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My thoughts exactly, if i were moving to the East coast and had to choose between the two big cities in PA, Philly and Pittsburgh, I'd choose Philly without hesitation. Average 1 bedroom rent in Philly is only $300 more than Pittsburgh and you get a lot more of what an actual city has to offer along with that. I imagine Pittsburgh is better if you want to start a family or something.
I mean I get that people don't want to live in a city like Pittsburgh (hence our continued population decline); however, it's hard for me to have any empathy for people either on here or on social media whining about housing affordability who are choosing to continue living within very expensive major metropolitan areas. I could barely afford groceries when I was living near DC, which is why I packed up and moved somewhere cheaper. No, a place like Cleveland or Pittsburgh or Toledo or St. Louis or Indianapolis or Omaha may not be "sexy", but if you can take a nominal pay cut and comfortably afford rent and/or homeownership in these cities then why not go for it and work to make these cities better? I am working hard to make Pittsburgh better, and I wish others would move to cities like mine, too, to help make them better.
It's just frustrating on social media to see someone in LA or NYC whine about gentrification or that they can't afford both rent and groceries and then get a "haha" or "LOLZ" react back at me when I suggest moving someplace cheaper like I did to have more financial breathing room. I realize this forum skews affluent, but a ton of people in this country are struggling right now.
You should count yourself lucky Pittsburgh isn't on their radar. They always come to these places and eventually ruin them when they no longer want to be paying rent to billionaires.
Depends on the age group, a significant portion of my generation (millennials) don't want kids, and then you have Gen Z who are often dubbed "the childfree generation".
Depends on the age group, a significant portion of my generation (millennials) don't want kids, and then you have Gen Z who are often dubbed "the childfree generation".
The rust belt has yet to come up but in many cases are a great alternative to big cities.
St. Louis is one of the best values for those looking for a small big city. Moderate taxes, plenty of big city amenities and world class institutions. Super easy to live and get around in. The biggest issue is the Murder City branding that keeps people away. I don't think that is going away anytime soon even if the crime drops. St. Louis has to totally rebrand and sell itself as a livable big city.
The top 10 cities people have been looking to relocate from:
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New York
Washington D.C.
Seattle
Boston
Detroit Denver
Chicago
Minneapolis
The top 10 cities people have been looking to relocate to:
Miami
Tampa
Phoenix
Sacramento
Las Vegas
Cape Coral San Diego
North Port, FL
San Antonio
Dallas
Strange, because I hear a lot of anecdotal evidence of people moving from the latter to the former, due to high COL in San Diego. In fact it's the only one on the 'moving to' list that seems out of place. I suppose it will always be a dream city due to the great weather and vibe?
I mean I've certainly looked into relocating to SD from Denver, but it would be more expensive especially when you factor in CA taxes, and the salary in my field would not be much more (if any).
Georgia just had its slowest decade of population growth since the 1940s.
Hard to believe. Source? Metro Atlanta alone added 65k last year. The metro is just shy of the growth rate from 2010-2020. Most of Georgia’s metros have all seen population growth (Columbus, Augusta, Savannah, Athens in particular).
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