I'm guessing the Mayor of Swissvale in not happy with this. (Wilkinsburg: houses, neighborhoods)

[squarian]

Originally Posted by Copanut

Crime generally follows those damn light-fixture shops.

And the nuisance bars - don't forget those! As soon as one of those joints selling $14 bottles of Belgian ale arrives, you know the neighborhood is gone, gone, gone. Nothing kills a neighborhood faster than a bar full of attorneys, professors, accountants and other criminal elements.

[gg]

Regent Square and Swissvale might be collateral damage as East Liberty builds up. It is hard to say, but the people being relocated out of there have to go somewhere and I suspect Swissvale is a potential area and is a neighboring area of Regent Square. Hard to say how things will play out in this migration period, but it seems there is more action these days. I just hope someday zone 5 will be a great place to be.

[Aqua Teen Carl]

Let's be honest here, Swissvale is a hell hole. The only good parts of it are those that are separated from the ghetto parts via huge roadways. I worked there for awhile and it's not a place you'd want to hang out at.

[SteelCityRising]

It's so bizarre how undesirable most of Swissvale is, too, considering it adjoins Regent Square, Edgewood, and Swisshelm Park, all of which are stable middle-to-upper-middle-class neighborhoods. Then again Point Breeze is surrounded by Homewood, Larimer, and Wilkinsburg, and it also remains stable.

[Copanut]

I haven't been that way in a long time, is the Triangle Bar still there? I remember 20 years ago it was in a rough area.

[Aqua Teen Carl]

Originally Posted by Copanut

I haven't been that way in a long time, is the Triangle Bar still there? I remember 20 years ago it was in a rough area.

Last time I checked, yes. Their subs are still gigantic.

Down the street from the Triangle Bar are abandoned houses than are falling down next to brand new section 8 houses. Next to that is another housing complex that always has police hanging out nearby. Further still is Hawkins Village, another fun place.

[BrianTH]

Some of Swissvale south of I-376 really isn't that bad.

[mjost7]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

Some of Swissvale south of I-376 really isn't that bad.

And some of the people who live there might even say it is very nice.

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by mjost7

And some of the people who live there might even say it is very nice.

No argument here.

I really wish people wouldn't paint these complex municipalities with such a broad brush.

[Hopes]

Maybe we should become freelance writers for the Post-Gazette. That article was not well written. The concept was good, but it was too redundant.