Sharpsburg: City or Suburb? (Pittsburgh, Crafton: neighborhoods, school, live)

[Drover]

Do you all consider Sharpsburg to be part of the city, or do you consider it a subrb?

[nuwaver88]

It is a borough with more of a feel of a city neighborhood than a leafy suburb. It is like a smaller version of Lawrenceville. Of course, Lawrenceville is trying to recreate itself. Sharpsburg is not considerd city proper. It has it's own police force. It is right across the river from city neighborhoods Lawrencevile, Morningside, and Highland Park. It, like many Pittsburgh area municipalities, should be considered city proper. The mere fact that it is across the river splits it up from the city. This is one of the reasons why the 300,000 plus population of Pittsburgh city proper is deceiving. The rivers and hills serve as barriers and give us more municipalities.

[nuwaver88]

Im sorry. I just realized it was a poll question, not a general question. I would like to see it and many other municipalities become city neighborhoods. Millvale, and Etna would be prime candidates too both in feel and proximity as initial towns to be absorbed. There would hopefully be more to follow. In voted for CITY.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by nuwaver88

Im sorry. I just realized it was a poll question, not a general question. I would like to see it and many other municipalities become city neighborhoods. Millvale, and Etna would be prime candidates too both in feel and proximity as initial towns to be absorbed. There would hopefully be more to follow. In voted for CITY.

No, that's fine. Elaboration as to answers given are welcomed and encouraged.

[pittsteelerfan]

Originally Posted by Drover

No, that's fine. Elaboration as to answers given are welcomed and encouraged.

Well Drover, I think the posters answer was dead on!... I think he/she saying that Sharpsburg is similiar to a smaller version of Lawerenceville is accurate too! I mean Drover, the poster lives right across from Lawerenceville. The poster could walk over there in minutes.

Do you Drover, as the OP, disagree with the posters response?....

Me actually being from Pittsburgh (you not), I think the his/her response was very good and accurate!

We're more than happy to school you on these things. Feel free to ask, we're here to help!......

[Drover]

Originally Posted by nuwaver88

It is a borough with more of a feel of a city neighborhood than a leafy suburb. It is like a smaller version of Lawrenceville. Of course, Lawrenceville is trying to recreate itself. Sharpsburg is not considerd city proper. It has it's own police force. It is right across the river from city neighborhoods Lawrencevile, Morningside, and Highland Park. It, like many Pittsburgh area municipalities, should be considered city proper. The mere fact that it is across the river splits it up from the city. This is one of the reasons why the 300,000 plus population of Pittsburgh city proper is deceiving. The rivers and hills serve as barriers and give us more municipalities.

It's quite common for older cities to have a small city-proper population in relation to the metro area's general population so that doesn't make Pittsburgh unique. Also, rivers and hills don't really serve as barriers as city boundaries go across two rivers and over several hills. What makes the city population so small as a proportion to the surrounding area is its history of first being established as small cities and towns, many of which consolidated later. Compare that with many sun belt cities which basically sprung up out of the middle of nowhere and had plenty of empty space around them that they could simply annex at will.

That said, I get what you're saying about Sharpsburg. If it weren't for the river, it would be hard to know where the Pittsburgh stops and Sharpsburg starts. There are places where it's hard to tell because there are simply no barriers at all, just a line on a map, such as Regent Square/Edgewood, West End/Crafton, Mount Oliver Borough surrounded by the city on all sides, et cetera.

Thanks for your input.

[Yac]

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Let's get back on topic, eh ? Please.
Yac.

[scottrpriester]

Originally Posted by Drover

Do you all consider Sharpsburg to be part of the city, or do you consider it a subrb?

It's not part of the city at all. It's its own borough, with it's own police department.

[Awesomo.2000]

Pittsburgh has a lot of towns outside the city border that still feel like city neighborhoods. Same with mostly all east coast cities. When you get out west or down south, there are many neighborhoods in the city border that feel suburban.