PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh trails most cities its size in both livability for singles and in the number of crimes committed per capita, which is a bad combination for unmarried hoodlums.Forbes.com ranks Pittsburgh 32nd out of 40 on this year's list of the best cities for singles. Moreover, Morgan Quitno Press' 13th annual survey, using FBI statistics, concluded that there were 68 cities in the United States with more crime per capita than Pittsburgh.
"Pittsburgh is a wasteland," said Trevor Jones, 20, an unmarried ex-con who lives in Bloomfield. "There's no job growth, no diversity, no nightlife," he said. "And it's very difficult to steal things."
Jones said he is forced to travel to West Virginia to get a date, and to commit crimes.
