may 23, woke up, ""pittsburgh post gazette" bloomfield high cost of housing riding. i had relatives that lived there. they interviewed some people that lived in bloomfield and one of the persons that lives there doesn't own a car. she takes the bus everywhere, but she's concerned that she will not be able to live there because of high rising costs. pittsburgh doesn't have rent control. the price on average went from $116,000 to $179,000. that's still a big jump for somebody that doesn't make a lot of money. the other thing that was notable, and i'm drawing a parallel to san francisco and everywhere else, the woman that was interviewed said in previous years she used to hear that more residents wanted to attract development and investment, but they don't hear that anymore. what they're hearing is, how do i -- how am i able to stay here in bloomfield and live, because of the rising costs and quoted, "if no one living in bloomfield can afford to rent a unit, will that be reflective of what bloomfield really is or will it ultimately change the neighborhood that everybody