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1. Population: Not sure what your criteria is for this, San Jose proper has way more people than Pittsburgh, but Pittsburgh's metro is slightly larger if you only focus on south bay.
2. Economy: San Jose
3. Diversity: San Jose
4. Shopping: Pittsburgh
5. Weather: San Jose By a country mile
6. Transportation: By Car San Jose, Public Pittsburgh
7. Downtown: Pittsburgh By a lot
8. Scenery: Tough call both are nice in their own way. I think I prefer the lush green rolling hills of Pittsburgh to the browner more rugged hills surrounding San Jose.
Summary: Pittsburgh will probably win this by a lot, but based on this criteria I think it's close and probably should be in San Jose's favor by a hair. I would probably rather live in San Jose, the weather is a HUGE factor, I also would like to live in the Cali Bay area. Also the grit in Pitt can be a bit much, some of it is historic some of it looks run down.
1. Population: Not sure what your criteria is for this, San Jose proper has way more people than Pittsburgh, but Pittsburgh's metro is slightly larger if you only focus on south bay.
2. Economy: San Jose
3. Diversity: San Jose
4. Shopping: Pittsburgh
5. Weather: San Jose By a country mile
6. Transportation: By Car San Jose, Public Pittsburgh
7. Downtown: Pittsburgh By a lot
8. Scenery: Tough call both are nice in their own way. I think I prefer the lush green rolling hills of Pittsburgh to the browner more rugged hills surrounding San Jose.
Summary: Pittsburgh will probably win this by a lot, but based on this criteria I think it's close and probably should be in San Jose's favor by a hair. I would probably rather live in San Jose, the weather is a HUGE factor, I also would like to live in the Cali Bay area. Also the grit in Pitt can be a bit much, some of it is historic some of it looks run down.
San Jose has Valley Fair/Santana Row and Stanford. Downtown SJ is also awesome and vibrant. San Jose: 1,0046,000 and Pittsburgh: 303,000
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Wow, San Jose is even losing to Pittsburgh!? San Jose is that bad of a place? Battle lost for SJ in city data: San Diego, Philly, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis, L.A., Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Boston and etc. It's the worst city in the U.S. in city data?!!!! Forbes puts SJ 6th coolest city, U.S News has put SJ 3rd best to live last year. Reasonance put SJ 26th best in the world, and JJ Momentum put San Jose 2nd or 3rd most dynamic in the world in the last few years. What's wrong with this paradoxal picture? SJ worst on city data and one of the best in many, many other surveys. It's a complete disconnect!!
Wow, San Jose is even losing to Pittsburgh!? San Jose is that bad of a place? Battle lost for SJ in city data: San Diego, Philly, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis, L.A., Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Boston and etc. It's the worst city in the U.S. in city data?!!!! Forbes puts SJ 6th coolest city, U.S News has put SJ 3rd best to live last year. Reasonance put SJ 26th best in the world, and JJ Momentum put San Jose 2nd or 3rd most dynamic in the world in the last few years. What's wrong with this paradoxal picture? SJ worst on city data and one of the best in many, many other surveys. It's a complete disconnect!!
No it isn't. It's just seen as a newer "meh" sunbelt city by a lot of people on here. So it has a lot going against it based on CD criteria. Pittsburgh has been a CD sweetheart for as long as I can remember. It usually over performs in polls IMO. Like I said I would pick SJ, but I can understand why a lot of people would pick Pitt. Overall don't expect the opinion on CD to represent that of the masses.
Wow, San Jose is even losing to Pittsburgh!? San Jose is that bad of a place? Battle lost for SJ in city data: San Diego, Philly, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis, L.A., Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Boston and etc. It's the worst city in the U.S. in city data?!!!! Forbes puts SJ 6th coolest city, U.S News has put SJ 3rd best to live last year. Reasonance put SJ 26th best in the world, and JJ Momentum put San Jose 2nd or 3rd most dynamic in the world in the last few years. What's wrong with this paradoxal picture? SJ worst on city data and one of the best in many, many other surveys. It's a complete disconnect!!
It's one thing to boast for a favorite city and to unfairly pit these LEGACY cites against SJ still seen as Suburban by far.
Again, stop these long established Legacy city vs your SJ threads. Start vs other more suburb-type fast growing sunbelt cities instead. try a Texas city for a change..... and most of Cali can boast of weather aspects to even bother with that for full winter cities bragging. But most will judge by far more then weather as a city with a long established Character will have.
You might get some postings not thinking .... he's kidding right.
Secondary cities and suburban extensions will never do well vs. entire metros with central cities. It's no different from running Oakland, Orange County, Riverside, Tacoma, Dayton, Fort Lauderdale, Wilmington, or a lot of others.
Of course the messenger is hurting his cause as well with weird and often-conflicting statements.
It's one thing to boast for a favorite city and to unfairly pit these LEGACY cites against SJ still seen as Suburban by far.
Again, stop these long established Legacy city vs your SJ threads. Start vs other more suburb-type fast growing sunbelt cities instead. try a Texas city for a change..... and most of Cali can boast of weather aspects to even bother with that for full winter cities bragging. But most will judge by far more then weather as a city with a long established Character will have.
You might get some postings not thinking .... he's kidding right.
San Jose vs San Antonio could be a close poll, I'd imagine it would still lose to other Texas cities though. San Jose simply isn't going to win against an older legacy city on CD.
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Start vs other more suburb-type fast growing sunbelt cities instead. 
try a Texas city for a change..... and most of Cali can boast of weather aspects to even bother with that for full winter cities bragging. But most will judge by far more then weather as a city with a long established Character will have.
