AVOID Moving to PITTSBURGH...UNLESS You Can HANDLE These 8 Things!
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- Are you thinking of moving to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania? Before you make the move, you will want to watch this video all the way through. In this video, we'll be discussing 8 potential negatives of living in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania that you need to consider before packing your bags.
From the city flooding to the old infrastructure, there are several reasons why Pittsburgh might not be the best fit for everyone. We'll also be discussing other cons such as property taxes and the dreary weather.
If you're considering moving to Pittsburgh PA, it's very important to be aware of these cons so that you can make an INFORMED decision. That's exactly why we made this video.
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Other issues worth considering:
-Everybody smokes
-Lax vehicle noise enforcement
-City income tax
I've always been amazed to see how many health care workers in uniform go into a Sheetz or 7 Eleven and buy multiple packs of cigarettes. It's hard to break old habits that were handed down from generation to generation. But West Virginia is far worse.
good point, ppl in other cities dont smoke....sure
Delusional much @@parisford2020
When they made folks smoke outside their office back in the 90's, I guess, it seemed pregnant women were smoking everywhere. I haven't noticed it in the last ten years.
In some other states, school taxes are not tied to property values. They're funded through other means. Seeing a school tax on a mortgage can be a shock for new residents.
As an African American from Connecticut living in Pittsburgh, it's a beautiful city. Here's what you need to know if you're a black working professional: Pennsylvania is ranked 37th in education. They tax heavily, but it doesn't reflect in their education system; it can be racist. Poor education is usually the fuel that causes this, on top of Pittsburgh bordering West Virginia and Ohio. The poverty and poor education spill over into the city. The only time African Americans are celebrated in Pittsburgh is when they're holding a football. The people "with money" in Pittsburgh have inflated egos because most have never lived anywhere else. The median income in Pittsburgh is $29k a year, so making 100k may make you feel more successful than you actually are.
much safer and cleaner than, baltimore, phily, atlanta, st louis, houston, Milwaukee, detroit minneapolis if u need a more diverse city to live in...
@@parisford2020Minneapolis and Pittsburgh have similar racial demographics.
@@r.mariano8118 nah, pittsburgh isnt little somalia
@@parisford2020 true. No somalians. Few Ethiopians. Or Eritreans.
@@r.mariano8118 minnesota changed their state flag to the somali flag, that says it all
I moved to pittsburgh two years ago and its been fantastic.
Only complaint is the squirrel hill tunnel traffic when coming back from road tripping eastward.
They gray day count being higher than seattle is real!
Awesome! Where did you move from?
@@livinginpittsburghpennsylvania Texas.
Cost of living here is not much different than there but here there is snowboarding and affordable homes and that sealed the deal.
The plus with the Fort Pitt Tunnel is coming out of it heading into downtown the view is amazing!
very true
Then your bar is set mighty low, if you think a view makes it worth moving to this city. 🤣🤣
@rachelleklemunes5493 That’s only part of it. Having lived in the Pittsburgh area during different times in my life I can say there is more to the city and the people than just "a view". I just wanted to note that for people who haven't been to Pittsburgh so they can have a chance to experience the breathtaking view provided when entering the city from the Fort Pitt Tunnel.
@@Pghyinzer Born and raised in Pittsburgh, I have lived here for 63 years. I know it is taboo to put down the 'Steel City,' but I'm too old to sugarcoat. Not only is it one of the most racist cities in PA, but our infrastructure is downright embarrassing. I imagine the rising crime will bring on white flight from the urban and suburban areas, to the surrounding rural counties. So for me, a city still trying to hold on to its long lost heyday as the city of yinzers, is not one I would try to sell to young people looking to settle down here.
@rachelleklemunes5493 there is much truth to what you say. But that can be said about most any city. So if its so bad of a place for you then you have the right to move to someplace more to your liking. The problem is, especially now, that there are very few areas in this country that is tolerant of differences and have a functional infrastructure. I hope you find your Utopia someday.
Pittsburgh doesn't have a loop highway. You have to go through the City to get to another side, that means one or two tunnels...
Terrible job market for young people. Unless you work in the medical field, University jobs or trucking. Other than that most jobs don’t pay enough for you to live. Don’t move to this dying town. Anytime I needed a good job, I found one in Columbus Ohio. A new up coming city.
I'm moving there for the weather. I'm from Portland, OR and I need a place with lots of grey, cloudy, rainy days. Sun is okay once in a while but too much drains my energy and makes me depressed.
Finally! Someone out there like me--I love "gloomy" days and hate the Sun.
I sorta came from NY for similar reasons but will leave as soon as I can sell the house I bought next door to a heroin dealer. Be very very careful where you buy or rent, there are projects everywhere and the gang activity spills over into even the nicer neighborhoods. Also keep in mind this isn't so much a city as a bunch of separate suburbs. No cool bars or clubs. People here never travel and they go to bed at 9PM.
Thanks for the honest review. Hope to visit Pittsburgh in May to see if we would like to move there. No place is perfect. We currently live in Texas and allergies are a sevre issue here also and although it's sunny, it gets way too hot in the summer.
