would go.