Black in Pittsburgh

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Yeah ive gotten called white boy alot and mostly by WOMEN

Black women have a TERRIBLE reputation here and they are public enemy #1 it seems

When i worked downtown for 3 years, I got to see the worst of the worst everyday. Such low standards and quality down there in the life department. And thats with black and white folks.

And thats another wack fact about PGH..its NOT diverse at all. just black, white, and yella. Unless you're up by the colleges you wont see much beyond the norm.

Dear lord at how true this is. The standards and quality of life Pittsburgh are sooooooooooooo low. It's probably why heroin has been such a problem in the area for the past couple of years. And most people are really mean and irritable it seems like here. People just really dress bad here too. The men dress like they just got done with work on I-376 and the women just look like they got out of bed and just put on the nearest Pitt/Steelers/Penguins/Pirates sweater they could find and matched it with a pair of love pink sweatpants with words on the butt and a pair of ugg boots.

Also, coming back from NYC, I really notice how non-diverse it is. Like you said, just black and white people with your occasional asian, indian (indians are asians though technically), and mexican folk. There really isn't a significant hispanic population.

Example...In New York, there are tons of asian food places. Thai, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, etc. In Pittsburgh, those places are just labeled "asian" or "oriental" (which is such an outdated term, it's just embarassing ).

People in general are really ignorant and behind the times too. Don't even get me started on the weather!

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

Dear lord at how true this is. The standards and quality of life Pittsburgh are sooooooooooooo low. It's probably why heroin has been such a problem in the area for the past couple of years. And most people are really mean and irritable it seems like here. People just really dress bad here too. The men dress like they just got done with work on I-376 and the women just look like they got out of bed and just put on the nearest Pitt/Steelers/Penguins/Pirates sweater they could find and matched it with a pair of love pink sweatpants with words on the butt and a pair of ugg boots.

Also, coming back from NYC, I really notice how non-diverse it is. Like you said, just black and white people with your occasional asian, indian (indians are asians though technically), and mexican folk. There really isn't a significant hispanic population.

Example...In New York, there are tons of asian food places. Thai, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, etc. In Pittsburgh, those places are just labeled "asian" or "oriental" (which is such an outdated term, it's just embarassing ).

People in general are really ignorant and behind the times too. Don't even get me started on the weather!

yo im FREEZING right now

 

[Captain Crunch]

I'm thinking about visiting PGH to see a Pirate's game, what food spots should I hit up.

 

[How Sway?]

Me and my friends were saying the bolded for YEARS! The 7s-10s in Pittsburgh would be a 5 in NYC or LA. I've had women that were admittedly out of my league chatting me up in NY...I even lived with a couple...

I've noticed that interracial dating is pretty frowned upon in Pittsburgh. It really is a "stick with your own kind" city. I've also noticed that most black women in Pittsburgh seem to date white guys...and most black men in Pittsburgh are seldom seen with women. It's sad as a mofo.

Not that I have anything against that thing, but it just makes being black, male and single in Pittsburgh even harder. Also, there aren't that many ethnic women in Pittsburgh and the ones that are I've noticed date white guys too.

ugh.

And I wanted to visit Pittsburgh after "black & yellow" came out

 

[the next guy]

lol, i'm not even shocked

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

I'm thinking about visiting PGH to see a Pirate's game, what food spots should I hit up.

Carhops in the Strip District. If you're gonna be drunk then the cliche would be Primanti's, also in the Strip.

 

[Malik]

Lived in 4 different states, 7 different cities... I've been out the hood, including Cranberry, Whitehall, Brentwood, Baldwin, Washington County, Fayette County, Robinson, Moon, North Versailles, Erie County, West Mifflin...you're exaggerating like hell just to make a thread is all I'm saying. Ive lived places where it's majority white, and Pittsburgh really ain't one of those places

Pittsburgh's a pretty white place. I've been to Pittsburgh twice and the feel between Philly and Pitt is night and day.

Whites in Philadelphia City - 41%
Blacks in Philadelphia City - 43%
Hispanics in Philadelphia City - 12%
Whites in Philadelphia Metro - 70%
Blacks in Philadelphia Metro - 20%
Hispanics in Philadelphia Metro - 8%

Whites in Pittsburgh City - 68%
Blacks in Pittsburgh City - 25%
Hispanics in Pittsburgh City - 1%
Whites in Pittsburgh Metro - 90%
Blacks in Pittsburgh Metro - 8%
Hispanics in Pittsburgh Metro - .07%

The metro area is virtually all white. Pittsburgh City/Metro has less blacks and basically no hispanics. You can tell Pittsburgh is a white place by just driving through there.

