Hispanics in Pitt (Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Wilkinsburg: house, school districts, incomes)

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Yet Pittsburgh city's population is about 2X that. Meaning, there aren't that many blacks outside the city.

Agreed, but it does look like some of the East suburbs may be an exception.

[zip95]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

Indeed, and I hope I am not coming across as suggesting that somehow the Pittsburgh metro region in general is well-integrated--it isn't. So while Penn Hills and Monroeville in particular seem to have around the expected demographics...

And Wilkins and Churchill and turtle creek and North Versailles and...

[Humanoid]

By the way, here is a little writeup:

What do you expect the writeup to say? The food is about as Mexican as taco bell? Reviews of Fajita grill are pretty bad, but Mexico city seems to get pretty good reviews (here I have in mind customer reviews on sites like yelp). I never tried Mexico city but the food sounds more like the Mexican food from the more desert regions of Mexico.

Regardless, Pittsburgh isn't a good place to get Mexican food.

[Katarina Witt]

Here are some stats for the places zip95 mentioned:

Races in Turtle Creek:
White Non-Hispanic (92.3%)
Black (5.2%)
Two or more races (1.3%)
Hispanic (0.6%)

Races in North Versailles:
White Non-Hispanic (87.6%)
Black (9.8%)
Two or more races (1.3%)

Races in Churchill:
(All 3300 of them)
White Non-Hispanic (87.6%)
Black (8.4%)
Hispanic (1.1%)
Asian Indian (0.8%)
Two or more races (0.7%)
Chinese (0.6%)

Races in Wilkins Township:
White Non-Hispanic (92.5%)
Black (4.4%)
Two or more races (1.0%)
Asian Indian (0.6%)

While these places are more diverse than some of the Pittsburgh burbs, they are still 87%+ white.

[PeterRabbit]

I don't know anything about Mexican food but Three Amigos just opened near me where an Eat n Park used to be. I found some user reviews that rave about it and say it's authentic. Have any of you eaten there? I think it's a local chain of 3 or 4 locations. Here are some reviews
Three Amigos Restaurante - Monaca, PA, 15061 - Citysearch (http://pittsburgh.citysearch.com/profile/43633003/monaca_pa/three_amigos_restaurante.html - broken link)

[supersoulty]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Here are some stats for the places zip95 mentioned:



While these places are more diverse than some of the Pittsburgh burbs, they are still 87%+ white.

And it still doesn't change the fact that the over-whelming majority of Black folks in the Pittsburgh area are concentrated in just a few places.

[Humanoid]

You know the focus on whether something is "authentic" or not isn't very important. Americanized Mexican food can taste rather good, one should just not mistake it for Mexican food. I think "Oriental Express" on Forbes is rather good, but its not particularly authentic.

[supersoulty]

Originally Posted by Humanoid

You know the focus on whether something is "authentic" or not isn't very important. Americanized Mexican food can taste rather good, one should just not mistake it for Mexican food. I think "Oriental Express" on Forbes is rather good, but its not particularly authentic.

Almost anything we think of as "Chinese" food was invented in the United States.

[Humanoid]

Almost anything we think of as "Chinese" food was invented in the United States.

Sure, but you can find authentic Chinese food in many areas of the country. Pittsburgh wouldn't be one of those areas.

Anyhow, from my experience if you walk into a Chinese food place (or Mexican food, etc) and you see a bunch of white people then its unlikely to be authentic. In fact it can be a bit awkward to walk into an authentic place.

[supersoulty]

Yeah, I was agreeing with you. Just because a place isn't "authentic" doesn't mean the food isn't good.