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Originally posted by Tala
Hubby and I have been considering Pittsburgh for Carnegie Mellon (for his master's degree) and because I like snow in winter. What's it like there?
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It's a good place to live. You definately do NOT want to live in the city or Allegheny county because they tax you to death if you own a home. Rent is a lot cheaper in the suburbs. People are friendly, low crime rate, etc. CMU is one of the top schools in the country so you can't go wrong their either. You have major league sports Pirates (if you can call them major league), Penguins, and the Steelers. Some of the top museums in the world all funded by the Carnegies. An amusement park that has 2 of the top coasters in the world. Skiing within an hour from here and beaches within 2 hours. Those are the upsides.
The downside is PA taxes you to death if you own your own business. Not a lot of job opportunities here that pay more than $8-$10/hour unless you have a degree AND experience. The weather isn't that great but if you like snow you're ok. We have about 3 months of summer and not even that this year. The roads here are terrible, pothole city. There's also a saying here that the shortest distance between 2 points is under construction.
I've lived here for 36 years and I'm ready to move somewhere else but it really isn't a bad place to live. Hope that helps.