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Old 04-02-2013, 11:22 AM
 
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Old 04-02-2013, 12:50 PM
 
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^ This. Pittsburgh used to be just as affordable, but now that it is "like, OMG, sooooo trendy and cool and junk" rental rates have shot through the roof over the past several years. We pay almost that much for a 1-BR portion of a rowhome in a neighborhood without a business district. We are in the same situation as pipersrocks. We're in our mid-20s and are looking to buy our first home on a limited budget that would have afforded us livable homes in safe neighborhoods just a few years ago but now proves quite challenging and forboding. Housing prices are apparently rising more quickly here than real wages, which may just cause a mini-bubble here in the coming years.
Supply and demand... More people want to be in those 'trendy' areas in Pittsburgh, yet there isn't as much available housing there. Cleveland has a high vacancy rate and the whole metro is losing residents, not just the city like Pittsburgh. Additionally, Pittsburgh is starting to attract people looking to escape the high cost of living in cities like DC, NYC, and Boston. Cleveland is doing a lot of work to turn the city around, but it still trails behind Pittsburgh in redevelopment, and hearing "Cleveland" still conjures a negative connotation for a lot of people.

With that being said, I would rather live in Cleveland than Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh can feel a little too backwoods and isolated at times for my tastes, plus being alongside Lake Erie is a huge advantage for me.
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Old 04-02-2013, 01:40 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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Pittsburgh definitely doesn't carry the same weight as DC, NYC, or Boston though. People will always want to live in those cities for many reasons. Let's face it, if you want the best networking and job opportunities, especially in some select fields, you cannot beat the east coast. Maybe you won't live there forever, but you get a lot of doors opened to you by living and working there and meeting people. Maybe Pittsburgh/Cleveland attract the people that are just tired of those cities they already lived in for a while, but they definitely don't replace them.

But I also would prefer Cleveland to all the aforementioned.
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