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Pittsburgh, PA cityscape

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Pittsburgh

pa · metro 2.4M

photo: Jay Brand / pexels

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

$153

the monthly premium over Little Rock

Pittsburgh edges out a little pricier. Close enough that the decision rides on the days, not the dollars.
landable, recorded on the pittsburgh entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,473/mo

22% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)

02state income tax

3.07%

$111/mo less in state tax than Little Rock

vs 4.4% in Little Rock

03after rent

$6,605/mo

$153 less than Little Rock

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

04a house here

$223k

2% cheaper than Little Rock

vs $228k in Little Rock

05metro size

2.4M

vs 765k in Little Rock

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

161

pleasant days a year, in pittsburgh.

Little Rock has the edge here, logging 163 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 28 days below 20° vs Little Rock's 6.

508% more happening than in Little Rock.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

69/100

28% higher than Little Rock

vs 54/100 in Little Rock

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

·walk score®

99/100

102% higher than Little Rock

vs 49/100 in Little Rock

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

37

118% more than Little Rock

vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock

04 · see also

cities that play in pittsburgh's register:

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