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[โ€“] USSEthernet@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] lntl@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

yes this AND crime. definitely don't move there. is really bad, you'll hate it until you're killed by random violence.