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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

$465

below Seattle's monthly cost

The gap is real. Pittsburgh costs noticeably less than Seattle, every month.
landable, recorded on the pittsburgh entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,473/mo

33% cheaper than Seattle(vs $2,193/mo)

02state income tax

3.07%

$256/mo more in state tax than Seattle

vs 0% in Seattle

03after rent

$6,605/mo

$465 more than Seattle

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

04a house here

$223k

72% cheaper than Seattle

vs $791k in Seattle

05metro size

2.4M

vs 4.0M in Seattle

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

161

pleasant days a year, in pittsburgh.

Seattle gets 182 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Winter has bite, though: 28 days drop below 20° vs Seattle's 0.

69% fewer events than Seattle. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

69/100

26% lower than Seattle

vs 93/100 in Seattle

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

·walk score®

99/100

1% higher than Seattle

vs 98/100 in Seattle

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

37

59% fewer than Seattle

vs 90 nonstops in Seattle

04 · see also

if pittsburgh appeals, also worth a look:

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