My pleasure! Feel free to reach out for any pointers/guidance for your visit!
@@livinginpittsburghpennsylvania Which states would you consider the best state to live in America?
Another thing many people would find problematic is the fact that it's almost necessary to have a car unless you live in certain neighborhoods within the urban core. We do have a bus system and a (very small / limited) "subway" but in general the public transit is subpar and lots of the region just isn't walkable period.
If your into taking bike rides for fun, we do have miles of public trail’s which even connect us to DC.
When I lived in Pittsburgh, I didn't like the feeling that everything was aging - and not in a quaint way - it felt somewhat dreary. The number one thing I REALLY disliked was all the one-ways. It seemed that I rarely could come home the way that I went - anywhere :-) and roads were poorly marked.
My partner is from Pittsburgh and I asked him why does everything look so sad and gray? He said Pittsburgh is big for keeping its history. That wasn’t a good enough reason for me. And the one ways drove me crazy. I absolutely hated driving there.
Nice town, but too isolated
Also, you forgot to mention all the hills. Everything in Pittsburgh is on top of, bottom of or side of a hill. Drives a flatlander crazy.
Pittsburgh flooding; buy a house on top.of a hill where there is no flooding.
During heavy rains drive on routes on the top of the hills.
Bridges are located over the 3 rivers. In the suburbs, there are few large bridges.
Weather, although wr have many cloudy days, the sun will shine in cloud breaks.
PITTSBURGH RARELY GETS TORNADOES. About once every 20 years, we get a TORNADO, but it is rare, and the rare tornado bounces off the hill tops.
The transfer tax in the City of Pittsburgh is offset by lower home prices in the City.
If you are from New York City, we do not have the rat problem.
So your Rat Terriors will not have the rat hunting like New York.
Pooping in the streets is not tolerated in Pittsburgh, like in New York. Pittsburgh does jail shop lifers.
So if you are a New Yorker then Chicago would be better.
We are moving to our other home on The Big Island in the next 6 to 9 months. It’s funny how everyone complains about the stuff your talking about but just stays. A lot of neighborhoods have a very non transient population….I mean…..we have had many of the same neighbors for the 27 years here in our surprisingly quiet East Pittsburgh Boro. 🤙
Also, no matter what your favorite sports team is, or how bad the Steelers are that particular year, you HAVE to say you are a rabid Steelers fan. Being in Pittsburgh and NOT being a Steelers fan is equivalent to visiting the Vatican and saying that you're an atheist. You CAN talk smack against the Pirates though, cause that's been a Pittsburgh tradition since the mid 80's.
The city is sooo much better compared to the 70s & prior, when smokestacks clogged the air. But now it’s a very beautiful city from the hills around Duquesne & Pitt, & Shadyside. Also you probably love cold & icy weather since you didn’t mention that, lol.
Oh no. I forgot the ice and cold 🥶 that will be on my next one.
Unless you were a blue-collar worker . . .
Pittsburgh is not always cloudy and raining! And no one is constantly wearing Pittsburgh sports gear! Also there are things to do laut at night places close at 3am
Your candor is refreshing! Thanks!
They don't call Pittsburgh. " The Seattle Of the east" for nothing!
Haha
With a matching homeless crisis. Brought to you by the same political party.
9. Road construction and detours!! PennDOT isn't happy unless they are making drivers miserable. Those evil bastards have daily meetings to devise new ways to torture our daily commutes. 😠
Road construction-and they do all the road construction projects at the same time.
They purposely plan to take down the main road and all reasonable detours all at the same time. It happens all the time and it is beyond frustrating.
Ive lived here for almost 40 years. This video is spot on. Let me just emphasize traffic/road construction even outside of the tunnels is constant an so annoying. Also, property taxes especially school taxes are high...think $6k/yr on an assessed value of $240k. On the plus side..i feel safe almost anywhere i go in the suburbs.
It's oddly comforting to walk into an Eat-N-Park on a weekend and see all the staff in Steelers jerseys and t-shirts. Being a Steelers fan is almost like a religion.
Haha that is true.
They say Pittsburgh and Western PA in general have 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction 🤣🤣
This is extremely accurate.
i will say yes the weather is rainy and gloomy sometimes which can be a good thing depending on how you look at it i know last year a lot of the county did not get rain and was in a drought. and cooler hear to with the sea levels rising a lot of the major Citys like new york and some state will totaly go under water in are life time yes Pittsburgh is not prefect. i like pittsburgh bin living i the outskirts for a long time
Move closer to your microphone had trouble hearing you. But good list. I grew up in Upper St. Clair but live in suburban Philly now.
Philadelphia transfer tax is 4.278%, so be happy with the 3% transfer tax in Pittsburgh. (Seriously, in my opinion, both transfer taxes are way too high).
interesting!
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
The weather/flooding isn't just Pittsburgh. It's everywhere. I live in New Hampshire and we probably get 30% more rain than we did five years ago.
Interesting!
If I moved to Pittsburgh it would be to Mt. Lebanon where they have their own Police, Good Schools & community & would come down to Pittsburgh for events & games, I visited Mt. Lebanon once & loved it!
i like Mt Lebanon a lot!!!
