places to live and run in Pittsburgh

Shadyside or Squirrel Hill

Access to the Universities, restaurants, trails and the city.

thanks! other opinions?

If you are okay with a 30 minute+ commute then consider Murrysville, home of the live wildlife web cam

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We used to live in Pittsburgh for 6+ years. It's a good city for running. In addition to the places that have been mentioned, I'd like to suggest Point Breeze, especially the East End (around Reynolds St.). That's right at Frick Park, which is a *great* (if hilly) place to run. It's also only 3 miles from a public track (the Schenley Oval), and somewhat further (ca. 5 miles?) there's the Eliza Furnace Trail, which in turn is a great starting point for long runs. There are also various bus lines to the Universities. CMU is ca. 2.5 miles away. Pitt is a bit further away, but still close enough, I'd say.

When i think of my time in Pittsburgh, I always think of running on the Frick trails through the rain. Haunting - but haunting good. Pittsburgh is a special place.

I live in Point Breeze/East End with two young kids. Can't beat the proximity to parks, restaurants, families with small kids, and affordable houses. Squirrel Hill is nice as well but housing is more expensive. Take the bus to Pitt daily.

Regent Square is nice too...also close to frick, cmu, not far from schenley. I never quite saw the allure of shadyside as a place to live, but many like it.

I'd echo point breeze...If the market is the same as when I left (2006) you will get a nice house for that amount of $...

Run Interstate 79 or any other road outta that trash dump called Pittsburg.

Anything that gives you easy access to Frick and/or Schenley. Squirrel hill is nice because it is between both so you can choose. Living down the hill in Greenfield wouldn't be bad either and would be a little cheaper. I prefer the trails at schenley plus there is a track there. Stay away from the South side- students seem to like living there and the running sucks, IMO... Overall, I'd say squirrel hill might be your best bet. Thats where I would want to live if I lived in Pittsburgh...

You'll enjoy pittsburgh- good restaurants, very nice people, great schools... but boy those pens and steelers fans can be annoying

yeah, but we won The Cup

The 300 wrote:

Run Interstate 79 or any other road outta that trash dump called Pittsburg.

Pittsburg is in California. We're talking about Pittsburgh, which is in PA.

former PA wrote:

You'll enjoy __________ ... but boy those _____________ can be annoying

There you go. Made properly generic to reflect reality.

I've lived in the Pittsburgh area for 26 years and have lived in the city and north/east/south and west of city.

If you want a good house in that price range and don't mind a 30 minute commute each way, the North Hills are the only option. Any other suburb will be mired in traffic at rush hour but Route 279 north and adjacent trunk roads provide a predictable ride.

I commute into Oakland near Pitt from the North Park area(a running mecca) and am usually in the office within 30 minutes.

Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, Regent Square and Point Breeze are in the city and all have some beautiful neighborhoods but some of those beautiful neighborhoods are within blocks if not feet of dangerous streets and a house that goes for 250k in the North Hills could be twice or even four times as much in those nicer city neighborhoods.

The Pittsburgh city schools are horrific and violence is common even in the nicer areas and you will pay extra income taxes inside the city limits. Being near Oakland and downtown will, however, keep you handy to a wide menu of cultural and sports attractions.

Commuting to the city from the east, south or west could cause you to shoot yourself esp. from the east(Monroeville Murrysville, and Plum).

I lived in Pittsburgh for ten years and in a South Hills suburb called Mt. Lebanon. Cool neighborhood, great schools, well-lit streets, and fantastic snow removal in the winter (which you'll need...and which any city neighborhood won't have). LOTS of hills, though, and the commute through tunnels & over bridges in rush hour can be tough...but I'd never live in the blander North Hill or East.

Sorry to be a buzz kill... but Pittsburgh is right up there with LA for the worst air quality in the country.

Do your lungs a favor and take up smoking but in a place that has alot cleaner air.

Pittsburgh Air Quality Called Second-Worst In U.S.

PITTSBURGH -- One week after topping the rankings of America's most livable cities, Pittsburgh finds itself on another high-profile list -- one it would probably rather not be on.

The American Lung Association's 2007 "State of the Air" report lists the Pittsburgh area as the second-most polluted metropolitan area in America, behind only the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Hah. Moving from Atlanta, anything will be an improvement in air quality.

Thanks for all the ideas. In looking at these neighborhoods, are most of the houses likely to have basements? Do you need central air or is ok just to have window boxes in the summertime?

runswithbears wrote:

Sorry to be a buzz kill... but Pittsburgh is right up there with LA for the worst air quality in the country.

Do your lungs a favor and take up smoking but in a place that has alot cleaner air.

Pittsburgh Air Quality Called Second-Worst In U.S.

PITTSBURGH -- One week after topping the rankings of America's most livable cities, Pittsburgh finds itself on another high-profile list -- one it would probably rather not be on.

The American Lung Association's 2007 "State of the Air" report lists the Pittsburgh area as the second-most polluted metropolitan area in America, behind only the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Not that I would mind if you kept believing that, but they got that by taking one measurement, downwind of a coal plant, sixteen miles from downtown Pittsburgh. But hey, if it keeps my cost of living down by keeping Pittsburgh from becoming a fashionable place to live, I'm all for a little smoggy lie.

Many do have basements. We have one window box A/C for summer. But we'll probably get central air installed soon. Watch the hyperbole in some the previous posts. While Pittsburgh does have a fair amount of particulates in the air, it does not have smog like LA, Houston, Phoenix, etc. And in terms of violence and crime and poor schools. Pittsburgh is pretty darn good in all regards when you compare to almost any large city. Hence, multiple listings as most livable city in America.

old legs wrote:

I lived in Pittsburgh for ten years and in a South Hills suburb called Mt. Lebanon. Cool neighborhood, great schools, well-lit streets, and fantastic snow removal in the winter (which you'll need...and which any city neighborhood won't have). LOTS of hills, though, and the commute through tunnels & over bridges in rush hour can be tough...but I'd never live in the blander North Hill or East.

Dallas Mavs owner Mark Cuban is from Mt. Lebanon.