PITTSBURGH: THE NEW BROOKLYN?

BY WENDY INGORVAIA

WHY DID YOUNG PEOPLE START COMING TO BROOKLYN?

• CHEAP RENTS • PROXIMITY TO MANHATTAN • AN “EDGE” • LOTS OF ARTISTS AND CREATIVITY

BUT NOW…

• STILL CLOSE TO MANHATTAN

• …AND JUST AS EXPENSIVE

• RAPID GENTRIFICATION

!• ALMOST A

CARICATURE OF ITSELF

WHAT’S THE NEXT CITY?BUFFALO? THERE ARE PLENTY OF ECONOMIC INITIATIVES, BUT STILL TOO FEW JOBS, AND THE WINTERS ARE NOTORIOUSLY BRUTAL.

WHAT ABOUT PITTSBURGH?

WAIT, PITTSBURGH?!

• ONCE A DECAYING RUST BELT CITY

• GOING THROUGH AN ECONOMIC REVIVAL

• STILL A LOW COST OF LIVING (ROUGHLY 45% LESS THAN NEW YORK)

BRINGING BUSINESS TO PITTSBURGH

• YOU GET TO KNOW THE BUILDING AND HEALTH INSPECTORS, WHO CARE ABOUT WATCHING THE CITY THRIVE.

• BUYING HOMES AND RENTING STOREFRONTS IS STILL EASY AND AFFORDABLE.

FINDING WORK• UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BELOW THE NATIONAL

AVERAGE. • ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCENTRATIONS OF

NONPROFITS IN THE COUNTRY. • HUGE GROWTH IN HEALTH CARE, STARTUP

AND GREEN INDUSTRIES. • BOOMING FOOD SCENE, WHERE LINE COOKS

CAN EARN OVER $10,000 MORE IN PITTSBURGH A YEAR THAN IN NEW YORK.

LIFESTYLE

• A SMALLER CITY MAKES IT EASIER TO CREATE A NAME FOR YOURSELF AND KNOW MORE PEOPLE IN YOUR NICHE.

• WINTERS ARE LONG, BUT SUMMERS ARE BETTER THAN NEW YORK.

• NOT AS CROWDED AS NEW YORK.

• PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NOT AS GOOD AS NEW YORK.

• EARLIER CLOSING HOURS.