Suburbs are braindeath
@@lipby atleast theyre safe
@@parisford2020 I worked in north Philadelphia as a social work for ten years. Had no issues at all. Suburban men are such pussies.
All of the suburbs of Pittsburgh have their own police departments.
Can anyone here guess which Pittsburgh neighborhood I live in?
I am planning on moving to attend La Rouche University. Currently doing homework about area. Jobs etc
Another thing that sucks about Pittsburgh, and the whole state of Pennsylvania, are your stupid liquor laws. I went to a concert in Pittsburgh about a year ago. The show let out about 10pm and not only was nothing open, but it was impossible to buy some beer. I live in Columbus where most gas stations and small convenience stores sell beer and wine. Hell, we even have bars in laundromats and grocery stores here.
Love clouds. Sun hurts.
Hahaha 😂 I thought this was going to be a satirical video along the lines of, if you don't like affordability or strangers being friendly, don't move here.
You were very fair in your assessments. I agree with all of them, but I don't care. I'm a transplant to Pittsburgh and I'm madly in love with the city and its diverse neighborhoods. ❤
Pittsburgh is wild but I love it!❤
Me too!😆
Crime rate? Can you open carry in Pittsburgh?
Yes. One can also easily get a conceal carry permit. If you live in Pittsburgh it is wise to carry a gun in the evening.
Pro basketball never made it there.
The ABA team folded fast.
May I recommend that you redo this video improving the AUDIO? We can barely hear you unfortunately :(
Thanks for the feedback! Striving to make each video better
I grew up in Pittsburgh, but I now live about an hour or so away from the city. Traffic, parking & taxes are terrible, and unfortunately, the city is becoming a ghetto with lots of run-down areas & high crime. That's probably why nothing stays open later.
#7...very very interesting.. a lot of people don't realize Pittsburgh is a ticking time boom, its very probable in next 10 years, whith the emergence of super soak rain phenomenon happening in last 20 years, these new rain storms are unlike anything in recorded history, the atmospheric River storms are increasing in frequency 10 fold, the amount of rain in these storms is 10x worse than in past,
Make no mistake, in next 10-15 years maybe much sooner, Pittsburgh will likely be the next Katrina, the level of destruction that a 10 inches of rain over a day or 2 could do is unimaginable for most people, and its very likely to happen sooner rather than later.
The destruction a storm like this will cause will likely in many ways be worse than New Orleans in hurricane Katrina, most of downtown Pittsburgh will be destroyed, that is 100s billions in damage in downtown alone, the death toll could easily rival that of hurricane Katrina by far, land slides, Allegheny valley, Monongahela valley will be devastated beyond anything seen in the u.s. before, federal agencies did a study on what would happen if Pittsburgh got over 8 or 9 inches rain in less than 36 hours, and the results were terrifying say least, water could reach 8 or 9 stories in buildings downtown, all of downtown submerged causing devastation on a financial scale that will easily rival hurricane Katrina, deaths would easily be in the 1000s, so citizens of Pittsburgh, tell your representatives to make a emergency plan for this very likely scenario now because it can happen anytime, and the chances it doesn't happen in next 10 -15 years are much less than the chances it will happen, they want to scare us all with climate change TALK and scam us into electric vehicles before we're ready and the infrastructure is ready,
But they can't pit together a plan of action for evacuation and mitigation now before the damage is done and millions of lives are horribly change forever, because Allegheny county is top 10 biggest metropolitan areas in country, and a mega disaster waiting to happen!
You make a good point - they want to spend billions and trillions on forcing EVs before the technology and infrastructure are ready - but don’t have plans for much more likely disastrous scenarios. Goes to show you that it’s all political insanity and not based on actual science or logical priorities
How did you get to be so gorgeous?
You need to pull the microphone closer to you -your sound is terrible.
Thank you for the feedback!
The worst part of living in Pittsburgh is the word "Yinz" and any other form of Pittsburghese that I hear frequently. Wretched.
Go Panthers!
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You forgot # 9. The racism.
from black people?
@@filmbuff4 Be serious. Whyte folks in Pittsburgh are still trying to relive the old yinzer days. You know...like when a Black man like Johnny Gammage was unalived by police for driving a nice car. No one talks about that anymore. Maybe if I mention he was the cousin of former Steeler Ray Seals it will jog some memories.
@@rachelleklemunes5493 give me a break. Quit
With the racism. It doesn’t mean anything anymore because people overused it.
You forgot a couple:
Crime rate
Political dumpster fire
Furry convention yearly
Can't do to the Arts Festival with the kids without dealing with half naked Pride Fest weirdos.
1 flake of snow or drop of rain everybody forgets how to drive
Everybody is incredibly rude.
Thank God I live just south of the city and don't have to deal with it daily.
Is it extremely liberal in Pittsburgh like it is in San Francisco?
People are dumb in Pittsburgh. They are easily confused and you often have to explain yourself in really basic terms to them. Sad.
we cant all be super geniuses like you
I really need to do another field report of the world in one year when this La Nina shit clears up. Pittsburfh is a little too freaky fir me.