{"id":10985,"date":"2017-04-04T09:26:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T14:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abodo.com\/blog\/?p=10985"},"modified":"2022-03-29T13:15:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:15:04","slug":"millennials-rank-pittsburgh-one-favorite-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/millennials-rank-pittsburgh-one-favorite-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennials Rank Pittsburgh As One of Their Favorite Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Millennials, young adults ranging from ages 18 to 34, are the largest generation in history \u2014\u00a0and that gives them some serious economic power. This generation will soon comprise the majority of the workforce, and their choices of where to live \u2014\u00a0and whether to live in an apartment or a home \u2014\u00a0will have wide-ranging impacts. That\u2019s why we, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/pittsburgh-pa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rentable<\/a>, surveyed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/living-millennial-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2,000 Millennials<\/a> to find out what they love, and where they can find it.<\/p>\n<p>Overwhelmingly, Millennials chose a thriving job market as their most important factor in choosing a new city, followed by affordable rent, affordable home prices, hiking\/biking trails and parks, great restaurants \u2014 and that\u2019s especially true for pizza. <a href=\"https:\/\/anytimeestimate.com\/research\/best-pizza-cities-2022\/\">Quality pizza<\/a> managed to outrank school districts (which makes sense, given that Millennials are having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/among-millennials-theres-a-baby-bust\/2015\/05\/04\/c98d5a08-f295-11e4-84a6-6d7c67c50db0_story.html?utm_term=.484d2c699d9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fewer babies<\/a> than any other generation), public transportation, access to a local university, and 11 other factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Movie theaters<\/li>\n<li>Walkability<\/li>\n<li>Revitalized downtown<\/li>\n<li>LGBTQ-friendliness<\/li>\n<li>Ethnic food<\/li>\n<li>Farmers market<\/li>\n<li>Concert venues<\/li>\n<li>Town center\/mall<\/li>\n<li>Local coffee shops<\/li>\n<li>Affordable clothing<\/li>\n<li>Nearby waterfront<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So how does Pittsburgh stack up? Steel City made the list of Millennials\u2019 20 favorite cities. Specifically, people love the affordable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/pittsburgh-pa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">homes for rent in Pittsburgh<\/a>, as well as low home prices and the scenic Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela rivers. And with the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University planted so near to the city\u2019s center, in addition to the University of Pittsburgh, access to local colleges and universities is a breeze.<\/p>\n<p>The home of the Steelers also ranks well for employment, even named one of the <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best cities to work for a tech start-up<\/a>. Pittsburgh\u2019s balance of rent, salary, and time spent commuting. Compared with Silicon Valley, tech jobs in Pittsburgh actually pay higher salaries when you factor in what those employees are paying for rent \u2014\u00a0not to mention they spend 40 fewer hours in the car every year.<\/p>\n<p>All told, Pittsburgh has 70% of the qualities Millennials love, making it one of the best spots in the country for young adults to put down roots.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about Pittsburgh? Read through our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/pittsburgh-pa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millennials, young adults ranging from ages 18 to 34, are the largest generation in history \u2014\u00a0and that gives them some serious economic power. This generation will soon comprise the majority of the workforce, and their &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Millennials Rank Pittsburgh As One of Their Favorite Cities\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/millennials-rank-pittsburgh-one-favorite-cities\/#more-10985\" aria-label=\"More on Millennials Rank Pittsburgh As One of Their Favorite Cities\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":10987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[149],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10985"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21120,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10985\/revisions\/21120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rentable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}