This quirky city six hours from NYC has been ranked the most affordable in the country — but would you live there?

Nypost ^ | 06/15/2024 | David Landsel

[ChicagoConservative27]

Life in the Inflated Apple got you down?

According to a new study, the most affordable city in the country is barely a half day’s drive away — hours closer to home comforts than the current hotspots popular with fleeing New Yorkers.

Say hello — and maybe move to — Pittsburgh.

Currently boasting a median house price of $274,900, the mostly-former steel town remains comfortable with its blue collar roots, while also leaning into a uniquely quirky, artsy heritage — this is the birthplace of Andy Warhol and a training ground for a young Keith Haring, home of Fred “Mister” Rogers and the backdrop for the 1980s gauzy teen dream, “Flashdance.”

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Interesting trivia: more steel was supposedly made here in the Pittsburgh metro area during World War II than in the entire nations of Germany and Japan.

Guderian, the Panzer General, analyzed the steel production of Germany, France, and England. He noted that both countries produced more steel than Germany. Therefore any war with France and England needed to be short, because they would outproduce Germany in a long war. He left off Russia (also more than Germany) and the gorilla in the room.

[MayflowerMadam]

I remember 1985 when Pittsburgh was #1 in the Best Places To Live. The pendulum swings.

[maddog55]

North East anywhere I’d say NO to.

[Eagles6]

I live a hour south of the 'Burgh, in the country, was born there and have family there.

I'm not a city person, but have lived in town for a few years, before.

It's probably one of the better run Rat towns.

Like any city, there are areas to avoid, but all in all, not bad, at all.

There are many very nice, peaceful neighborhoods.

The crime is exponentially worse in Chicago, NYC, Philthadelphia, LA...

Drive an hour out of the city in any direction and you're in beautiful country and the weather is, generally, fairly moderate.

And, no, it isn't fading and it doesn't rain all the time.

[martin_fierro]

h/t to slimmy

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