Cle113

Hi there. As I lived near Squirrel Hill and Shadyside for seven years and have now lived in Ohio City for nearly four years, I feel uniquely qualified to comment on this thread. The main difference that I've experienced is that the city of Pittsburgh does not practice much in the way of scatter-housing (as CMHA does, at least on my street) for its low-income subsidized renters. Instead they concentrate on more old-school housing projects and locate their various social services on site. While both systems have their flaws, one (rather crass but) obvious plus in building a bustling central neighborhood retail corridor is that you don't have the same transient population you have in OC, which can be intimidating to visitors -- and I'll admit it -- and me at times.