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Neither will be a global city anytime soon. However, Pittsburgh already has the higher GDP and population. Columbus is growing much faster, but has a long way to go to catch up with its peer cities in terms of importance and global presence. Columbus has the brighter future at this point. The city is adding high quality white collar jobs in the tech industry and offers a flagship university among other things.
Columbus has the brighter future at this point. The city is adding high quality white collar jobs in the tech industry and offers a flagship university among other things.
Pittsburgh unemployment rate as of July 2014: 5.8%
Columbus unemployment rate as of July 2014: 4.9%
Ohio has performed poorly in terms of job growth compared to other states. However, Columbus has outperformed Pittsburgh in annual job growth in every year since 2010. It has also added more people in the same time period. Ohio has also added more jobs per capita since 2010.
Neither will be a global city anytime soon. However, Pittsburgh already has the higher GDP and population. Columbus is growing much faster, but has a long way to go to catch up with its peer cities in terms of importance and global presence. Columbus has the brighter future at this point. The city is adding high quality white collar jobs in the tech industry and offers a flagship university among other things.
What do you call Carnegie Mellon and Pitt then? There's also Duquesne University which is regarded pretty well and is the large Catholic university in PA.
What do you call Carnegie Mellon and Pitt then? There's also Duquesne University which is regarded pretty well and is the large Catholic university in PA.
Both cities are doing well it seems. Different stages in terms of growth...Pittsburgh is emerging from a decades long transition that Columbus nevr had to go through. An analogy would be that Columbus is an airliner at cruising speed and Pittsburgh is on the Tarmac ready to take off.
Pittsburgh's reputation is rising rapidly and I see the city evolving into a very prominent tourist destination....not something Columbus will become....not saying anything negative about C-bus, really like the city....but I don't see it as a place people will travel great distances from to simply to sightsee and enjoy the city's attractions.
Columbus. State capital so it will always have a strong economy. In addition, Columbus is 5th in the nation for fortune 500 companies and has a low COL. Moderate weather, plenty of land to develop, and other major cities close by.
A better comparison would be Harrisburg vs Columbus.
Columbus. State capital so it will always have a strong economy. In addition, Columbus is 5th in the nation for fortune 500 companies and has a low COL. Moderate weather, plenty of land to develop, and other major cities close by.
A better comparison would be Harrisburg vs Columbus.
What lol? It's not 5th in the nation for Fortune 500 companies. Columbus has four fortune 500 companies while Pittsburgh has eight.
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