Personally, I don't like Austin's heat. I also don't mind the gloom in Pittsburgh at all and enjoy when it's cold, so for me it's no contest

There will be frustrating things in the transition for sure, but I much prefer Pittsburgh

I grew up in Arlington!

As someone fairly new to the area, something I've been loving is that there are so many kinds of people all just being themselves. There's a really unaffected uniqueness that I find super endearing and welcoming. I've lived in Austin and some other places that value their identity as "strange"/"weird" but I've never been someplace where that vibe was so free and un-self-conscious.

I don't know if it's because Pittsburgh itself kinda sits on the border of the Midwest, the Northeast, the Southeast, and Appalachia. Or if it's the history of philanthropy and all the culture supported here, or what. But it rules