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Weird comparison, but I would say Pittsburgh. If we're going by looks/feels, that is.
You have to really broaden your scope of what "urban" really means to consider parts of LA urban in the stereotypical way of thinking (which I still think matters).
If we say what city feels bigger and more massive, then the answer is without a doubt LA.
The part of LA that looks dense and urban is larger than that of Pittsburgh. It's basically downtown LA aside from the industrial warehouse district, westlake, koreatown, and hollywood (east hollywood included). Keep in mind that downtown LA covers a fairly large physical area compared to downtown Pittsburgh.
That being said, Pittsburgh is a great urban city with everything much more focused on its urban neighborhoods than LA.
LA by a good margin. LA is massive and the large contiguous urban neighborhoods cover a lot of area and are heavily built up. In the last couple decades, urban Los Angeles has rapidly put itself in the same tier, though as the lower end, of other US cities known for their large core of urban walkable neighborhoods (Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, DC).
While LA has made big strides, in terms of urbanity, it is not in the same tier as any of the cities you mentioned.
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Seems like an odd comparison, LA is just much more massive than Pittsburgh...and though Pittsburgh has pockets that are very dense as far as infrastructure/urban layout goes, it is tough to compare to LA. Despite the beautiful old, dense, urban pockets of Pittsburgh, it is just as auto-centric as LA and is far less robust as far as big cities go when looking at other factors. Just a tough comparison.
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