What's Monroeville like? (Pittsburgh, Plum, Trafford: to rent, living in, restaurants)

[sealie]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

It's a very safe albeit unpleasantly congested aging suburban area. How is that inaccurate?

It is nowhere near as inaccurate as saying you can get there from Aspinwall in 15 min at rush hour. Add the customary ten minutes to Pittsburgh time estimates as usual.

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by Buckeye Burgher

But yes, you are basically talking 1960-80's ranch houses on cul-de-sacs.

Somebody working out that way, not worried about schools, and interested in a nicer house should probably look at Churchill. I've seen a fair few nice houses out that way.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by Aqua Teen Carl

Zombies everywhere.

No. That's just anywhere outside the East End.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by Moby Hick

Somebody working out that way, not worried about schools, and interested in a nicer house should probably look at Churchill. I've seen a fair few nice houses out that way.

Yep. If schools weren't a concern I'd take Churchill, parts of Wilkins Township, Blackridge (non-Wilkinsburg parts to save on property taxes), or Forest Hills anyday over Monroeville, where you'd have to battle traffic just to get to a grocery store from most subdivisions.

[AaronPGH]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

It's a very safe albeit unpleasantly congested aging suburban area. How is that inaccurate?

completely accurate.

[Aqua Teen Carl]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

No. That's just anywhere outside the East End.

If you didn't get the reference you are making St. Romero weep.

[Caladium]

The one thing I remember about the area was a pretty cool book store called Half Price Books. I don't recall the traffic being all that bad, although it's been a few years since I've been there. Older suburb with lots and lots of shopping, which makes it a little ugly to drive through but pleasant for the people who live there. Has that "older suburb that saw it's heyday a few decades ago" feel--but if you like suburban living it has it's not bad, it's just older.

[moslo]

i don't love monroeville as im not a huge fan of suburbia, but the traffic is not that bad. IMO cranberry and even rt 30 in spots(especially north huntingdon) are worse.

the businesses are not really old and crumbling. there is a ton of new business still put in the past decade or so including a hospital and a ton of restaurants.
i don't really know whats crumbling or vacant...theres 1 dive bar thats really ugly in the middle of 22 business and a bunk hotel that might be(should have been 20 years+ ago but can't force people to sell so easy)up toward the turnpike but other than that everything seems pretty busy to me and theres a ton of places thriving. what am i overlooking.

[captainmidnight]

It is a big suburb with lots of shopping. The residential areas seem quiet..typical suburbia. Most of the housing is post WW2 ranch/split levels. Probably not a lot of new housing past the 1980s. I don't know about the school district.

I worked there for three years right off of the main drag through their (William Penn Highway. Business Route 22) Very busy road and can be a big pain to get to places, especially from shopping place to shopping place as you have to drive and sit at long traffic lights. Christmas time is especially rough on traffic there. I remember, I worked about 1.5 miles from the Sheetz on 22 and it took me my whole lunch hour to drive to Sheetz, pick up food, and then drive back to work due to the traffic. Monroeville Boulevard runs behind some William Penn and runs parallel to it for the most part so that can be used as an alternative way to get between places but I don't know of any other shortcuts. Monroeville also features one of the busiest intersections in the state: https://goo.gl/maps/Yb60r Routes 22, 48, and interchanges for I-76 and I-376 all come together in close proximity to each other.

[MathmanMathman]

From when I lived there...it's the very definition of "suburban". And the Zombie problem is relatively under control.