For those that play down the existence of gangs....... (Pittsburgh: place to live, shopping center)

[mr.davon24]

WoW..... There is no such thing as L.A.W. any more they been broke that two neighborhood gang a while ago. Don't get that confused with the little chums still tagging it. I have friends in both neighborhood that say LAW is nomore.

[AVYinzer]

Originally Posted by guylocke

You can thank Republicans for that.

Sad but true, I agree, as well.

I don't disagree that there is gang activity in Pittsburgh. It's a place of over 2 million people, gangs are inevitable. However, it still doesn't change the fact that gangs are laughable in Pittsburgh compared to most major cities and even other cities of it's size like Cleveland and Baltimore.

This one stray article certainly doesn't prove that untrue, either.

Let me guess...as soon as Obama gets into office, gangs will put their guns away? Come on, don't be so naive. Gun laws are completely irrelevant to this (gang) situation. If someone is willing to spray a house with bullets killing another person, they most likely didn't buy the gun legally to begin with. We, Pgh as well as the nation, are never going to fix the violence problem until we get over the 'guns kill people' issue. It's the people involved that need to be taken care of, not the guns.

By attacking the gun issue, you're letting the criminal off the hook. When in America did we change our mindset to begin constantly defending the criminal?

[dugdogmaster]

Originally Posted by AVYinzer

When in America did we change our mindset to begin constantly defending the criminal?

As soon as we became a politically correct nation. I agree with you, guns are not the problem, people are the problem.

[bboy36win]

Originally Posted by AVYinzer

Let me guess...as soon as Obama gets into office, gangs will put their guns away? Come on, don't be so naive. Gun laws are completely irrelevant to this (gang) situation. If someone is willing to spray a house with bullets killing another person, they most likely didn't buy the gun legally to begin with.

You mean the bad guys aren't buying their pieces at Bass Pro Shop??

[Dysiple23]

i dont mean to offend anyone on this forum or watever but how many of you acktually have experience in the "Hood" in Pittsburgh, how many of you have acktually been to East Hills or Homewood Or The Hill, Manchester Or HoodTown or Larimer or Wilkinsburg. i believe the vast majority of you have no, or very little knowledge of the things that happen in these neighborhoods. i believe most of you have some bull**** agenda or some little grudge or something. Me on the other hand, I was actually raised in the projects, and growing up in East Hills, you can basically say that i was baptized in gang culture. I have knowledge and real experience in these streets. Its not as hardcore as in the 90's but its still around. Anyone thats Really from the hood would know that. . . . (Clairton is unheard of throughout the city,I dont think you can draw any relevant conclusion based on experience in that neighborhood)

[aveojohn]

Originally Posted by Dysiple23

i dont mean to offend anyone on this forum or watever but how many of you acktually have experience in the "Hood" in Pittsburgh, how many of you have acktually been to East Hills or Homewood Or The Hill, Manchester Or HoodTown or Larimer or Wilkinsburg. i believe the vast majority of you have no, or very little knowledge of the things that happen in these neighborhoods. i believe most of you have some bull**** agenda or some little grudge or something. Me on the other hand, I was actually raised in the projects, and growing up in East Hills, you can basically say that i was baptized in gang culture. I have knowledge and real experience in these streets. Its not as hardcore as in the 90's but its still around. Anyone thats Really from the hood would know that. . . . (Clairton is unheard of throughout the city,I dont think you can draw any relevant conclusion based on experience in that neighborhood)

I was raised in Penn Hills and the people in those projects ruined the East Hills shopping center and that particular section of Penn Hills. As far as I am concerned,all of these morons can continue to shoot and kill each other.In your post,you act as if all this gang and "being cool" BS (and that's what it is)is a good thing.It is that type of mentality that is the ruination of what was once a decent area.You act as though you are proud of being raised in this type of atmosphere.Get an education,learn how to spell and grow up!

[scottrpriester]

Originally Posted by Dysiple23

i dont mean to offend anyone on this forum or watever but how many of you acktually have experience in the "Hood" in Pittsburgh, how many of you have acktually been to East Hills or Homewood Or The Hill, Manchester Or HoodTown or Larimer or Wilkinsburg.

I live on the border of two of the communities you mention (Homewood and Wilkinsburg). I live in Point Breeze. I guess you can see we have had experience because I hear gunfire all the time, and someone was murdered around the corner from us on Penn Avenue earlier in October. I see the ghetto super stars all the time. No doubt a lot of drug dealing going on, and lots of people with nothing better to do with their time than to intimidate others and live off the government, but I don't think there are true gangs like in LA or Chicago.

[saturdayskids]

Originally Posted by awm13

For those who downplay...





Taken on my way home from work.

Oh no, this is now a serious problem.



Pittsburgh has a lot of graffiti crews, but the gangs aren't that much to worry about.

And those two pictures make our "gang problem" look like even more of a joke

[MissShona]

Originally Posted by Dysiple23

Anyone thats Really from the hood would know that. . . . (Clairton is unheard of throughout the city,I dont think you can draw any relevant conclusion based on experience in that neighborhood)

Again, Clairton is NOT Pittsburgh

[scottrpriester]

Originally Posted by MissShona

Again, Clairton is NOT Pittsburgh

God forbid anything being said incorrectly about Clairton