Officers injured in drug buy gone awry (Pittsburgh, Upper St. Clair: fit in, rental)

[Doowlle34]

This is very frustrating -- I think of Dormont as a safe place, and I've stated as much on this website.

Any thoughts about this? Now I know another reason why I've rented here for many years, but have been reluctant to buy.

Dormont officers injured in drug buy gone awry

[kenazfilan]

Originally Posted by Doowlle34

This is very frustrating -- I think of Dormont as a safe place, and I've stated as much on this website.

Any thoughts about this? Now I know another reason why I've rented here for many years, but have been reluctant to buy.

Dormont officers injured in drug buy gone awry

One of the officers broke his leg when he fell while trying to subdue a suspect and the other one pricked himself on a needle. Meanwhile the second suspect took the money from the drug buy and ran away.

I take it they call it the "Keystone State" because of the cops?

[scottrpriester]

Originally Posted by Doowlle34

This is very frustrating -- I think of Dormont as a safe place, and I've stated as much on this website.

Any thoughts about this? Now I know another reason why I've rented here for many years, but have been reluctant to buy.

Dormont officers injured in drug buy gone awry

I don't think one drug incident that made news should change the way you feel about the community. Drugs are everywhere.

I however have never cared for Dormont. I just get this lower class white trash feel going through there.

[mattjd]

Dormont is an ok area, no different than green tree, brentwood or castle shannon. a few poorer people there than mt. lebanon or bethel park, but i wouldn't be afraid of living there. Watch the news enough and you'll hear about crimes happening in Ross or South Park. There was a horrific story not long ago about a student that raped several girls at Upper St. Clair hs. Come on, Upper St. Clair!!! Things can happen anywhere.

[Doowlle34]

Originally Posted by scottrpriester

I however have never cared for Dormont. I just get this lower class white trash feel going through there.

If you are just travelling up W. Liberty, I don't dispute that you might get this impression. Some of the buildings are run down and this certainly isn't downtown Sewickley. And you can certainly see from the distribution of incomes on city-data that there is a clustering on the lower end.

However, I think to imply that only lower middle class people live in Dormont is incorrect and perhaps a little unfair.

Dormont is always going to be somewhat of a victim to its relatively small size and the high percentage of rental properties. However, the same thing that made it desirable to me -- reasonable rents, proximity to downtown, "neighborhood" feel -- also make it a safe neighborhood that is in the reach of many with lower income levels.

Scott, I'd invite you to attend the annual Dormont House Tours next Fall in the hope that we could dispel the notion that Dormont is a "lower class white trash" area.

[robrobrob]

People scuffle with police all the time all over town. Basically, Dormont got unlucky that the incident was picked up by the media. On the other hand, the needle is somewhat troubling because Heroin addicts sooner or later start breaking into houses. Unfortunately, drugs are everywhere these days. Drugs are found in poor neighborhoods and in wealthy neighborhoods.

[Tinare]

Originally Posted by robrobrob

Drugs are found in poor neighborhoods and in wealthy neighborhoods.

Seriously. It's just that it's crack in the poorer neighborhood and cocaine in the wealthier one.

[ExPit]

Heroine is the culprit, not Dormont, and from what I understand it is everywhere around Pittsburgh. I have friends who live in nice areas, affluent areas, and those who don't. Still it seems that, as a friend told me on the phone recently, it (heroine) is in most every high school. I've never been big on the legalization of ALL drugs, but lately I have begun to reconsider. When you live in America, you become a defacto expert on commerce. If you want to be sure there is a proliferation of something, anything, just put a big profit in it. This is what this country does with illegal drugs. Should there be any wonder then that there is no shortage of enterprising men and women willing to supply that demand? Oh, and as far as Dormont, it is as good as you're gonna do, for that money and that convenience to the city.