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Pittsburgh's would be Penn Hills, Woodland Hills, and West Mifflin along with a handful of old river towns that never recovered after the steel collapse.
Yes, I agree. Also the city of Washington probably is not considered a suburb, but it's in Pittsburgh's urban area and it's scuzzy and rough too.
Reynoldsburg, Ohio seems to be getting worse according to locals. Although the crime rate is not above the national average yet, it seems to be getting there. I recall when I was temporarily living in Columbus watching the weird news that came from that area. Sometimes I would fill up on gas in Reynoldsburg before heading back to southwest PA and I would get an eerie, depressed feeling in Reynoldsburg. Apparently it's also getting worse in nearby Pickerington too.
Like a lot of cities the working class suburbs in Columbus are the ones most vulnerable to decline. To my knowledge Pickerington is pretty safe but rather unveventful. Canal Winchester seems to be having some issues with property crime and I get the impression that Reynoldsburg is the next Whitehall but not quite on that level yet. Part of it is geography and part of it is poor planning on the municipalities parts.
Reynoldsburg, Ohio seems to be getting worse according to locals. Although the crime rate is not above the national average yet, it seems to be getting there. I recall when I was temporarily living in Columbus watching the weird news that came from that area. Sometimes I would fill up on gas in Reynoldsburg before heading back to southwest PA and I would get an eerie, depressed feeling in Reynoldsburg. Apparently it's also getting worse in nearby Pickerington too.
Is that true about Pickerington? It appears to be a solidly middle class suburb, where Black households have the highest median household income($83,947 for Black households and 14% Black according to 2010-2014 census info.).
Pittsburgh's would be Penn Hills, Woodland Hills, and West Mifflin along with a handful of old river towns that never recovered after the steel collapse.
I don't consider Wilkinsburg a suburb but an adjacent, small city.
Wilkinsburg has more right to be called a suburb than the "handful of old river towns" you mentioned. Places like McKeesport, Clairton, Homestead, Duquesne, Braddock, McKees Rocks, and Aliquippa were never suburbs - they were mill towns. In contrast, Wilkinsburg was built out as a railroad/streetcar suburb for the East End of Pittsburgh. There was never much in the way of industry within its boundaries. Most of the eastern half is pretty suburban in built form as well.
Edit: I can't think of any genuinely suburban portions of Woodland Hills SD which are that bad. Many of the more suburban areas (Forest Hills, Braddock Hills, Churchill, Wilkins Township) are in slow decline, but they're not unsafe. It's the old mill towns in Woodland Hills which have gone to crap. The only structurally suburban areas in the suburbs in decline defined in the most narrow manner are Penn Hills and (parts of) West Mifflin.
Wilkinsburg has more right to be called a suburb than the "handful of old river towns" you mentioned. Places like McKeesport, Clairton, Homestead, Duquesne, Braddock, McKees Rocks, and Aliquippa were never suburbs - they were mill towns. In contrast, Wilkinsburg was built out as a railroad/streetcar suburb for the East End of Pittsburgh. There was never much in the way of industry within its boundaries. Most of the eastern half is pretty suburban in built form as well.
Actually, I believe Wilkinsburg was part of the city (or portion of the borough before it was annexed) but chose to split from it.
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