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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

$603

under Port St. Lucie, every month

Pittsburgh is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
landable, recorded on the pittsburgh entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,473/mo

37% cheaper than Port St. Lucie(vs $2,331/mo)

02state income tax

3.07%

$256/mo more in state tax than Port St. Lucie

vs 0% in Port St. Lucie

03after rent

$6,605/mo

$603 more than Port St. Lucie

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

04a house here

$223k

44% cheaper than Port St. Lucie

vs $397k in Port St. Lucie

05metro size

2.4M

vs 537k in Port St. Lucie

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

161

pleasant days a year, in pittsburgh.

Port St. Lucie edges ahead with 246 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 28 days drop below 20° vs Port St. Lucie's 0.

·outdoorscore

69/100

38% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 50/100 in Port St. Lucie

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

·walk score®

99/100

890% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 10/100 in Port St. Lucie

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

37

61% more than Port St. Lucie

vs 23 nonstops in Port St. Lucie

04 · see also

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