Can anyone tell me which areas of Pittsburgh are the nicest to live in and which areas should be avaoided?
Thanks.

Please remember that these are generalizations, and in even in the nice neighborhoods, there are less nice parts. Assume you are looking for an apartment?

If you're planning to buy a house, you might want to consider property tax rates which are much higher in Allegheny County than in neighboring counties.

Nice places to live in the city: near the universities you could look at Shadyside and Squirrel Hill; there's also the Southside, Mt. Washington.

If you can be more specific about what you're looking for, I can try to help.

Cristina

Thanks. I'm looking to rent an apartment in Pittsburgh. I would like to live in a nice area kinda like the Greenwich village area of New York if that makes any sense. I really don't know anything about the areas of the city so a heads up on what areas to avoid or what areas are dangerous would be really appreciated.
I drove through the Shadyside area on a recent visit and the area looked nice.
Thanks for any info you can give me. I really appreciated it.

You might want to take a look at the Carson Street neighborhood on the south side of the Monongahela - it's a youthful and artsy place that has an urban vibe.

Yooperprof is right about Carson Street. It is the main street in one of the areas I referred to - the Southside. If you're looking for Village-like, this might be the spot for you. It was an old working class neighborhood (folks worked in the steel mills) now, a bit funky, some great restaurants, jazz club, interesting shops, new developments and hardly any parking!

It sounds like the area you might be looking for. There is new construction and renovations to apartment. buildings. A guy at work just moved into a new apartment there a couple of months ago -- I could ask him how he likes it.

Here are a couple of websites. Feel free to email me with more questions.

http://www.betatesters.com/penn/sahside/
http://www.southsidepgh.com/index_new.htm

Cristina

Thanks yoperprof and Cristina,

I appreciate all of your advice. I will look into all of these areas. One mroe thing, any advice as to rental websites?

Thanks again!!!

The only thing I can think to advise you about (since I haven't been renting for a long time) is the local newspaper want ads. Here's the apartment/house rental section.

http://classified.post-gazette.com/realestate/rentals.asp

I would click the boxes for city and south, both aparments and house rentals. (The South Side is a Pittsburgh city neighborhood.)

In "key word" type either "south side" or "southside." The first will get you more responses.

Good luck! Hope you enjoy living in the "burgh."