Work in tech and buy a house, Pittsburgh tells Silicon Valley

Traffic backed up before the Bay Bridge toll plaza on a day where the San Francisco Giants are playing at home on Sept. 18, 2016. (Dreamstime/TNS)

SAN FRANCISCO: For commuters sitting in traffic on California Highway 101, heading home to tiny apartments that eat up most of their paychecks, a new bright-green billboard offers yet another reason to pack up and leave the Bay Area. 

“Own a home. Work in tech. Move to Pittsburgh,” the ad teases.