Lincoln-Larimer (Pittsburgh, York, Wilkinsburg: appointed, real estate, crime)
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Does anyone tuly know about developement in this area? It is going to be revitalized? I'm thinking of buying a house here......I was looking in Homewood, but now I'm nixing that...
Why would you want to buy a house in Homewood?--that's a very dangerous area. Sorry, I don't know much about Lincoln-Larimer; got lost in there one day and I didn't think it was such a nice area.
Why would you want to buy a house in Homewood?--that's a very dangerous area. Sorry, I don't know much about Lincoln-Larimer; got lost in there one day and I didn't think it was such a nice area.
You do hear of shootings and robberies and general crime there from time to time. It's got some lovely borders such as East Liberty too.
Does anyone tuly know about developement in this area? It is going to be revitalized? I'm thinking of buying a house here......I was looking in Homewood, but now I'm nixing that...
Personally, I wouldn't do that either. I don't think Lincoln-Larimer is on it's way up.
If you are really interested in buying in a transitional neighborhood that might have a future in the near future (and where your chances of getting shot aren't quite so high), why not try Lawrenceville or North Point Breeze? Or maybe even the part of Wilkinsburg that's near Regent Square? How about East Liberty, which isn't too good right now, but which has the potential to really take off in a big way in the next year or so because of all the new development along Penn?
Last edited by subdivisions; 03-02-2008 at 07:34 AM..
I agree that other nearby neighborhoods along Penn Ave. like Friendship, East Liberty, North Point Breeze, and Park Place (a little "unofficial" neighborhood encompassing the border area of Point Breeze and Wilkinsburg) are better bets for revitalization in the near future than Larimer. That said, I believe the development called "Bakery Square" is technically in Larimer.
If I were investing in Pgh real estate right now and looking for a home, I'd go for parts of East Liberty. With the new hotel that's going in and restaurants that are now moving in, the area will just get better. There's all kinds of rehabbing being done, but be careful. Parts are still not good.
Parts of Garfield are also being rehabbed by young urban homesteaders.
Lincoln-Larimer is better than it used to be, but I think it's still too iffy. Do not go to Homewood. It's a war zone right now.
Friendship is good but it's probably peaked up into the realm where not many good deals can be had anymore.
The Penn Ave. initiative will make the areas off it better in the future. Crime is being earnestly driven out and young artists are moving in and stabilizing the community, but it's not altogether safe at night yet.
The thing with Pgh is that it matters which block you live on. Neighborhoods were deliberately constructed with differently priced housing, which was good, but now some less attractive housing a block away from a great area can be a row of crack houses.
This makes moving to Pgh difficult. Ya gotta walk it and scope each area out at night and different times of the day and tell your kids you cannot walk past this block alone.
Our family has resided in Larimer for many years,We have great neighbors that look out for each other.The housing does need to be revitalized,we have one of the oldest neighborhoods in Pittsburgh.The old must be torn down so that our children can have something new.We want a new inheritance for our children,you should invest in our community,Larimer is,will be a Great place to live! S.& S. Jones
Thank you for speaking up for your neighborhood and neighbors. I live in Point Breeze and my wife and I moved here from New York over 2 years ago. We love Pittsburgh and it's neighborhoods, but I've been a little disappointed by how quick people are to label a given neighborhood good or bad despite indications that they haven't spent any real time there or b/c conventional wisdom says a place is on this side or that side of the tracks.
I'm also a real estate agent, and I have to say that if we'd listened to people who were advocating neighborhoods for out of towners when we were looking, we might not have ended up where we did. Neighborhoods don't go downhill or up the hill of revitalization overnight - it takes people who live in them and care about them to speak up and say why it's worth living in a given place or not.
The fact is I've felt less safe in some of Pittsburgh's most "desirable areas" than I have in many of New York and Brooklyn's "worst."
I'd still take either city any day over the suburbs. Pittsburgh has so much going for it, and even this newcomer knows it can be found in any of our neighborhoods.
Thank you for speaking up for your neighborhood and neighbors. I live in Point Breeze and my wife and I moved here from New York over 2 years ago. We love Pittsburgh and it's neighborhoods, but I've been a little disappointed by how quick people are to label a given neighborhood good or bad despite indications that they haven't spent any real time there or b/c conventional wisdom says a place is on this side or that side of the tracks.
I'm also a real estate agent, and I have to say that if we'd listened to people who were advocating neighborhoods for out of towners when we were looking, we might not have ended up where we did. Neighborhoods don't go downhill or up the hill of revitalization overnight - it takes people who live in them and care about them to speak up and say why it's worth living in a given place or not.
The fact is I've felt less safe in some of Pittsburgh's most "desirable areas" than I have in many of New York and Brooklyn's "worst."
I'd still take either city any day over the suburbs. Pittsburgh has so much going for it, and even this newcomer knows it can be found in any of our neighborhoods.
OK, not to be critical, but you lost me there. I am not a blind neighborhood booster nor interested in a city v. city pissing contest but please define which neighborhoods you consider "Pittsburgh's most desirable" and which neighborhoods you consider New York and Brooklyn's "worst".
I have seen the ad nauseum "ghettos in city X aren't anything compared to ghettos in city Y" debates but I don't know if I have ever seen someone make the assertion that one feels less safe in a city's most desirable neighborhoods than in some of the worst neighborhoods in another city.
OK, not to be critical, but you lost me there. I am not a blind neighborhood booster nor interested in a city v. city pissing contest but please define which neighborhoods you consider "Pittsburgh's most desirable" and which neighborhoods you consider New York and Brooklyn's "worst".
I have seen the ad nauseum "ghettos in city X aren't anything compared to ghettos in city Y" debates but I don't know if I have ever seen someone make the assertion that one feels less safe in a city's most desirable neighborhoods than in some of the worst neighborhoods in another city.
I just assumed Tim was a real estate agent with a house to sell in Lincoln Larimer so was talking the place up. In that context, his statement makes perfect sense... he's a salesmen. But then again, maybe he's serious.
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