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Pittsburgh

pa · metro 2.4M

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a dispatch from

pittsburgh

PA

40.44°N

80.00°W

Pittsburgh has more bridges than Venice (446, and locals will tell you the exact number), three rivers crashing together downtown, and a sandwich tradition where the fries go inside. The mills are long gone but the neighborhoods they built (Polish Hill, Bloomfield, the Strip) still feed you like a great aunt. Carnegie Mellon and UPMC turned the old industrial bones into a robotics and medical research scene. The skyline reveal coming through the Fort Pitt Tunnel is the cheapest awe in America.

metro2.4M

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$3

less monthly outlay than Knoxville

Cost barely budges between Pittsburgh and Knoxville. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
landable, recorded on the pittsburgh entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,473/mo

15% cheaper than Knoxville(vs $1,731/mo)

02state income tax

3.07%

$256/mo more in state tax than Knoxville

vs 0% in Knoxville

03after rent

$6,605/mo

$3 more than Knoxville

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$223k

39% cheaper than Knoxville

vs $364k in Knoxville

05metro size

2.4M

vs 947k in Knoxville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

161

pleasant days a year, in pittsburgh.

Knoxville edges ahead with 189 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 28 days drop below 20° vs Knoxville's 9.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 1.9× more on the calendar than Knoxville.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

69/100

0% lower than Knoxville

vs 69/100 in Knoxville

Closest outdoor draw: Raccoon Creek State Park, 21.4 mi.

·walk score®

99/100

39% higher than Knoxville

vs 71/100 in Knoxville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

37

118% more than Knoxville

vs 17 nonstops in Knoxville

04 · see also

cities that play in pittsburgh's register:

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