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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

$991

less monthly outlay than Naples

Pittsburgh sits well below Naples on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
landable, recorded on the pittsburgh entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,473/mo

46% cheaper than Naples(vs $2,719/mo)

02state income tax

3.07%

$256/mo more in state tax than Naples

vs 0% in Naples

03after rent

$6,605/mo

$991 more than Naples

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

04a house here

$223k

67% cheaper than Naples

vs $679k in Naples

05metro size

2.4M

vs 404k in Naples

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

161

pleasant days a year, in pittsburgh.

Naples actually gets more: 261 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 28 days below 20° here, 0 in Naples.

·outdoorscore

69/100

19% higher than Naples

vs 58/100 in Naples

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

·walk score®

99/100

22% higher than Naples

vs 81/100 in Naples

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

37

9% more than Naples

vs 34 nonstops in Naples

04 · see also

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