I'd go now that I have the money and can make the time, but i wouldnt be welcome

Im kinda too grown up now X3

If you have serious doubts, then it's not worth the time and money on short notice this year, but I don't know if that's as big a deal as you're thinking. When talking about 9 or 10,000 people, there are going to be folks on various paths / at different stages in their own lives, so to speak!

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is 2 hours from me.
Ill think about it.

If you attend panels and get to spend time afterward talking, too, then I imagine those spaces tend to skew "more mature" at just about any con. Generally speaking, the dance floors are likely to be the opposite

There's the for-free "Artist Alley"s at furry cons, too. If you're not too nervous about meeting new people, then those tend to be really chill and not as clique-ish as they first appear. The way AC is laid out, then their Artist Alley(?) is closer to the panel rooms anyway, than to the marketplace / Dealers' Den ... so it's less confusing that way.
(Err, a little more confusing: Anthrocons also tend to have a part-marketplace/part-artist-alley where artists can sell stuff but can't reserve their own table ahead of time, making their booths much smaller than the fancy ones like Chalodillo's... and the location for each such artist is going to be different from day to day. I forget what those "in-between" tables are called, I might not have all the terminology straight, anyway... but they're next to the Dealers with reserved spaces and to the Gallery.)

Anyhow, if Sanguine Publishing is able to host a demo this year of its Ironclaw tabletop RPG, then I'd recommend that, too. It gets explained really well and is easy to pick up for a little one-off adventure. Usually I think they're on Sunday morning, on the early side.

to Chalo: Uh, don't worry; I'm not trying to take any money out of your pocket

Won't be able to make to Pittsburgh this year -- and possibly not ever again, sadly -- but I have fond memories of the times we did meet up
(Since Alej is my favorite, I love the sound of that standee, BTW!)

Hope you have lots of fun!!

hope to ssee you