Is Fox Chapel safe? (Oakmont, Sharpsburg: middle-class, house, safest neighborhood)

[whumps]

Originally Posted by fancyfeast

Are there any places to play golf in Fox Chapel?

Are u Catholic or Protestant?

[Aqua Teen Carl]

Originally Posted by whumps

Those golfers have no regard for the safety of innocent pedestrians!!! People get tagged all the time! Just make sure u avoid Fox Chapel Road,Squaw Run East, and Field Club Road. Those are the "at risk areas".

I disagree, I believe those are the more up-and-coming areas of the neighborhood. However, steer clear of the Community Supermarket. Those folks sell Faygo right next to the Evian water bottles which is quite preposterous.

[irishvan]

Originally Posted by whumps

Are you Catholic? Or are you Protestant?

Do you have to be one or the other to live in FC?

[hornet67]

Originally Posted by whumps

Are you Catholic? Or are you Protestant?

Oh, no Catholics need apply! Membership in Shadyside Presbyterian Church is a HUGE plus.
An old boss of mine, an FC resident , was an insufferable Presbyterian ; I now tend to run the two words together. I could always imagine him accusing me of "popery" behind my back.

[whumps]

Originally Posted by fancyfeast

Are there any places to play golf in Fox Chapel?

Originally Posted by hornet67

Certainly, as long as you have the $50,000 initation fee ( I may be low on this #), and can pay the monthly dues/minimum. Oh, and don't get blackballed during your vetting process.
Otherwise, it's the putt-putt miniature course for you!

Right! and if your Catholic its the Pittsburgh Field Club, and if your Protestant then its Fox Chapel Golf Club. If your don't meet either criteria your screwed.

[irishvan]

Will I be cast out if I don't on a luxury car? I just really want to fit in.

[ML North]

I'm not going to take the time to do this, but I bet I could find some particular metric (risk of being murdered, risk of being crushed by a falling tree, risk of being involved in an auto accident, risk of being the victim of fraud, etc.), define "safety" solely in terms of that metric, and then use that as a basis for arguing that Fox Chapel is not safe.

Example. Let's say an area is safe if, and only if, there is less than a 0.1% chance that a resident of that area will be bitten by a snake within that area per year. Let's say that for an average City resident, there is a 0.05% chance that he will suffer a snake bite in any one year. For Fox Chapel residents, due to the higher per-capita ratio of wooded area, there is a 0.15% chance that they will be bitten by a snake. On absolute terms this would make Fox Chapel not safe, and on a relative basis this would make Fox Chapel less safe than the City of Pittsburgh.

Of course this example is absolutely absurd (and I made up all the numbers!), but it isn't all that far derived from the common misnomer that the safety of an area is dependent only upon the rate of violent crime.

[irishvan]

Oh wow... so is there some kind snake repelent to protect my family??? is there snake insurance???

[ML North]

Originally Posted by fancyfeast

Oh wow... so is there some kind snake repelent to protect my family??? is there snake insurance???

I'll sell you snake insurance. We need to hire a snake actuary.

[irishvan]

Who knew there were so many things to consider when moving.