Slightly long read - would appreciate even the shortest feedback.

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I (36y, German Citizen) have been offered a fantastic role in corporate development around 130k USD at a steel industry company in Pittsburgh. Requires me to move from my current role in Germany.

This salary, for a family of 4 (incl. wife and kids 3.5 years old) would be a slight downgrade from my current role. Would be on an E2 visa - meaning I am tied to the company for my entireity of the duration.

Upsides:

1. Moving to a great city with a tight knit community
2. Testing myself on an international stage in the heart of the steel sector - great career step now at 36 yrs old. Working directly with the Americas CEO on corporate strategy

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Downside:

1. The USD 130k comes with reduced savings (around 1.5k USD) which is not ideal. Currently save close to 2.5k USD
2. Limited possibilities to change as I am tied in to the company

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With the E2 visa (and the like), wife can work - but her career has been a stop-start.

Two questions to sum everything up:

1. Is the salary 130k USD realistic for a Senior Strategy Manager with a good career so far? And how is it relative

2. How is the quality of life with 130k USD? Especially considering rents at 2.5 to 3k USD per month in great school districts

3. Entry level jobs (40-50k salary USD) along customer service/ marketing/ social Media for wife realistic?

FYI - I have asked the company to bridge daycare gap for the kids until they turn 5. And without that, there is really no case. Also. have asked for USD 160k that would seal the move for me, waiting to hear back. Also, have to plan for a good base, without wife working upside as she has had a stop-start career.

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Did anyone else catch sheisthatgrace's "open letter to pittsburgh" rant before she took it down? It was from the 20th I think, maybe wee hours of the 21st.

I gather that she moved here from NYC ~July 2025. Her posts get between 75 and 450 views, at a glance. She has 3500+ followers. This is why I'm wondering if anyone else actually saw it. Many of her lame posts are promoting the same things that other annoying self-titled influencers around here get all sycophantic about.

There were also some micro-complaints along the way that signaled this might be coming. Complaining about our transit infrastructure. She moaned about the costumes at a play not being up to Broadway standards. Insufferable. Obnoxious. There's a late-night rant after a night at a bar in Lawrenceville where she was mad about a girl at the bar who wouldn't give her the time of day. Said that Pittsburgh girls aren't girl's girls.

But in the open letter, she addresses the mayor, the downtown partnership, "other civic leaders," everyone and everything. She said, "I moved to Pittsburgh because I believed the story that the city tells about itself. A city of neighbors. A city shaped by the legacy of Fred Rogers, who taught the world that every person deserves to be seen, loved and valued." Then the rest goes into how we're the least-neighborly people she's ever encountered and we have no idea what community is.

THEN, she explains why she thinks this way: She's pissed that established local influencers, podcasters, etc. wouldn't collab with her at Picklesburgh. That's literally it. "I have encountered silence where I expected conversation."

When she said that, I actually thought, this has to be a bit, right?

She castigates the whole city, if not the region. It's breathtakingly ridiculous.

Before she took it down, I commented:

"Did you come here to BE part of the community or create content about it? it's kinda hard to tell when one looks into your posts, bio and link tree. the gofundme equivalent is a red flag"

(She deleted the video but not before I downloaded it so the quotes above are verbatim. I've been blocked ofc 🙃)

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I've been telling her no but is is starting to show signs of dementia that are exacerbated by boredom so I'm starting to cave because I figure it would her stay connected to reality but also that these types of conditions can degrade quickly.

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Thanks!

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I was planning on watching this movie in regular IMAX sometime in the next couple of weeks at the waterfront but now I have something akin to fomo.

1. Is there anywhere one can watch this movie in 70mm imax in Pittsburgh, or a 1.5 hour drive away max? I’m definitely not driving 4 hours to King of Prussia

2. Is “just” 70mm good enough? Seems there’s a theater in the city that shows it in this format

Frankly I’ll probably just end up watching it in imax lol but curious if I can find a place to watch it “the right way” 😉

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