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I was under the impression Pittsburgh is one of the currently hip gentrifying cities (like Austin or Portland were 10 years ago)? At least I know several people
by ido 5y ago
I was under the impression Pittsburgh is one of the currently hip gentrifying cities (like Austin or Portland were 10 years ago)? At least I know several people who moved there from other, already expensive, cities.
- X6S1x6Okd1st 5y agoPittsburgh lost half it's population from 1950 to 1990
- ido 5y agoRight but I was talking about the last ~10 years, not 72 to 32 years ago. Berlin (where I now live) also lost a lot of population from the 40s till 1990 but has seen a lot of growth in the past decade, thus the current competitive housing market. People also used to occupy far fewer square meters/feet of housing per person in the past so even though Berlin (or Pittsburgh) had a higher population in 1940 than today it doesn't necessarily mean there's a surplus of housing.
- mdorazio 5y agoStill declined in the last 10 years: https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/pittsburgh-pa-population https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/pittsburgh-pa-po...
- xhkkffbf 5y agoIt's nice and it has some gentrification, but the housing stock is much bigger than the number of gentry that wish to become landed. There's much to enjoy there but also some sections that aren't so expensive.
- ido 5y agoI hope it remains that way for a while! Up to about 2010 Berlin had a lot more available housing than demand but it caught up and resulted in the current housing shortage very quickly.