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Old 05-01-2015, 08:01 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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so how did you get that mansion north of Forbes? We Sq Hill South Slum dwellers live in eternal envy.

Mafia money?
Imagine how those of us who live in Greenfield feel...
I knew doodah was fancy.
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Old 05-01-2015, 08:09 PM
 
Location: Awkward Manor
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North of Forbes?? North Oakland!
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Old 05-01-2015, 08:10 PM
 
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Imagine how those of us who live in Greenfield feel...
I knew doodah was fancy.
We send squirrels from our garden with food parcels to Greenfield ...
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Old 05-01-2015, 08:12 PM
 
Location: Awkward Manor
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We send squirrels from our garden with food parcels to Greenfield ...
have you seen the hams on those squirrels?
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Old 05-01-2015, 08:16 PM
 
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North of Forbes?? North Oakland!
I assume you still keep servants in that Schenley Farms home?
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Old 05-01-2015, 09:37 PM
 
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Old 05-01-2015, 11:28 PM
 
Location: Kittanning
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I make a little over $30k per year. I'm single and have no student loans. I am living a very middle class lifestyle in McKeesport, and own a lovely home in a nice neighborhood.
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Old 05-02-2015, 05:23 AM
 
Location: Awkward Manor
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I assume you still keep servants in that Schenley Farms home?
Not all of North Oakland is Schenley Farms, thankfully!
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Old 05-02-2015, 05:26 AM
 
Location: Palmer/Fishhook, Alaska
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Household income is into the six figure range. It will increase more next year when hubs gets his bid for Captain and I'm bringing more money in as well. Right now, I'm working on getting back into the healthcare sector.
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Old 05-02-2015, 06:41 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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Household income is into the six figure range. It will increase more next year when hubs gets his bid for Captain and I'm bringing more money in as well. Right now, I'm working on getting back into the healthcare sector.
I'm pretty sure the OP wanted input from people who currently live in Pittsburgh in order to ascertain as to whether one could truly live on salaries that would be considered lower-middle-class by American standards.

I can safely assert that it's possible to live comfortably here alone if you're making $30,000/year-$35,000/year if you have limited debt obligations and have either a cheap studio/1-BR in an unfashionable part of town or split the rent/utilities with a roommate.

The fact that PreservationPioneer bought a home in Stowe Township debt-free several years ago while making (presumably) a salary in the high-$20k range at the time is something unheard of in most other parts of the country.

Rents in the urban core (i.e. neighborhoods contiguous with Downtown and Oakland) are escalating to the point where only the upper-middle-class will be able to afford to live here in a decade without a roommate. With that being said the vast majority of both the city and region outside that rapidly-gentrifying urban core will remain affordable for the lower-middle-class for at least a few more decades.
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