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Pittsburgh, PA cityscape

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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

$2,495

lighter monthly cost than New York

Pittsburgh runs on a fraction of New York's budget. Same paycheck, real lifestyle upgrade.
landable, recorded on the pittsburgh entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,473/mo

56% cheaper than New York(vs $3,329/mo)

02state income tax

3.07%

$638/mo less in state tax than New York

vs 10.73% in New York

03after rent

$6,605/mo

$2,495 more than New York

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

04a house here

$223k

70% cheaper than New York

vs $739k in New York

05metro size

2.4M

vs 19.5M in New York

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

161

pleasant days a year, in pittsburgh.

New York actually gets more: 171 pleasant days a year.

Lighter on events: New York packs 49.5× more into a month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

69/100

12% lower than New York

vs 78/100 in New York

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

·walk score®

99/100

1% lower than New York

vs 100/100 in New York

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

37

83% fewer than New York

vs 215 nonstops in New York

04 · see also

neighbors of pittsburgh on the map of tradeoffs:

see also

cincinnati

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cleveland

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