Pittsburgh: A City for All Ages
I started to write this blog about the fact that Pittsburgh was ranked fifth best city in the nation for senior citizens. The poll was conducted by the Senior Journal, and the results surprised me.
I was not surprised that Pittsburgh was ranked high as a place for Seniors, because we have long been told about our aging population.
What surprised me was the company that we we're keeping.
The top five cities for seniors were as follows:
Could it be, that truly great cities provide many of the same ammenities for both young and old alike? Don't people want great universities, hospitals, and great housing at every age?
The criteria used for the senior poll include:
I was not surprised that Pittsburgh was ranked high as a place for Seniors, because we have long been told about our aging population.
What surprised me was the company that we we're keeping.
The top five cities for seniors were as follows:
- Portland
- Seattle
- San Francisco
- Milwaukee
- Pittsburgh
Could it be, that truly great cities provide many of the same ammenities for both young and old alike? Don't people want great universities, hospitals, and great housing at every age?
The criteria used for the senior poll include:
- Health Care - Great hospitals and health care facilities.
- Housing - Low cost of living, median home price, property taxes and monthly apartment rent.
- Social Environment - Plentiful entertainment venues, the arts, museums, education, recreation, colleges, and libraries.
- Transportation - ample public transportation, special access transportation, and commuting times.
- Crime - Low violent and property crime.
- Environment - sunny days, clean air, clean water, natural disaster risk, ocean coastline, rivers and lakes, and national parks.
- Economy - low consumer prices, sales taxes, unemployment rate, and recent job growth. Disease - life expectancy, age 85 expectancy, depression rate, heart disease, and cancer rates.
- Spiritual - percent of population belonging to organized religions and the number of religious congregations.
Add to the mix Pittsburgh's vibrant art, music, entertainment and education amenities and you have the recipe for a very livable city for all ages! Indeed, many of Pittsburgh's urban neighborhoods have a wonderful mix of age groups, ethnicities and incomes. If Pittsburgh can continue on it's current path it will be a world class city for people of every age.
posted by Proud Pittsburgh at 4:00 PM
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