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Old 11-03-2007, 09:07 PM
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Most of these are just rough areas, places to avoid moving to.
These neighborhoods are not as good as places like Shadyside or Squirrel Hill....etc.
Alot of people dont mention this, but I think you need to be alert in Squirrel Hill at night Monday through Saturday. It's usually packed, and there always seems to be a bunch of ghetto rats waiting for the bus on the north east corner of Forbes and Murray near that parking garage.
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Old 11-04-2007, 08:18 AM
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Alot of people dont mention this, but I think you need to be alert in Squirrel Hill at night Monday through Saturday. It's usually packed, and there always seems to be a bunch of ghetto rats waiting for the bus on the north east corner of Forbes and Murray near that parking garage.
"ghetto rats" can you be more specific?
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Old 11-04-2007, 09:11 AM
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East Liberty is going to be revamped in the next 5 years. It will be a totally new place soon.
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Old 11-04-2007, 05:19 PM
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East Liberty is going to be revamped in the next 5 years. It will be a totally new place soon.

What do you mean by "revamped"? I am interested in this, I live on the border of Highland Park/East Lib. and am curious. I just moved here a few months ago and I like it so far, I was just wondering how it was going to be revamped, like what do you mean?

Thanks, and sorry if I appear to be dumb, it might be the blond hair coming out of my head....


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Here's my list:

Allentown
Arlington
Beltzhoover
Knoxville
Mt. Oliver
St. Clair village
Esplen
Elliot
West End
Sheraden
Fairywood
Mckees rocks
Sto Rocks
Crafton Heights (parts)
Greenway
Garfield
Larimer
Lincoln/Lemington
Belmar
Homewood
Wilkinsburgh
Penn hills (parts)
East lib
East hills
Braddock
Duquesne
Mckeesport
Clairton
East Pittsburgh
Rankin
Swissvale (parts)
South Oakland
Hill District
Uptown/Bluff
Manchester
Central Northside
Perry South
Brighton Heights (parts)
Spring Garden
Spring Hill
East ohio
Northveiw Heights
Stript District (penn ave)
Hazelwood
Homestead (parts)
Glen Hazel
Hays
Aliquippa
Ambrige
New Castle
Neville Island
Beaver Falls

I'm sure I forgot a few.
Great! So where am I supposed to live?? ISn't this like the WHOLE city!?!? We need some folks to pick the true bad places out and the ones that maybe just aren't pretty so us folks that have no clue where to move to (cause I have never been to PGH in my life) can get better insight. How about a list of decent, affordable areas? Squirrel Hill and Shadyside are a bit pricey. Iknow that there has to be somewhere decent thats much cheaper.
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a lot of those are towns outside of Pittsburgh. One thing you got to understand about Pittsburgh that isn't the same as Florida is: the metro of Pittsburgh is made up of thousands and I mean thousands(well maybe hundreds) of neighborhoods, towns, villages, etc. The city has about 90 neighborhoods that all have a individual town feeling. Then outside the city is small towns everywhere. Most he listed have some small sections that are bad. Others like the Strip District are busy sections that are very city and urban like.

Don't let this list describe anything. I lived in Philly and Denver. Pittsburgh is safe. It is like any city, it has its bad areas. Some people need to get out for a while and see what other towns are like to realize how nice the Burgh really is.
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Old 11-04-2007, 07:15 PM
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I used to live in St Louis I know all about "unsafe" lol... it was set up the same as PGH, lots and lots of towns and such all a part of STL but all on their own.
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What do you mean by "revamped"? I am interested in this, I live on the border of Highland Park/East Lib. and am curious. I just moved here a few months ago and I like it so far, I was just wondering how it was going to be revamped, like what do you mean?

Thanks, and sorry if I appear to be dumb, it might be the blond hair coming out of my head....

East Liberty gathers momentum - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

a good read from the free city paper also:
At Liberty to Speak - After a half-century of having decisions made for them, East Liberty residents have a say in the future of the city's "second downtown" - Main Feature - Main Feature - Pittsburgh City Paper - Pittsburgh
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Old 11-08-2007, 08:32 AM
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I lived in pittsburgh all my life and some of these places that people name are not closed to being dangerous at all heres my list of the ones taht really are in this order

1.HOMEWOOD-BRUSTON
2.THE HILL
3.NORTHVIEW
4.MANCHESTER
5.MCKEESPORT
6.ST.CLAIR VILLAGE
7.BELTZHOOVER
8.HOODTOWN/CENTRALNORTSIDE
9.GARFIELD
10.HAZELWOOD
11.EASTHILLS
12.LARMIER
13.LINCOLN/LEMINGTON
14.WILKINBURG
15.SPRING HILL
16.DUQUENSE
17.ALIQUIPPA
18.BROADHEAD
19.GREENWAY
20.WESTGATE
21.ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
22.CLAIRTON
23.BRADOCK/RANKIN
24.McKEESROCKS/STO-ROCKS
25.ELLIOT
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Old 11-08-2007, 09:22 AM
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Pittsburgh has eighty eight neighborhoods in City limits. Want to be "safe" in all of them? Stay in your basement with all the doors and windows shut.
Honestly, what some folks think.
I live in an area most folks think of as "bad", and walk all over the neighborhood during daylight, and up and down my street after dark, and feel quite safe.
The North Side has between 14 and 18 different neighborhoods, all with varying degrees of beauty, charm and value. Even the much touted Squirrel Hill has bad areas. Neighborhoods change from block to block and street to street.

Some else mentioned common sense, yes! Use it!
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