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PittsburghTODAY's third annual report reveals how the Pittsburgh region compares with our fifteen benchmark regions in eleven different categories. The 2013 report also includes commentary from local leaders and in-depth reporting about key issues facing the region.

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The most significant regional survey in decades shows residents of the Greater Pittsburgh area are of two minds when it comes to drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale. While most see it as a chance to give the local economy a much-needed boost, they worry that damage to the environment and greater health risks are the price they’ll pay for new jobs and other benefits. And nowhere are the contrasts sharper than in Washington County, where drilling is highly concentrated and more residents say they have signed a drilling lease than anywhere else in the region, according to the Greater Pittsburgh Quality of Life Survey conducted by the University of Pittsburgh University Center for Urban and Social Research and PittsburghTODAY, which reports statistical indicators of regional importance.

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Based on the findings from the Pittsburgh Regional Quality of Lifey Survey, the following articles examine the quality of life for African Americans living in Pittsburgh today.

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Young adults play a crucial role in defining southwestern Pennsylvania today and in the coming years as workers, consumers, parents, neighbors, voters and leaders. This report draws the most comprehensive profile to date of the young men and women who are so vital to the region's future. It is based on PittsburghTODAY's reporting, as well as an extensive regional survey and focus groups conducted jointly by PittsburghTODAY and its colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR).

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In order to understand where we are going, we must first understand where we are. In that spirit, we are pleased to release a distillation of the findings of the Pittsburgh Regional Quality of Life Survey, the most extensive survey of the residents of Greater Pittsburgh since the historic Pittsburgh Survey was published in 1908. Our intent in undertaking this survey was to use the most reliable methods possible to understand the behaviors and attitudes of Greater Pittsburgh’s citizens. We believe that this survey provides information that can be valuable both as an historic document and as a guide to inform decisions about this region’s future.

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Pittsburgh is beginning to restore its long-dormant reputation for innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. It was here that high-profile entrepreneurs the likes of Andrew Carnegie and George Westinghouse built companies that came to define entire industries and generate vast wealth. But the region’s emergence as an industrial center came at a price: a large-company mentality took hold and lingered for decades, even as the foundations of its manufacturing economy began to crumble.

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Pittsburgh is attracting talented young workers and could be poised to become one of the nation's most youthful cities.

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It was hailed as a game changer. Almost immediately after the first Marcellus Shale natural gas well was spudded in a rocky hilltop in Washington County, unleashing for the first time a vast cache of domestically produced energy, the discovery was hailed as the harbinger of a revolution in energy production that would pump upwards of a trillion dollars into the economy. Much of that, it was claimed, would flow into the pockets of poor farmers, down-on-their-luck merchants, businessmen and entrepreneurs, and, even more important, into the coffers of local and county governments and the state’s treasury.

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The PittsburghTODAY annual report reveals how well the Pittsburgh region is doing compared to fourteen other benchmark regions in ten categories. The 2012 report also includes commentary from local leaders and information about the Quality of Life Survey that was conducted last year.

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Abandoned houses and vacant lots are signs of a crisis spreading across the region, state and nation. In a special report, Nobody Home – The Rise of Vacancy, PittsburghTODAY takes an in-depth look at the people and places affected, the strategies that have failed to stem the spread of vacant and blighted properties and the innovative solutions that offer hope.

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The PittsburghTODAY annual report offers a comprehensive look at the Pittsburgh metropolitan area with articles, observations of regional leaders, comparisons with benchmark cities and data covering arts, demographics, economy, education, environment, government, health, housing, public safety and transportation.

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