Moving from Missouri to PA (Pittsburgh, Bethel Park: apartments, renting, modular home)

[Jess88]

Originally Posted by roastanug

I'm offering you truly heartfelt advice with what I'm about to say, despite the fact that I'm sure it's not what you want to hear. I understand that at your ages, Pittsburgh and the Tom Savini school in Monessen might sound incredibly enticing to a young couple who lives in Missouri and just wants to get the hell out of there. I totally understand. I've been to Missouri plenty of times myself, and I can completely relate. Having said that.....

Before I recommend that you move to West Mifflin of all places (gag), I'd like to recommend that you weigh other options before committing to relocating to Pittsburgh of all places. Cities like Austin, Boulder or Tuscon would probably offer you way more in the way of what you're looking for. Not to be a dick, but Tom Savini's School? Are you kidding me???? Most of the people affiliated with that place are anchored to Pittsburgh either play-acting like they're these ultra-hip "filmmakers" (ironically known very little outside of Pittsburgh), or they're spottily employed at best zombie makeup artists / actors / etc. This isn't Hollywood (or even the San Fernando valley for that matter), and more than likely within less than a year you two will have realized that you've made a huge mistake. My advice: Don't do it.

A lot of these other posters don't seem to care, and just like the idea of enticing yet another starry-eyed young couple into this decaying city's clutches. The ultimate choice however, is yours and yours alone. I'm not much for quotes, but in this case, it's deserving:

“Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly, 'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy"

I appreciate the honesty. That really surprises me as I have never heard anything but good about Tom savinis school! That school is the whole reason for our relocation. My fiancé has been into special effects makeup since he was a kid and he's pretty good at it! We chose this school because its closer to home than any other special effects schools we have found. We also are under the impression it's one of the best. Hmm.

[bradjl2009]

Originally Posted by Jess88

I appreciate the honesty. That really surprises me as I have never heard anything but good about Tom savinis school! That school is the whole reason for our relocation. My fiancé has been into special effects makeup since he was a kid and he's pretty good at it! We chose this school because its closer to home than any other special effects schools we have found. We also are under the impression it's one of the best. Hmm.

That poster had a new User name and very few rep points so don't take him seriously. While I don't know much about that school, I'm going under the somewhat obvious impression that the poster is a troll again.

[fleetiebelle]

To be fair, they are looking to buy in a trailer park, so they're not really expecting trendy and upscale.

[Hopes]

They don't need trendy and upscale, but they want safe.

[Uptown kid]

This post is a little side tracked but I'll say it just to be clear.
Braddock is not that bad statistically when it comes to crime. In reality, Braddock's numbers may be skewed, but statistically Braddock is not as Godforsaken as some people here would think. Though from what I know Braddock is not the type of place where neighbors do wrong by each other and criminals mainly go after other criminals.
Braddock's reputation is often derived from it's blight and state of disrepair. Some people remember how bad the town was during the late 80's-mid 90's or back from 2000 to 2008- when the borough had almost ten murders and many more non-fatal shootings. Though these days crime has really dropped.
That still doesn't mean I would recommended Braddock, southern North Braddock or even nearby Rankin to anyone unless it was their last resort. Braddock may not have statistically bad crime but besides the bad school district, it has: a major gang/drug problem which doesn't logically match its crime stats, a notable blight/rust/urban decay/litter problem and a major stigma.
McKeesport's worst areas are worse off than Braddock so I agree with Sealtite to some degree here.

McKeesport is mostly safe and those areas are fine... If you find something there go for it.

[BarqCider]

Originally Posted by Uptown kid

This post is a little side tracked but I'll say it just to be clear.
Braddock is not that bad statistically when it comes to crime. In reality, Braddock's numbers may be skewed, but statistically Braddock is not as Godforsaken as some people here would think. Though from what I know Braddock is not the type of place where neighbors do wrong by each other and criminals mainly go after other criminals.
Braddock's reputation is often derived from it's blight and state of disrepair. Some people remember how bad the town was during the late 80's-mid 90's or back from 2000 to 2008- when the borough had almost ten murders and many more non-fatal shootings. Though these days crime has really dropped.
That still doesn't mean I would recommended Braddock, southern North Braddock or even nearby Rankin to anyone unless it was their last resort. Braddock may not have statistically bad crime but besides the bad school district, it has: a major gang/drug problem which doesn't logically match its crime stats, a notable blight/rust/urban decay/litter problem and a major stigma.
McKeesport's worst areas are worse off than Braddock so I agree with Sealtite to some degree here.

McKeesport is mostly safe and those areas are fine... If you find something there go for it.

this is pretty much what i have heard from uptown, which is why i said ok. Thanks man.

ps: how has uptown kid NOT gotten 5x the reps?????

[Aqua Teen Carl]

I'd just like to say that moving to attend an FX school to chase your dreams is cool as hell.

With that being said, I have me Tom twice and he's not the nicest guy. I have also met Greg Nicotero and he wasn't the friendliest dude either. Dem Pixburgh FX guys are a buncha jags' ya know?

[Jess88]

Originally Posted by villageidiot1

If you are planning to go to school close to the city, I would look at West Mifflin in the vicinity of the Allegheny County Airport. This puts your fiancé with easy access to the Mon-Fayette Expressway and gives you a relatively short commute into the city. You might want to look at California University of PA, which would change the recommendation. California University and Monessen are only 15-20 minutes apart.

Thank you for telling me about CalU! Not sure why the school never popped up in google. Anyways we are really looking into it because less commute would be amazing. Do you know anything about the Belle Vernon area?

[Jess88]

Originally Posted by Hopes

They don't need trendy and upscale, but they want safe.

Yes, coming from a smaller town ourselves we defiantly don't need trendy and upscale. That being said, it'd be nice to not be murdered haha so safety is important. We live in a part of the country that's known as the biggest place for meth busts so we can tolerate druggies as long as its not violent or too sketch.

[Jess88]

Originally Posted by Uptown kid

This post is a little side tracked but I'll say it just to be clear.
Braddock is not that bad statistically when it comes to crime. In reality, Braddock's numbers may be skewed, but statistically Braddock is not as Godforsaken as some people here would think. Though from what I know Braddock is not the type of place where neighbors do wrong by each other and criminals mainly go after other criminals.
Braddock's reputation is often derived from it's blight and state of disrepair. Some people remember how bad the town was during the late 80's-mid 90's or back from 2000 to 2008- when the borough had almost ten murders and many more non-fatal shootings. Though these days crime has really dropped.
That still doesn't mean I would recommended Braddock, southern North Braddock or even nearby Rankin to anyone unless it was their last resort. Braddock may not have statistically bad crime but besides the bad school district, it has: a major gang/drug problem which doesn't logically match its crime stats, a notable blight/rust/urban decay/litter problem and a major stigma.
McKeesport's worst areas are worse off than Braddock so I agree with Sealtite to some degree here.

McKeesport is mostly safe and those areas are fine... If you find something there go for it.

Thank you for your knowledge! Ill keep that in mind