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Old 08-27-2014, 06:47 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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You're ignoring that Pittsburgh is on par with DC, Boston, San Jose, NY and San Francisco even without having their high immigrant populations. You can't use immigrant populations as an excuse for why other cities didn't rank as high as Pittsburgh since the other top ranking cities have high immigrant populations.
Huh? I just posted some numbers! Just for comparison purposes. I hardly said anything else.

And the point eschaton was making is that Pittsburgh doesn't have a lot of low-skilled immigrants. I will clarify, Pittsburgh has a small group of highly educated immigrants.

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Old 08-27-2014, 07:14 PM
 
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And the point eschaton was making is that Pittsburgh doesn't have a lot of low-skilled immigrants. I will clarify, Pittsburgh has a small group of highly educated immigrants.
Both of those statements are accurate. I don't know how you can think either is a negative.
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Old 08-27-2014, 07:16 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Both of those statements are accurate. I don't know how you can think either is a negative.
Where, where, where did I say either one was negative? Too much inferring.
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Old 08-27-2014, 07:56 PM
 
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Where, where, where did I say either one was negative? Too much inferring.
Then what is your point in this thread?

As far as I can tell, you initially posted the following inaccurate statement and have subsequently been posting statistics that support our claims that Pittsburgh has a small immigrant population that is highly educated.

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No, it's the high immigrant cities that don't have as many with the grad/professional degrees.
Most of the cities ranking at the top in the OP have higher immigrant populations than most cities in the country with lower percentages of grad/professional degrees.

San Jose's immigrant population is 36.1%. San Fran's is 29.5%. NYC is 28.1%. DC's is 20.23%.

20 U.S. Cities with the Most Immigrants - The Daily Beast
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Old 08-27-2014, 08:01 PM
 
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And they all work at BestBuy
I was waiting to see if some one will write this. It only took like 5 or posts, that is quick

But really, it is probably none of my business, but how true is this statement?

Having a highly educated workforce may seem nice, yet, they still need the right jobs. Is Pittsburgh's economy booming with high paying jobs, that require high levels of schooling?
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Old 08-27-2014, 08:09 PM
 
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Having a highly educated workforce may seem nice, yet, they still need the right jobs. Is Pittsburgh's economy booming with high paying jobs, that require high levels of schooling?
Yes.

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In the Pittsburgh region, for those with a graduate or professional degree, the unemployment rate was estimated at 4 .4 percent for the first half of 2012, the lowest level among educational groups.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...74035653,d.b2U
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Old 08-27-2014, 08:17 PM
 
Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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Is Pittsburgh's economy booming with high paying jobs, that require high levels of schooling?
I already answered that question on the first page of this topic.
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Old 08-27-2014, 08:22 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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I already answered that question on the first page of this topic.
I had actually wondered about those figures. On the top graph, it looks like average weekly earnings are $850. That's $44,200 a year. But the per capita income looks like it's at least $48,000 and usually the per capita income is lower than average earning since the capita includes lots of people not working. There are non-wage earnings, but I wouldn't have guessed they are enough to make up the difference.
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Old 08-27-2014, 08:35 PM
 
Location: NW Penna.
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Pittsburgh has a higher percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with graduate/professional degrees than San Jose.
woot woot!

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And Charlotte, Columbus, Seattle, Portland, Austin, Atlanta, Houston - did I miss any cities that former posters held up to be the most wonderful places?
Oil City.
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Old 08-27-2014, 09:35 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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I was waiting to see if some one will write this. It only took like 5 or posts, that is quick

But really, it is probably none of my business, but how true is this statement?

Having a highly educated workforce may seem nice, yet, they still need the right jobs. Is Pittsburgh's economy booming with high paying jobs, that require high levels of schooling?
No. What the numbers don't say is that the growth in the city is from local migration. The population is moving to mainly Butler, Washington, and Allegheny counties from the surrounding areas.

One poster threw out a stat somewhere that 12,000+ jobs were created. Where? Doing what? Chain restaurants? Grocery stores? Coffee houses? Juice Bars?
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