Hispanic population in Pittsburgh (restaurant, farm, friendly)

[neurodistortion]

Originally Posted by iwonderwhy2124

Haha. I just have noticed that people in general notice and look at stuff (or other people) that they don't normally see. I didn't mean anything offensive and I repeat my assertions that you should experience no trouble here (especially in Mt. Lebo).

It's cool, I'm sure you didn't mean any bad intentions.

[ragazza2007]

this is all great stuff TY all for the replies. It seems as I read about the strong family roots and the older population representing a majority of the people there in Pittsburgh, I wonder about their views on Hispanics. Really, since we have been married 4 years now, I have found that it is usually the older generation that might give an uncomfortable look or perhaps display a behavior to make you believe they are racist.
Since Pitt is so full of older people, do you think they may have a different perspective than what the responses are on this thread?

[ragazza2007]

TY for the info. May I ask if your male or female and what area do you live in? I think Hispanic males have more chance for racism than female Hispanics. Maybe not, but just wondering?

TY

[bethany12]

You left out the mexican drug mules from Beaver County.

[BrianTH]

There are certainly enclaves of older people in Pittsburgh who may not have the most progressive views on ethnicity (to put it mildly). But it is actually remarkably easy not to have a ton of interaction with such people--for good or ill, our microneighborhood structure allows for people to pretty much segregate themselves if they feel like it. So, the older people who want to be isolated from people of different ethnicities can do that, and meanwhile you can pretty much live your life in the neighborhoods where people don't care.

By the way, of course some older people can be extremely progressive on these issues, particularly now that people who came of age in the 1960s are starting to count as older.

[Hopes]

How old do you consider old? Guess I'd like to know before I tell you how old I am!

[neurodistortion]

Originally Posted by ragazza2007

TY for the info. May I ask if your male or female and what area do you live in? I think Hispanic males have more chance for racism than female Hispanics. Maybe not, but just wondering?

TY

I'm male, but I'm only 23 so I'm probably younger than most of the posters on here. I live in Greensburg which is a little ways out of the city but it's still considered a part of Pittsburgh. I shall also note that the further you go out of the city (I'm talking farm country) the more prejudice you are likely to find but that's few and far between and not everywhere you go. Like in many other cities of its size, there's going to be a mix of different ethnicities, moreso in Pittsburgh because of its industrial heritage.

[RRANGEL09]

My opinion I feel that the Hispanic population is growing. I go to La Reyna's on the strip district where you can find Latin foods like tortillas,Goya products, fresh Mexican cheeses, etc. They even sell the Mexican coke in glass bottles that is made from cane sugar. Yummy LOL Anyways we are small in numbers right now but we are growing. I'm actually Mexican and Italian btw.

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by RRANGEL09

My opinion I feel that the Hispanic population is growing. I go to La Reyna's on the strip district where you can find Latin foods like tortillas,Goya products, fresh Mexican cheeses, etc. They even sell the Mexican coke in glass bottles that is made from cane sugar. Yummy LOL Anyways we are small in numbers right now but we are growing. I'm actually Mexican and Italian btw.

Thanks for the tip, I'm a Cokeaholic and haven't had a REAL one in years.

Mexican and Italian, now that should make for interesting dinners. Or is that politically incorrect for me to say?

[NANDOAL]

I play soccer a few times a week at Schenley park @ The Oval. There are many many hispanics that play there each night. Way more than I thought were in Pittsburgh. To me it is a good thing.