Questions about Southern Parts of the North Side

[steindle]

Originally Posted by PGH423

Thanks so much. That actually raises another question. If I were take an Uber to the city and have a few drinks, would I be guaranteed to be able to get an Uber back? I had an instance in Wexford around 10 PM once where no Uber would come. I actually dropped my car keys in the locked overnight container at a dealership and then couldn't get an Uber. Gosh I panicked but eventually found someone to take me home. I assume the city has better Uber service though.

Yes. Depending on how long ago that was, Wexford may not have even been within the "service area" at that time. I have taken Ubers at all hours of the day and night, in extremely varied parts of town (Downtown, Bloomfield, Lawrenceville, Squirrel Hill, Northside, South Side, West End) and have never waited more than 10 minutes ever.

[mbw5100]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

I had to pick my daughter up in Manchester last Friday. I really love Manchester and the house was beautiful!! On our way back to Rt.28 I had a wise idea to take E. Ohio Street. OMG! WTF goes on over there after midnight? It was very dark and looked like The Night of the Living Dead. Obvious prostitution and drug sales. The street was packed. I was shocked and it looked like Rosedale and Tioga street in the 1990's.

Was this during the Deutschtown Music Festival? It's usually not that crowded, but the whole area was packed during the festival.

[PGH423]

Originally Posted by steindle

Yes. Depending on how long ago that was, Wexford may not have even been within the "service area" at that time. I have taken Ubers at all hours of the day and night, in extremely varied parts of town (Downtown, Bloomfield, Lawrenceville, Squirrel Hill, Northside, South Side, West End) and have never waited more than 10 minutes ever.

It was only about a year ago. I know Wexford is an area that Uber services. It's just that no Uber driver wanted to go out that far to pick me. I kept trying. Eventually one Uber driver agreed to come pick me up but then he called me to ask where Wexford was and changed his mind.

[PGH423]

Originally Posted by eschaton

If you're taking about the East End, I'd say your best bet is to look in Highland Park. There still are houses in that price range in walking distance of Bryant Street. The commute to McCandless would be more like 30+ minutes rather than 20+ minutes like on the North Side, but it's not horrendous. Besides that, the quickest place tween the rivers would likely be Lawrenceville, where finding a detached house at that price range may be difficult (but not impossible).

Mount Washington also might be worth looking at, because even though it's further as the crow flies, there is more highway driving. I've never been impressed with the housing stock up there however - not as much character to start out with, and what there is tends to have been remuddled a lot.

Is Bryant St. the main/only walkable business part of Highland Park? I went there yesterday. I liked it and thought the surrounding area was pretty but I definitely couldn't justify having a 35 min commute each way to live there.