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Old 04-02-2012, 09:07 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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I will admit to being another Cranberry-hater.
If only they had named it Strawberry!
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Old 04-03-2012, 05:08 AM
 
Location: Virginia
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If only they had named it Strawberry!
LOL sounds like someone is giving a raspberry to Cranberry. Is it a matter of sour grapes?
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Old 04-03-2012, 08:48 AM
 
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these jokes aren't berry funny at all.
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Old 04-27-2012, 01:23 PM
 
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Just for fun... here are the 2012 statewide school district rankings released by the Pittsburgh Business Times last week. I ranked them for each suburban county. There are almost 500 school districts in PA, so I colored districts in the top half green and the bottom half red. I bolded schools in the top 50 and bottom 50. I included the "average" score for each county. Some districts cross county lines... and I am not sure if all of the multi-county districts are accounted for in this list... but that's too much effort for me right now.

http://www2.bizjournals.com/pittsbur...formation.html


Westmoreland County = 194 (4 top 50, 0 bottom 50)

29 Franklin Regional School District Westmoreland
30 Penn-Trafford School District Westmoreland, Allegheny
40 Norwin School District Westmoreland, Allegheny
48 Greater Latrobe School District Westmoreland

72 Ligonier Valley School District Westmoreland
92 Greensburg Salem School District Westmoreland
96 Kiski Area School District Westmoreland, Armstrong
112 Hempfield Area School District Westmoreland
134 Southmoreland School District Westmoreland, Fayette
169 Derry Area School District Westmoreland
197 Belle Vernon Area School District Westmoreland, Fayette
247 Burrell School District Westmoreland

269 Mount Pleasant Area School District Westmoreland
295 Yough School District Westmoreland
388 Jeannette City School District Westmoreland
416 Leechburg Area School District Armstrong, Westmoreland
420 New Kensington-Arnold School District Westmoreland
439 Monessen City School District Westmoreland




Washington County = 284 (1 top 50, 1 bottom 50)

11 Peters Township School District Washington
79 Canon-McMillan School District Washington
178 Trinity Area School District Washington
182 California Area School District Washington
239 Fort Cherry School District Washington

278 Burgettstown Area School District Washington
301 McGuffey School District Washington
309 Bethlehem-Center School District Washington
314 Chartiers-Houston School District Washington
337 Avella Area School District Washington
344 Ringgold School District Washington
355 Bentworth School District Washington
424 Washington School District Washington
434 Charleroi Area School District Washington
470 Brownsville Area School District Fayette, Washington




Butler County = 152 (2 top 50, 0 bottom 50)

43 Mars Area School District Butler
47 Seneca Valley School District Butler

113 South Butler County School District Butler
148 Freeport Area School District Armstrong, Butler
193 Karns City Area School District Butler, Clarion, Armstrong
200 Butler Area School District Butler
210 Slippery Rock Area School District Butler

263 Moniteau School District Butler



Beaver County = 240 (0 top 50, 1 bottom 50)

52 Beaver Area School District Beaver
126 Blackhawk School District Beaver, Lawrence
140 Freedom Area School District Beaver
164 Riverside Beaver County School District Beaver
167 Western Beaver County School District Beaver
168 South Side Area School District Beaver
170 Hopewell Area School District Beaver
240 Central Valley School District Beaver

264 Ambridge Area School District Beaver
316 Big Beaver Falls Area School District Beaver
390 New Brighton Area School District Beaver
428 Rochester Area School District Beaver
491 Aliquippa School District Beaver

999 Midland Borough School District (K-8 only) Beaver



Fayette County = 341 (0 top 50, 3 bottom 50)

134 Southmoreland School District Westmoreland, Fayette
194 Frazier School District Fayette
197 Belle Vernon Area School District Westmoreland, Fayette

402 Uniontown Area School District Fayette
408 Laurel Highlands School District Fayette
458 Connellsville Area School District Fayette
464 Albert Gallatin School District Fayette
470 Brownsville Area School District Fayette, Washington




Armstrong County = 267 (0 top 50, 0 bottom 50)

96 Kiski Area School District Westmoreland, Armstrong
148 Freeport Area School District Armstrong, Butler
193 Karns City Area School District Butler, Clarion, Armstrong

342 Armstrong School District Armstrong
406 Apollo-Ridge School District Armstrong
416 Leechburg Area School District Armstrong, Westmoreland
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Old 04-27-2012, 11:55 PM
 
Location: S.W.PA
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My first thought is: these counties have more rural area than suburban and urban combined. I don't really think of them as Pittsburgh suburbs, though obviously some of the close in communities are.
I know Washington County the best - it is very diverse, from the Mon River mill towns to the almost English landscapes of the western parts. So my ranking would be:
Washington
Westmoreland
Butler
Armstrong
Fayette
Beaver
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Old 04-28-2012, 11:25 AM
 
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Most of Aliquippa & parts Beaver Falls are similar to Arnold & part of New Kensington. Uniontown and Masontown are similar to New Castle. Monessen & Donora are similar to Brownsville & Connelsville... Ambridge is similar to Jeanette. IMO these long lost-hard hit, declining rivertowns/parts of river towns have almost identical towns in other PGH Metro county's.
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Old 04-28-2012, 03:37 PM
 
Location: Greensburg, PA
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For quality of living (from best to worst), I would rate Westmoreland and Washington as tied at 1 then Butler at 2, Beaver 3, Fayette 4 and Armstrong 5.

For natural amenities and scenic beauty (from best to worst), I would rate Fayette 1, Westmoreland 2, Washington 3, Armstrong 4, Beaver 5 and Butler 6

For overall economic factors (from best to worst), I would rate Washington 1, Westmoreland 2, Butler 3, Beaver 4, Fayette 5, Armstrong 6

For shopping and dining (from best to worst), I would rate Westmoreland and Washington tied at 1 and then Butler 2, Beaver 3, Fayette 4, Armstrong 5

For quality of public schools (from best to worst), I would rate Butler 1, Westmoreland 2, Beaver 3, Washington 4, Armstrong 5, Fayette 6

For choice of colleges and universities (from best to worst), I would rate Westmoreland 1, Washington 2, Butler 3, Beaver 4, Fayette 5, Armstrong 6

For cultural amenities such as amphitheaters, state/national parks and museums (from best to worst), I would rate Westmoreland 1, Washington 2, Fayette 3, Butler 4, Beaver 5, Armstrong 6

For availability of quality medical care (from best to worst), I would rate Washington 1, Westmoreland 2, Butler and Beaver would be tied at 3, Fayette 4, Armstrong 5
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