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I live on <800 a month in Pittsburgh, soon to be <700. It's actually becoming a pretty big tech city, all the major companies (Microsoft, Google, etc) have stu
by Qz 16y ago
I live on <800 a month in Pittsburgh, soon to be <700. It's actually becoming a pretty big tech city, all the major companies (Microsoft, Google, etc) have stuff going on here, and there's a lot of opportunities to make connections to help with whatever project you've got going. It's right near some great parks, and the city itself is packed with trees and grass...
- cageface 16y agoI hear good things about Pittsburgh but for some reason I picture it as a cold, dangerous, post-industrial city. Is this just CA bias?
- ecuzzillo 16y agoIt is cold. It's not any more dangerous than anywhere else; it does have neighborhoods that aren't great, but they aren't like the worst parts of LA. It's not horribly post-industrial anymore, although there is a significant contingent of mildly hickish people left over.
- Qz 16y agoIt is cold in the winter, but it's also hot in the spring/summer. It is post industrial in the sense that the economy has moved on from industrial type stuff like steel manufacturing -- the economy is very tech/service oriented, with lots of computer/tech/robotics startups and so on, as well as a large health care sector (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center runs their own health insurance which covers a significant portion of the entire state of PA). It was one of the cities least hit by the housing crisis and the economic backlash from that. As for dangerous -- there are some bad areas, like in every city, but for the most part it's very safe. Safer than any big city in CA for sure.
- thomaspaine 16y agoI'm moving from SF to Pittsburgh in about a month. What's the best way to get info on local meetups/resources/etc? I'm hoping to meet up with some like minded people and maybe even find a co-founder when I move out there.