The theory is that if you've been home for more than a week and you don't already miss your school, then you didn't choose the right school? However, with a school like the University of Pittsburgh, students were missing their home within a matter of hours and for plenty good reasons. These are just a few.
1. Sorrento's/Antoon's Pizza
Six dollar pizza. Regardless of your favorite pizza place on campus, the $6 pizza was a dream and open past midnight. Now, pizza is at least $10, far away and not open at "unreasonable hours."
2. Being able to walk almost anywhere you need to be
Listen, Chipotle is less than a 10-minute walk from the Cathedral of Learning (AKA Cathy). Now at home, Chipotle is a 10-minute drive, and parking is a mess.
3. Seeing Cathy every day
Cathy is beautiful, wonderful and a borderline goddess. Seeing Cathy in her prime (basically every day), could make any Pitt student smile. Plus, taking pictures and putting Cathy in your snap story can make all your other friends jealous.
4. Being within a few minutes from all your friends, regardless of where they were from
Having your friends across the hall, in your dorm building, in your actual dorm or in a house 10 minutes from campus is everyone's dream. However, once summer starts, the friends who were only minutes from you, are now hours away from you, and you miss them, but getting together is about 100x harder than it was while at Pitt.
5. Market/The Perch
Yes, this is surprising. But think about how easy it was to swipe into market or the perch and eat something. Now, you have to make your own food or actually have to go pay for real food with the money you don't have. Not to mention, soft serve (when it is working).
6. Free transportation
Getting bored is very easy when you're home. However, getting bored in Pittsburgh was almost nearly impossible due to the fact that Pitt students have free bus fair and have a plethora of areas to explore.
7. South Oakland
South Oakland is a wonderful land full "trashy" houses during the daytime and drunk students during the night time. Partying with friends in South Oakland can be considered one of Pitt student's favorite pass times.
8. Dining Dollars
Let's take Ben and Jerry's for example. A normal pint of Ben and Jerry's is about $4-$5, and that's real money. To be honest, I don't know how much a pint of Ben and Jerry's is at the Market, but it didn't really matter because I had dining dollars to spend and ice cream on my mind.
9. Towers Lobby
Towers lobby was always busy and full of either drunk people or stressed students in line at the Starbucks in the lobby. People watching in Towers Lobby was always good, free entertainment for drunks and sober people alike.
10. Chicken on a Stick
Located on Semple Street (right before the ward turn off), Chicken on a Stick is grilled chicken with "yum yum" sauce that makes the chicken the best late night weekend snack.
11. Dave and Andy's
Just the smell of Dave and Andy's could get anyone's mouth watering. The best ice cream in Oakland was located so conveniently and was so good that I wasn't even angry that they only took cash or that sometimes I had to wait outside because the line was too long.
12. The O
Between the mountains of fries that will surprise any first time "O fries" buyer and the delicious hot dogs, the O's greasy food remains a favorite of Pitt students.
13. Laying out on Cathy Lawn/Soldiers and Sailors Lawn/Schenley Park
On any beautiful day in Oakland, Pitt students can be spotted catching some rays or catching up on homework. The availability of green space is never short and sunny days are always cherished.
In other words, Oakland, we all miss you and can't wait to be back in August, even though we've only been home for a short period of time.
