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Old 10-29-2014, 07:07 PM
 
Location: Wheeling, WV
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Never been there, but just wondering if Pittsburgh really is one of the "safest large cities in the U.S" as media says?
0-10, how safe do you rate Pittsburgh compared to other cities (NYC, LA, Chicago, Boston, Philly, Houston etc...)
Compared to those cities, I think you will find it very safe. There are some pretty nasty areas in Pittsburgh that you should be aware of when driving around (i.e. Homewood, Beltzhoover, parts of the North Side, ect), but it is indeed a safer city than most cities of its size.

As annoying as it might sound to hear, if you use your street smarts and learn a basic layout of where the good and bad areas are (it is a major metropolitan area after all), your experiences in Pittsburgh are likely to exclude crime.

The thing about Pittsburgh...it's beautiful at times, but it is gritty for sure. A lot people confuse grit with danger, and Pittsburgh really blurs the line in a lot of neighborhoods. It's a city with a lot of character, and it's comfortable crime rate is often a product of that.
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Old 06-15-2015, 06:40 AM
 
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North versailles is quite grimy and poor so why less crime?
I was appalled when I went back there. It's trashed with overweight
Smoking loud mouthed people. Wth happened to it?
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Old 06-15-2015, 10:27 AM
 
Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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North versailles is quite grimy and poor so why less crime?
I was appalled when I went back there. It's trashed with overweight
Smoking loud mouthed people. Wth happened to it?
North Versailles has always been a more blue-collar suburb, and blue-collar populations across the United States have higher tendencies of smoking and obesity than white-collar and professional populations. And being one of Pittsburgh's first post-war suburbs, the built environment of North Versailles features an overabundance of ****ty 1950s-era housing that hasn't aged well. Between those two factors, you end up with a suburb that's not very appealing these days.
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Old 06-15-2015, 10:28 AM
 
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There's nothing grimy about North Versailles at all...
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