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The school scandal was the nail in the coffin. Penn Hills has literally become a dump. The roads are lined with trash. The once beautiful mid century homes are in disrepair. The town is a mess.
The school scandal was the nail in the coffin. Penn Hills has literally become a dump. The roads are lined with trash. The once beautiful mid century homes are in disrepair. The town is a mess.
The school scandal was the nail in the coffin. Penn Hills has literally become a dump. The roads are lined with trash. The once beautiful mid century homes are in disrepair. The town is a mess.
Well it isn't as nice as it once was, but Penn Hills is very large and you can live well there. The school isn't NEARLY what it used to be of course. There was a time Penn Hills was a very good school district, but times changed and people left. Do people know that Penn Hills used to have graduating classes over 1,200 and if I remember correctly nearing 2,000. Now they have less than 300. Wow talk about declining in a big way. They also had very good teachers and a lot of opportunity for AP classes. Oh my how times have changed. I still have a soft spot for Penn Hills though. Gone is Alcoma CC and Churchill as the upper middle moved down to lower middle at best. The middle has been beaten down hard.
Ah well, I do think policing in the big districts are a good idea. Penn Hills and North Allegheny are smart to do what they are doing. Keep kids and teachers safe from the outsiders.
i agree. its not a 'dump'....but not what it once was, like a lot of places, since we as a people overall have become cold, callous, about material comforts rather than more neighborhood-oriented (and so kept our properties up, like the old italians of oakland had years ago).
i have a few old friends who moved out to penn hills over the decades, either as kids with their parents or as adults. they actually did so because they improved their living standards. they'd agree in casual discussion that it isnt as 'nice' (my word) as it was even in the 1990s, because of crime, friendliness, and dirtier streets with more ramshackle, weed-strewn properties.
The school scandal was the nail in the coffin. Penn Hills has literally become a dump. The roads are lined with trash. The once beautiful mid century homes are in disrepair. The town is a mess.
Yooz a damn lie. I am working on Penn Hills flips as we speak. Penn Hills has struggles being the second largest municipality in Western PA. No concentrated poverty......With new (overpriced) school facilities and a robust black middle class. Penn hills has struggles but it is far from dead.....Penn Hills is actually a well rounded mature suburb.
The school scandal was the nail in the coffin. Penn Hills has literally become a dump. The roads are lined with trash. The once beautiful mid century homes are in disrepair. The town is a mess.
There is a lot of investment money coming into penn hills, it may decline a little but it will not collapse. My friends buy or try to buy any affordable house that comes along in that area and the demand is strong.
There is a lot of investment money coming into penn hills, it may decline a little but it will not collapse. My friends buy or try to buy any affordable house that comes along in that area and the demand is strong.
All the above. Lots of new black owned businesses focusing on everything from wellness to shipping goods. Lots of old and new food establishments as well as mini food truck scene.
I work in a county leased building filled with small business start ups.
I still cant understand why Penn Hills does not have a Starbucks....
“But at a recent summit on youth violence, a handful of students from a variety of schools across the Pittsburgh region had some surprising comments.
“We need more security. We need more police,” said one student.
“There needs to be more security. Students need to feel secure,” said another student.
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey attended that summit. He was caught off guard by the comments about wanting more security and police in schools.
“Sometimes when you hear from advocacy groups, ... they talk about less police,” said Mayor Gainey. “What I heard from our kids today is that they want to see more police because that’s how they feel safe in schools.”
Target 11 reached out to OnePA but didn’t hear back. Target 11 also contacted the three school board members who’ve suggested eliminating school police. One board member responded and said the district has not voted to reduce security staff.
While that is true, the district has been unable to find replacements for the school police officers who have left the district.“
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