# Pittsburgh voted most livable city **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 26, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546 "2007-04-26T08:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/1 "2007-04-26T08:23:04Z")
[link to source](http://www.wpxi.com/news/13179728/detail.html) > **Pittsburgh Is America’s Most Livable City** > City Also Earned Title In 1985 > > POSTED: 8:34 am EDT April 26, 2007 > UPDATED: 9:38 am EDT April 26, 2007 > > PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh tops the list of America’s most livable cities. > > To come up with the rankings, Places Rated Almanac judges 379 metropolitan areas in nine categories, including cost of living, transportation, jobs, and education. > > Pittsburghers said they’re not surprised their city is taking top honors. > > Mark Foerster, of Swissvale, said, “It’s no surprise, there’s so much going on. You see the new stadiums, of course PNC Park, Heinz Field, the new Pens Arena. It’s just amazing it’s taken the world this long to figure out we’re No. 1.” > > The last time Pittsburgh claimed the No. 1 spot was in 1985. > > None of the top 10 cities in the rankings are in the Sunbelt. > > A total of five are in the Northeast, four are in the West Coast and one is in the upper Midwest. > > San Francisco comes in at No. 2. > > Seattle, Wash., is No. 3. > > Coming in at No. 4 is Portland, Ore. > > Fifth on the list is Philadelphia. > > Rochester, N.Y., comes in at six. > > Washington, D.C., is number No. 7. > > San Jose-Sunnyvale, Calif., is eight. > > And rounding out the bottom two are Boston, and Madison, Wis. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/2 "2007-04-26T08:27:09Z")
awesome ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/3 "2007-04-26T08:31:45Z")
woot ---
**Author:** ![BlueZ06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BlueZ06](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlueZ06)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/4 "2007-04-26T08:31:59Z")
great city to live in ---
**Author:** ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/5 "2007-04-26T08:33:46Z")
Maybe they also took into consideration available housing since we’re #2 for people leaving. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![1st\_v-dub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ee7513/32.png) [@1st\_v-dub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1st_v-dub)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/6 "2007-04-26T08:35:02Z")
> [@Lancaster tonight (5-22-07)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lancaster-tonight-5-22-07/29700/24): > > Maybe they also took into consideration available housing since we’re #2 for people leaving. 🙂 lol-z!!! ---
**Author:** ![BigMack\_Srt8](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigmack_srt8/32/6025_2.png) [@BigMack\_Srt8](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigMack_Srt8)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/7 "2007-04-26T08:57:27Z")
i personally dont think i would like to live in the city. Ill stick with the suburbs ---
**Author:** ![BlueZ06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BlueZ06](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlueZ06)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/8 "2007-04-26T08:58:53Z")
> [@Lancaster tonight (5-22-07)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lancaster-tonight-5-22-07/29700/24): > > Maybe they also took into consideration available housing since we’re #2 for people leaving. 🙂 is that the city of pittsburgh, or surroundings as well? ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/9 "2007-04-26T09:09:56Z")
I guess they didn’t take notice of the piss poor road conditions or ridiculous parking rates in downtown. Oh well, I guess that’s nice to know. ---
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/10 "2007-04-26T09:15:33Z")
> [@HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARNUT!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-birthday-carnut/29734/56): > > is that the city of pittsburgh, or surroundings as well? surrounding areas as well ---
**Author:** ![Jenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Jenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jenn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/11 "2007-04-26T11:01:18Z")
It would have to be the suburbs as well… I know I’ve seen this argument on here before… UNLIKE New York City and Boston, people generally DO NOT live in downstown Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/12 "2007-04-26T12:27:20Z")
If this is the most liveable city… I don’t want to see what the other ones are like. ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/13 "2007-04-26T13:36:22Z")
It’s getting more liveable each day, as people vacate, and move to places with lower taxes and nicer roads. What the hell do they spend all the money on here? Honestly though, Pittsburgh isn’t that bad. As much as people bitch about traffic, we have it way better than other major cities. Parking downtown is cheap compared to a “real” major city. As much as we bitch about taxes…well ok, that’s a valid complaint. The weather is also depressing for 4-5 months out of the year. Fortunately we are in the best part right now. Pretty soon it will be too hot. ---
**Author:** ![SSsuperchargedE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sssuperchargede/32/5958_2.png) [@SSsuperchargedE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSsuperchargedE)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/14 "2007-04-26T14:08:07Z")
how is dc on there? last time i was there it was straight hood… ---
**Author:** ![hayabusa03rx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@hayabusa03rx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hayabusa03rx)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/15 "2007-04-26T14:11:13Z")
Yeah you guys do have it easy with traffic. Fl. suck at driving. When I was driving on i4 in tampa i saw almost 3 accidents in 5mins and almost witnessed a guy on a motorcycle get rear-ended. I was about 3 cars back. I was ready to flip a bitch because it was a driver that almost caused an accident earlier on i4. I try not to drive anywhere far anywhere between 3pm-6pm because your gonna hit major traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/16 "2007-04-26T14:23:13Z")
lol @ DC being on that list. ---
**Author:** ![tjZ28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tjZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tjZ28)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/17 "2007-04-26T14:42:57Z")
If they take cost of living into account how the hell is SF #2? SF is absolutely insanely expensive. I’m not too surprised to see SJ/Sunnyvale at 8 though. Housing is expensive, but not too far out of line w/ the pay-scale in tech. here. I guess I can’t complain. -TJ ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/18 "2007-04-26T15:49:14Z")
> [@F.S.: Bluepoint toolbox filled with snap-on/bluepoint tools:PICS:NOW OPEN TO LOWBALLS](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-s-bluepoint-toolbox-filled-with-snap-on-bluepoint-tools-pics-now-open-to-lowballs/28147/31): > > If they take cost of living into account how the hell is SF #2? SF is absolutely insanely expensive. I’m not too surprised to see SJ/Sunnyvale at 8 though. Housing is expensive, but not too far out of line w/ the pay-scale in tech. here. I guess I can’t complain. > > -TJ you have a fat Lexus and a hopped up Z06. Shut the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleMongoose](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purplemongoose/32/3349_2.png) [@PurpleMongoose](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PurpleMongoose)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/19 "2007-04-26T19:56:18Z")
> [@Lancaster tonight (5-22-07)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lancaster-tonight-5-22-07/29700/24): > > Maybe they also took into consideration available housing since we’re #2 for people leaving. 🙂 We’re just trying to give everyone in the country a taste of what it’s like. They don’t get to stay. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546/20 "2007-04-26T20:32:28Z")
pittsburgh also just posted teh biggest population drop of any us city other than new orleans since the year 2000! how can it be teh most livable city and also have ppl leaving in droves??? 🤣 [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittsburgh-voted-most-livable-city/189546.md?page=2)