 

[ogc163]

I fukking hate it here, this place is boring as hell and I haven't had any overt racist experiences but the people are narrow minded, even among the more obviously middle class educated folk. I booked it to Maryland ASAP for Thanksgiving, and I'll be gone with the quickness when finals end. I don't know about other white collar professions, but in relation to law the money and positions are there for minority students...Black students don't want to take it tho because they can't stand the idea f living here long term. My boy who is about to graduate( FYI he is born and raised in Pittsburgh) and already has a job at a mid-sized firm told me that firms offer minority students who have decent grades good jobs with pretty good starting salaries but Black students turn the offers down. Now if you would have told me 3 months ago that Black cats are turning down jobs because they hate Pittsburgh, I would have considered them dumbasses. But after being here for awhile, I understand. Law is a high stress endeavor, and if you don't have any stress relief/outlets this shyt can eat at you emotionally, and for a young Black person this city exasperates the stress that comes with a legal career.

 

[DrX]

buffalo the most racism shythole in the country

 

[fact]

I'm thinking about visiting PGH to see a Pirate's game, what food spots should I hit up.

Obviously Primanti's, and pretty much any wing joint. Them Pittsburgh whole wings

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Dear lord at how true this is. The standards and quality of life Pittsburgh are sooooooooooooo low. It's probably why heroin has been such a problem in the area for the past couple of years. And most people are really mean and irritable it seems like here. People just really dress bad here too. The men dress like they just got done with work on I-376 and the women just look like they got out of bed and just put on the nearest Pitt/Steelers/Penguins/Pirates sweater they could find and matched it with a pair of love pink sweatpants with words on the butt and a pair of ugg boots.

Also, coming back from NYC, I really notice how non-diverse it is. Like you said, just black and white people with your occasional asian, indian (indians are asians though technically), and mexican folk. There really isn't a significant hispanic population.

Example...In New York, there are tons of asian food places. Thai, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, etc. In Pittsburgh, those places are just labeled "asian" or "oriental" (which is such an outdated term, it's just embarassing ).

People in general are really ignorant and behind the times too. Don't even get me started on the weather!

yo this is too funny cause its so true

one thing i can say is for the most part, this city is safe if you aint into any shyt like drugs, gangs, etc

I cringe visiting Chicago, nikkas tried to intimidate my brother for wearing his hat the wrong way

Chiraq aint no joke

 

[GatorStaceyAdams]

Outside of a couple of hoods- Pittsburgh is overwhelmingly white. And as a whole, Western PA is much more racists than one would imagine.

I remember getting in fights, Principal office calls, etc. all the way thru 7th grade because I was being called a "******" or told to "go back to the hood" almost on a daily basis. Some of those hicks are straight up savages. And I was living in a upper middle class area too

 

[No Homo]

Pittsburgh sucks. I went to school there for 2 yrs.

Nightlife sucks
Girls are
Downtown area consists of 3 blocks.
Winters are cold as shyt.
Racist
Fashion is stuck in 1995
Clubs close at 2
Only thing that city loves are its steelers

Place is shyt hole

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Oh yeah, anybody remember Club Laga, Metropol, Rosebud, Graffiti, The Attic, The Upstage, Bouvers, Brave New World, Hypervinyl and all of those places in Oakland back in the 90s/early 00s? Good times.

Oakland used to low key be the dopest neighborhood in Pittsburgh period. Club Laga was the best though. I saw tons of hip-hop and punkshows there.

The gentrification that went on in Oakland was nothing short of disgusting. When UPMC and Pitt took over everything, it was a wrap. They turned Club Laga into student apartments and The Upstage into a supermarket. Now, unless you work in Oakland or go to school there...there's really no reason to be there if you're over the age of 21.

SMH @ stupid college kids paying rape prices for substandard housing.I remember when I lived in Panther hollow 6 years ago when I was going to Pitt, I literally saw a house collapse that had a "For Rent" sign on it. Some shady landlord was probably trying to get some kids from Akron to pay $950 a month to live there...

All of the families either moved away or got pushed back waaaaaaay the f*ck in Oakland. I notice the black population of Oakland has been pushed way back past BLVD of the Allies. Also, why the f*k is Pitt situated right in the middle of the hill? Too many things made me uncomfortable about Pittsburgh and it just makes me happy that I left.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Outside of a couple of hoods- Pittsburgh is overwhelmingly white. And as a whole, Western PA is much more racists than one would imagine.

I remember getting in fights, Principal office calls, etc. all the way thru 7th grade because I was being called a "******" or told to "go back to the hood" almost on a daily basis. Some of those hicks are straight up savages. And I was living in a upper middle class area too

I've honestly noticed a lot of people flying Confederate flags in and around the immediate Pittsburgh area. I would see them almost everyday when I was driving to and from my family's place.

Western PA is a joke. And every year, Southeastern PA grows (especially around the Lancaster/West Chester/Philadelphia area) and Western PA shrinks. Yet people there still spout that "most liveable city in America" nonsense like it means something. What good is that title if there's no reason to live there?

Obamacare is straight up going to murder the last thing Pittsburgh had going for it; Healthcare. So, what jobs are there other than working at PNC or taking 2 hour commutes both ways to go to some pointless job out in Monroeville or something? There are no jobs whatsoever. And especially no jobs for black people other than working Foot Action in the mall or McDonalds.

Pittsburgh was actually noted for being the second in the nation in population decline...next to NEW ORLEANS.