Which areas are the areas to stay away from in Pittsburgh?

[PeterRabbit]

^ Some people use Photoshop to make maps and I suppose there are other programs you can use. Google will let you make a map but I think you need to keep it online. There are several map-making places out there.

[mr.davon24]

Hmmm. Have any of you guys ever stepped foot into any of these “dangerous areas"? I have reason to believe the answer would be NO. I get so tired of the NON city people passing judgment on something they haven't witnessed. You guys see and hear what has been on the news and run with it. There are indeed nice areas in Homewood, Wilkinsburg, North Side, and McKeesport. I can't say so for the other neighborhoods because I don't frequent that often. If any wants to listen I could maybe produce a map of the good areas of these so called “Ghettos”.

[PeterRabbit]

Originally Posted by mr.davon24

Hmmm. Have any of you guys ever stepped foot into any of these “dangerous areas"? I have reason to believe the answer would be NO. I get so tired of the NON city people passing judgment on something they haven't witnessed. You guys see and hear what has been on the news and run with it. There are indeed nice areas in Homewood, Wilkinsburg, North Side, and McKeesport. I can't say so for the other neighborhoods because I don't frequent that often. If any wants to listen I could maybe produce a map of the good areas of these so called “Ghettos”.

Yeah. I worked in McKeesport and cut through Homewood everyday to and from work in Wilkinsburg when I lived in crappy Penn Hills/Long View. Most people have been to the Northside. I don't care if I never see those places again. I lived in Wilkinsburg many years ago when it was nice all over. Things there started getting bad in the later 1970s when iron gates were dragged across the store fronts at closing time. I left my job there in 1981.

What's wrong with living in an area that's nice all over and not have to worry about when the thugs will venture further or the safety of parking your car on the street? If a bad neighborhood has a nice area to it, so what? I feel sorry that so many people even have to consider that as an option.

I'd be interested in seeing your map.

[Djames9]

This Thread is way too old I remember originally posting this thread in early november... it's already June.. lol Old Thread guys

[mr.davon24]

Originally Posted by PeterRabbit

Yeah. I worked in McKeesport and cut through Homewood everyday to and from work in Wilkinsburg when I lived in crappy Penn Hills/Long View. Most people have been to the Northside. I don't care if I never see those places again. I lived in Wilkinsburg many years ago when it was nice all over. Things there started getting bad in the later 1970s when iron gates were dragged across the store fronts at closing time. I left my job there in 1981.

What's wrong with living in an area that's nice all over and not have to worry about when the thugs will venture further or the safety of parking your car on the street? If a bad neighborhood has a nice area to it, so what? I feel sorry that so many people even have to consider that as an option.

I'd be interested in seeing your map.

I agree, it's nice to live in neighborhood that I don't really have to worry about bad things happening to my kids. My point of my post are some people haven't stepped foot on these " bad areas". How could they pass judgment? Including yourself you vacated Wilkinburg in the 70s so you really have no Idea what's bad and what's not bad. You may drive through there everyday but have you actually stayed over night ? Are you considering these parts of the city you take short cuts through dangerous because you see " thugs" walking around or do you have solid proof? My parents have been living on South street for the past 5 to 6 years and the don't have any problems. Grant it Wilkinsburg does have a bunch of abandone buildings.

[PeterRabbit]

Originally Posted by mr.davon24

I agree, it's nice to live in neighborhood that I don't really have to worry about bad things happening to my kids. My point of my post are some people haven't stepped foot on these " bad areas". How could they pass judgment? Including yourself you vacated Wilkinburg in the 70s so you really have no Idea what's bad and what's not bad. You may drive through there everyday but have you actually stayed over night ? Are you considering these parts of the city you take short cuts through dangerous because you see " thugs" walking around or do you have solid proof? My parents have been living on South street for the past 5 to 6 years and the don't have any problems. Grant it Wilkinsburg does have a bunch of abandone buildings.

I probably would have considered driving through Wilkinsburg on Penn Ave. safe except a youngster was shot and killed in the business district there last year. I think that was a stray bullet and he wasn't the intended victim. I consider it safer the closer you get to Regent Square or Edgewood, and Blackridge area. The third ward was always the most desirable so probably it's the safest today. I lived in the 300 block of South Ave. and 200 block of Rebecca as a renter.

I returned to work there in 1987-88 selling new and used cars on Penn near the hospital and Swissvale Ave. near Penn. Some nights I'd keep the used car lot open until 11 and we never had any trouble there and Homewood still seemed very safe, at least in the daytime. I had sold real estate in Wilkinsburg and the surrounding areas so I do have a good idea of what's bad and what isn't so bad.

If I see thugs walking around some area I consider it wise to not go there. TV crime news usually confirms the bad areas and you don't need solid proof. The closest I get to Homewood today is Washington Blvd. I never had a reason to stay in Homewood overnight. I had a customer who lived there and I ate dinner at his place a few times and would stay 'til after dark and then continue my shortcut home. The last time I did that was the early 1990s.

[scottie31994]

[quote=Livedhereforyears;6669875]...Nothing but drugs users, dealers and prostitutes here...quote]

i live here and don't fall in any of these three categories. and i know plenty of other people that aren't.

[ctoocheck]

Originally Posted by PeterRabbit

^ Some people use Photoshop to make maps and I suppose there are other programs you can use. Google will let you make a map but I think you need to keep it online. There are several map-making places out there.

I know that, I'm just looking for the data - or especially if the data is online and can create a map reflecting it automatically (as Social Explorer does with other stats)