this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
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Probably because per the 2021 census stats, 20% of residents are below the poverty line and the median household income was only 54k.
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/pittsburghcitypennsylvania/PST045222
I'm sure the high rate of hard drug usage doesn't help everyone's situation there either.
yes this AND crime. definitely don't move there. is really bad, you'll hate it until you're killed by random violence.