I mean with how hard it can be to get to certain areas you have to. If you work on say east liberty or Oakland, living in the south hills opens you up to a dreadful commute and transit options aren’t great as you have to transfer.

If you work in cranberry you’re basically stuck to the north hills and a few southern neighborhoods around 79.

I mean, especially what part of the rocks you are in that can be a really rough neighborhood

Edit: my point is most people wouldn’t consider that a great area.

Where?

53k median income with a199k median home price really isn’t that good….it’s just a commentary on the fact we are not as shitty as other places.

53k income buying a 200k home is a giant stretch. If you’re doing the 3.5% down for an FHA you’re looking at a 1430 monthly payment at a 6.61 APR. 53k yearly income means your’re probably taking home 3k a month? That’s the definition of paycheck to paycheck since that 1430 doesn’t include any utilities

What neighborhood? Wilkinsburg?

I don’t think we believe it’s terrible. I think the affordability thing, especially for people making in the 50-70k range who are single is VASTLY overblown though.

Edit: or fkr that matter a couple or family. On your own though you really need to make 70k a year or more to comfortably afford 200k plus houses right now.

How many years ago? 2-4 years ago I’d agree…now though I’ve watched houses that went for 150k 6 years balloon to nearly 300k

Solid, yes…but how much work will it need? There are also genuine concerns about the neighborhood you’re in, and in general houses in neighborhoods that would generally be considered less desirable need even more workZ

I agree, but even in places like west view and Bellevue, finding anything under 200k that doesn’t need a lot of work is hard, and those are traditional working class neighborhoods

First off, almost any house you get now at 200k is going to be needing a lot of work or not a great neighborhood.

Two, if this is what is considered affordable it’s a sad commentary on the state of our country. I would never advise a family making 53k a year to buy a 200k house. That’s just asking for trouble.

Maybe 60? There is no need to leave it anywhere near that high

They don’t know where he lives lol?

This is fine. Per people on here we should trust people to see their own speed limits and traffic laws

I didn’t even think this was a possibility…I guess running lunatics like mastriano really did backfire

Where the hell do you live that you can walk to this haha. Not trying to dox you but genuinely curious.

Do you propel down the hill from the apartments on the hill

That’s fair. At the same time if I went to a fish restaurant and got a steak one complained it wasn’t as good as a nice steakhouse that’s dumb

What always makes me laugh is when people go to a place like this, then they get orange chicken and say “ehh wasn’t that great”

You know how I judge a place like this or las palmas and know it’s pretty good? When I go to las palmas and see the group of Mexicans there on their lunch I know in the right place. When I go to here or the other places like it such as Szechuan gourmet and see folks that are native Chinese I know I’m in the right place. Quite frankly you won’t see them at Emiliano’s or seasame inn. I like those for what they are but this is different.

North hills has always been pretty barren as far as diversity of food, and I just hope the moron crowd up here doesn’t ruin something that is frankly very different and very good from what we have here.

3.5 stars is pretty bad on yelp

Well, found one of the assholes

Depends how far you are from the restaurant but unless you’re like 5 or more miles away 10 is really pretty good

Also if you have big stuff like cases of water or live on the top of an apartment a bit extra is appreciated

I think that there should probably be strict rules about posting of temporary restrictions…and it should be more like a week out than a day