You can pitch a tent in my backyard for twenty bucks

Is it? Even assuming a brand new envelope house the baseline utility fees plus minimal monthly usage should be well over $300.

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Echoing what everyone else is saying: this is to trick people new to town who don’t know how much things in Pittsburgh cost.

I see you couldn't name one though. Maybe if you weren't so married to your k key you could have. Oh well.

You’re going to drop $4500/mo in rent and your worried how much utilities are going to cost you?? Gtfo, this shit can’t be serious!

Edit: Its possible this is the landlord posting this, trying to see how much they can rob people for.

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No - speaking as a born and raised Yinzer who moved back a few years ago from SF, this is clearly meant to trick folks who are new to town and are used to rents in NY/SF/DC. Even given how rare this type of property is for central Lawrenceville, this should be around $3k at most; $4.5K is absolutely bonkers.

That’s more than most of my friends in LA and SF pay, but hey can you really put a price on being within walking distance of Stinky’s and Busy Beaver

Let me ask you this, what do you think?

Why are you asking Reddit? This is such a dumb fucking question.

Here is an idea. Tell the owner that Reddit says that rent is too damn high.

See how that works out.

Did they plan to grow weed in the rental?

i think some landlords inflate their rents because they know that incoming transplants with higher paying jobs will look at the high end of rental prices and think "well, if i want to live in a nice area, it can cost $xxxx." i have admittedly fallen for this before and i have definitely seen it in pittsburgh, even in shoddy flips that have no business being rented for the amounts asked

if it's a short term rental, maybe you could make an argument that you're paying for convenience. if you're here for the long haul (or even just a year or two) i suspect you could probably do just as well in location/amenities for a couple grand a month less

400-550 is way on the high end for new construction.

I got stuck on the parkway ramp to Edgewood for 30 mins tryna figure out

Leogreta in Carnegie is worth a visit

Johnny's in Wilmerding, Mia Madre in Avalon, Sarafino's in Crafton, La Tavola in Mt Washington.

What do you do for a living, sell meth?

I take it to mean “a scab worker is not on your side”. They planned to take the rat to John Block’s wedding which would be a weird place to say the rat isn’t striking against them. Plus an exclamation mark makes more sense staking a position rather than notifying people that a message isn’t directed at them.

I’d estimate $400 - $550 per month for electric, water/sewer and gas combined depending on your usage. For a pretty lux place rent seems not crazy but a bit steep for something without two full baths, and you’re probably going to have to drive for groceries if walkability is important to you.

I would never wish that amount of rent on anybody. Considering other bills like credit cards, loans, taxes, and variable costs such as groceries, gas, toiletries, etc. if you can afford it, it’s your money, but if that seems a little tight after 4,500/month, I’d look elsewhere.

That much rent should include the utilities and a butler

Absolutely the fuck not.

Yikes that fire was a mess. It’s hard to estimate exactly but I could round up to an optimistic 50,000 or 5% of area jobs with half downstream manufacturing jobs. Hopefully healthcare education and tech make up for the slow decline over the next decade or more

Statistics is a tough field. Causality, confounding variables, statistical significance, etc.

I have yet to find a vodka sauce better than theirs