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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

under Las Vegas, every month

Cost barely budges between Pittsburgh and Las Vegas. 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 Las Vegas(vs $1,731/mo)

02state income tax

3.07%

$256/mo more in state tax than Las Vegas

vs 0% in Las Vegas

03after rent

$6,605/mo

$3 more than Las Vegas

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

04a house here

$223k

51% cheaper than Las Vegas

vs $451k in Las Vegas

05metro size

2.4M

vs 2.3M in Las Vegas

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

161

pleasant days a year, in pittsburgh.

Las Vegas actually gets more: 210 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 28 days below 20° vs Las Vegas's 0.

98% fewer events than Las Vegas. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

69/100

14% lower than Las Vegas

vs 80/100 in Las Vegas

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

·walk score®

99/100

21% higher than Las Vegas

vs 82/100 in Las Vegas

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

37

72% fewer than Las Vegas

vs 133 nonstops in Las Vegas

04 · see also

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