East Liberty and Lawrenceville coolest neighborhood's in USA (Pittsburgh, McKeesport: real estate, 2014)

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by Mtl-Cns

I'd add to this list a handful of destination restaurants as well, like Apteka and Spork. With the new hotel going in and Hough's beer garden/brewery near Childrens Hospital, Garfield was the missing link that is now connecting Bloomfield/Friendship, Lawrenceville, and East Liberty/Shadyside.

I didn't list those because they are technically in Bloomfield or Friendship, as only the northern side of Penn is in Garfield. Hell, Apteka is past the beginning of Allegheny Cemetery, so neither side of Penn is is in Garfield.

[Mtl-Cns]

Originally Posted by eschaton

I didn't list those because they are technically in Bloomfield or Friendship, as only the northern side of Penn is in Garfield. Hell, Apteka is past the beginning of Allegheny Cemetery, so neither side of Penn is is in Garfield.

Oh sorry. Didn't know the official boundaries. Garfield must be very small or narrow.

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by Mtl-Cns

Oh sorry. Didn't know the official boundaries. Garfield must be very small or narrow.

No, it's just that Penn Avenue is its southern boundary.

Colloquially, both sides of Penn from Mossfield to Negley have commonly called "Garfield" however. It certainly doesn't extend very far south past that though.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by RogersParkTransplant

Polish Hill is probably cooler than Squirrel Hill too, and less yuppie than East Liberty.

For now Polish Hill is still a healthy mix of little old Polish ladies walking dogs and making pierogies; punks, musicians, and artists (normally overlapping); full-on BMW-driving yuppies; and struggling white trash (me). The neighborhood is certainly trending more yuppie with every $400,000+ flip that sells, though.

[Paul2421]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

For now Polish Hill is still a healthy mix of little old Polish ladies walking dogs and making pierogies; punks, musicians, and artists (normally overlapping); full-on BMW-driving yuppies; and struggling white trash (me). The neighborhood is certainly trending more yuppie with every $400,000+ flip that sells, though.

there have been 5 sales over 300k in the past three years and only one over 400k for a 2400 square foot high end house. methinks you are exaggerating a bit

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by Paul2421

there have been 5 sales over 300k in the past three years and only one over 400k for a 2400 square foot high end house. methinks you are exaggerating a bit

It's definitely not easy to be a first-time home-buyer in this neighborhood these days unless you're cool with a total gut job after little old Mrs. Zdaniewiczskiowicz passes away. It's more of a neighborhood college-educated 30-somethings and 40-somethings (mostly DINKs) are upgrading into to be close to work in Oakland, the Strip, Downtown, or East Liberty. When I moved here nearly a decade ago it was much cheaper to live here. I wasn't the trashiest one on the block back then, as there were still people who banged pots and pans out windows when the Steelers would score!

[safak]

Originally Posted by Paul2421

https://www.redfin.com/PA/Pittsburgh...9uX251bWJlcj0x

seems like they are taking advantage of the article. is this really a fair price? seems about 100k over but you never know.

for reference i like both neighborhoods. not trying to hate here.

nothing to do with the article, people randomly ask for insane prices in many neighborhoods
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2...11551160_zpid/

[svband76]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

It's definitely not easy to be a first-time home-buyer in this neighborhood these days unless you're cool with a total gut job after little old Mrs. Zdaniewiczskiowicz passes away.

Hard working people and families like the Zdaniewiczskiowicz's built this city and made it great. A little respect, please.

[xdv8]

Originally Posted by zalewskimm

Hard working people and families like the Zdaniewiczskiowicz's built this city and made it great. A little respect, please

They basically just went to work every day for a living until the work dried up, then they either skipped town or hunkered down in their neighborhood and got more insular and grumpy about change they couldn't control.

[Paul2421]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

It's definitely not easy to be a first-time home-buyer in this neighborhood these days unless you're cool with a total gut job after little old Mrs. Zdaniewiczskiowicz passes away. It's more of a neighborhood college-educated 30-somethings and 40-somethings (mostly DINKs) are upgrading into to be close to work in Oakland, the Strip, Downtown, or East Liberty. When I moved here nearly a decade ago it was much cheaper to live here. I wasn't the trashiest one on the block back then, as there were still people who banged pots and pans out windows when the Steelers would score!

i don't disagree with you entirely. but that is what happens in an up and coming area. the "average pittsburgh" house is getting outfitted with modern fixtures and fittings and being resold for 200k. but i don't really think 200k is unreasonable for a gutted house that close to downtown. you can't even build a house these days for less than that and that is about the baseline for a redone house in most places in the city. the only reason the average price of houses is so low in pittsburgh is because most haven't been updated in this generation. i do feel bad that poeple like you are getting pushed out, but you seem to know the areas that you like. if you want to avoid being priced out a second time, you will need to take a risk and put your money where your mouth is like others have said for years.