While there is only one Pittsburgh, there are in fact many Pittsburgs. This is a series investigating how our ‘Burgh stacks up against our similarly named brethren in a number of categories both relevant and arbitrary.

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Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburg, CO

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305,412 residents (U.S. Census 2014 estimate) 0 residents
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A town of ghosts A ghost town
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Former mining town Former mining town
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Silver Eye Center for Photography on the South Side Silver ore at the Augusta mine in Poverty Gulch
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Potentially perilous for cars in the winter Inaccessible by cars during the winter
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Prone to land slides Prone to snow slides
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Panoramic vista  Panoramic vista
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Pittsburgh Low Plateau Section

Mount Pittsburg Quadrangle

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165 National Historic properties, districts, and landmarks No original structures
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$350,000 buys you:

A 1 bed/2 bath, 900 sq ft. condo downtown

A 6 bed/3 bath, 2,500 sq ft. house in Highland Park

A 3 bed/3bath, 2,000 sq ft. end unit townhouse in Mt. Lebanon

$350,000 buys you:

“rare” 2 bed/2.5 bath, 1,735 sq ft. ranch style cabin on 2.4 acres

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Near Seven Springs Mountain Resort, where you can attend a doo wop weekend of dinner buffets and old people dancing  Near Crested Butte Mountain Resort, one of the birthplaces of freeskiing and Telemark skiing