What suburb do you get the Pittsburgh vibe the most? (Bethel Park: chapel, houses)

[neurodistortion]

Within Allegheny County that is. When I go to certain communities, I get the vibe moreso than others. The places I don't get the vibe as much would be in the far northeast portions of the county such as Tarentum, Frazer, Harmar or in the far south portion such as Elizabeth and Forward Twp. Even Robinson doesn't seem to have a strong vibe. On the other hand, I get a strong vibe in the northern suburbs such as Ross Township or Wexford. Same thing with Bethel Park, Mt. Lebanon and Monroeville. Outside of the county, I sense a strong vibe in the Cranberry area and the Washington area, but not so much around Greensburg or anywhere else.

[Urban_HillBilly]

Wexford gives me a raging vibe.

[nuwaver88]

Do you mean the new Pittsburgh, the old Pittsburgh, the stereotypical Pittsburgh? That is tough because suburbs are suburbs. Some are more upscale than others just like city neighborhoods.
Is a typical Pittsburgh suburban vibe supposed to be yinzeresque? Or is it supposed to be the home of many college graduates from the area's many colleges and universities. The latter is the Pittsburgh in which I was raised. Maybe others had more of a yinzeresque experience. I think all Pittsburgh suburbs are typical Pittsburgh in their vibe. The Pittsburgh area is a microcosm of America. I would not say that Dormont is any more Pittsburgh than Fox Chapel. If it were not a good place to be a success, Fox Chapel and affluent suburbs like it would not exist. All neighborhoods have a Pittsburgh vibe unless we sterotype what a typical Pittsburgher is supposedly like.

[neurodistortion]

Originally Posted by nuwaver88

Do you mean the new Pittsburgh, the old Pittsburgh, the stereotypical Pittsburgh? That is tough because suburbs are suburbs. Some are more upscale than others just like city neighborhoods.
Is a typical Pittsburgh suburban vibe supposed to be yinzeresque? Or is it supposed to be the home of many college graduates from the area's many colleges and universities. The latter is the Pittsburgh in which I was raised. Maybe others had more of a yinzeresque experience. I think all Pittsburgh suburbs are typical Pittsburgh in their vibe. The Pittsburgh area is a microcosm of America. I would not say that Dormont is any more Pittsburgh than Fox Chapel. If it were not a good place to be a success, Fox Chapel and affluent suburbs like it would not exist. All neighborhoods have a Pittsburgh vibe unless we sterotype what a typical Pittsburgher is supposedly like.

I don't mean to describe any neighborhood in the area as more yinzeresque than one another, or to stereotype a community. All suburbs and city neighborhoods are distinctively Pittsburgh as you mention it. Rather, when I say vibe, I really mean the feel for the area, like you feel like you're in Pittsburgh but you're really not, at least not in the city limits. In other words, I start getting the feel of the Pittsburgh region when I drive through Wheeling from points west on I-70, or when I drive through Somerset from points east on the PA Turnpike. Or if I'm travelling to Washington DC, I get that same feel of the area when I enter the Hagerstown area, and especially down into Frederick, MD.

[jimmyev]

Cranberry and Wexford give me the same vibe as Boardman, Poland, and Cleveland suburbs. McKnight Rd in Ross Twp, though, seems distinctively Pittsburghesque. I think it has something to do with the terrain and the look of the houses.

[BrianTH]

Are we not including places like Etna, Millvale, Sharpsburg, Aspinwall, and so forth? All those little nearby rivertown suburbs feel just as Pittsburgh as Pittsburgh itself to me. You could do something similar with the rivertowns along the Ohio and Mon.

[grimacista]

Clairton

[neurodistortion]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

Are we not including places like Etna, Millvale, Sharpsburg, Aspinwall, and so forth? All those little nearby rivertown suburbs feel just as Pittsburgh as Pittsburgh itself to me. You could do something similar with the rivertowns along the Ohio and Mon.

All those towns have a strong Pittsburgh feel to me too, just like places such as Homestead, Clairton and McKeesport along the Mon and Coraopolis, Sewickley and McKees Rocks on the Ohio. Considering that most riverfront towns in the area have or had connections to the steel, coal and chemical industries, that itself would speak Pittsburgh in my opinion. Hell, even Wheeling, which is on the far reaches of the Pittsburgh metro has more of that Pittsburgh than West Virginia feel with the rundown buildings and riverfront atmosphere. On the other hand, I can't say the same thing for Morgantown, even though it's only two hours away from Downtown Pittsburgh. It feels like West Virginia to me.