Best suburbs... (Scranton, Dormont, Bloomfield: cul-de-sac, rent, new home)

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by saturdayskids

yuppies? fox chapel.

No way. Fox Chapel is old money. Yuppies are YOUNG professionals. There's very little young about Fox Chapel!

[SewickleyPA]

Sewickley Borough is becoming a sort of yuppie central. Its got the feel of an upscale city neighborhood like Squirrel Hill/Shadyside minus the crime and traffic.

Plus a very convenient location as it is an easy commute to Robinson/Airport, Cranberry/Wexford, and Pittsburgh.

[tmorrisn]

Liberal/yuppie stores will lead you to the right neighborhoods. The only Whole Foods in Pittsburgh is located east of Shadyside which is convenient to Shadyside, Sq Hill, Point Breeze, etc (East End neighborhoods). They are opening one in Wexford so that might be on the list.
Less yuppie but more liberal would be the East End Coop just north of Regent Square (again close to the East End neighborhoods).
High end shopping - Tiffany & Co, Louis Vuitton, Cole Haan are all in Ross Park Mall (North Hills). Less high end but equally yuppie can be found in Shadyside and the South Hills (Banana republic, ann taylor, etc). There's an Anthropolgie in the South Hills Mall but then there's also a Talbots, Coldwater Creek, and Chico's so that doesn't scream young to me. Shadyside has a bunch of high end boutiques so it would get my vote as your ideal neighborhood.
I guess I'd fall into the liberal/yuppie category and my favorite neighborhood by far is Point Breeze, not for the the shopping but for location and overall neighborhood appeal.

[Tombstoner]

I would have thought that South Side Works is the mothership for all things yuppie...

[neurodistortion]

I would say the farther out you go (outside of Allegheny County, that is) you will find less of a yuppie culture and more old school appeal. Cranberry is not yuppie central, neither is Wexford, or Bethel Park. Those areas are growing tremendously but they seem to cater more towards families than young professionals. Frankly, the only areas you're going to find a lot of young professionals are in the city, or in the extreme inner suburbs like Shadyside or Sewickley.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by neurodistortion

I would say the farther out you go (outside of Allegheny County, that is) you will find less of a yuppie culture and more old school appeal. Cranberry is not yuppie central, neither is Wexford, or Bethel Park. Those areas are growing tremendously but they seem to cater more towards families than young professionals. Frankly, the only areas you're going to find a lot of young professionals are in the city, or in the extreme inner suburbs like Shadyside or Sewickley.

Shadyside isn't a suburb, and I wouldn't call Sewickley an extreme inner suburb. But I agree with everything you've said.

[BrianTH]

Since one of the two standard elongations of yuppies is "young urban professionals", it makes sense you would see less of them outside of Pittsburgh's urban core (the City itself and some inner suburbs).

[robrobrob]

Here is my take on Pittsburgh. Unless you move to a new housing plan you won't really find a suburb overloaded with young people. Frankly, we are an old city and younger families are spread out all over the place. I would think that Shadyside would be the best fit. Since you have a lot of grad students, young college grads living there and younger people who are new to the area and are working at Pitt, CMU or UPMC. As a whole I would consider this is a yuppie area.

If you use yuppie as a merely a young person with money and are looking to live in a suburb I would try Sewickley or Fox Chapel. It is true that they are old money areas but in addition to baby boomers with old money you have their kids who are now running the family business, and you also have new money, in Pittsburgh this primarily means doctors, who live there too. Frankly, it all depends on your definition of yuppie. For me a yuppie is pretty affluent person under the age of 40.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by robrobrob

FFor me a yuppie is pretty affluent person under the age of 40.

That definition does tend to shift a bit as people gets older.

[Joshbarblahblah]

To me, there is no such thing as a good suburb. Mt. Lebanon, Millvale, and Oakmont are decent - though they don't necessarily fit the stereotype of a sprawling, faceless suburb.