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CharlieBo313 welcome to Pittsburgh! Looks like you were in Lawrenceville and Etna. If you’re looking for some hoods, try Homewood, Wilkinsburg, McKeesport, McKees Rocks, Stanton Heights, Northside, Northview Heights, New Keningston, Beltzhoover, Allentown, Aliquippa, Braddock, and Lincoln Park.
Love the channel, Charlie. As others have mentioned, there are grungier parts of Pittsburgh, especially areas outside the city proper like Braddock and McKeesport where they simply don't have the money to take down all the vacant houses and everything. In case anyone is interested, the the red brick buildings around 11:45 are Bedford Dwellings, which I believe is the oldest public housing project in America. Franklin Roosevelt made an appearance for the ribbon-cutting ceremony back in the late '30s.
And the people here are nasty they always asking me for money like I'm just an ordinary nine year like the most money I got in life that my mom gave me was one dollar like can I spend my one dollar and leave me alone
These videos are a good way to see non touristy America. It crazy how different the regions are. The houses differ so much. Back in the day you would have to wait to maybe get a glimpse in a magazine or something. The Information Age working at its finest. Thanks for the vid!
PlinkoBlinko not.really because this person could be only showing you.one area that looks ran down or a bad area and what they feel is a hood that really ain't a hood just because you see homes that are old........it's best to visit for yourself and not take these videos literally and think you see something that you really dont... just because the title say pittsburgh hoods....this was a bad was to show pittsburgh and I'm sure he did the same for other videos cause he only showed one hood in.this video and he didn't even drive in it he drove by it....he just showed you a lot of old homes ....there are bad areas and tans down homes everywhere....if your going to act like your showing some real hood .....let them be real hood and go in them to real show it and define hood .....cause a hood is a dangerous place not just a area that a lot of ppl just hang out
True. I understand what you're saying in relation to the title but for me I'm interested in just seeing the city's areas that are not on the beaten path. It's more about riding through a city I never been before. I don't really care if he goes to a hood or not I just don't want to see a bunch of tourist attractions.🙂 He could make videos of himself driving through the back streets of Paris and I would still watch. I like to explore. Much respect though.
@@OdO_Gee same, ive just recently got on this kick of watching videos of people goimg to different places throughlut the world and i found some real shit and some awesome channels. You can find a video of someome driving thru parts of just about any city in the world and also some world travlers that actually go real places that arent just tourist shit and its awesome. The sad part is just the majority of ppl dont care about that kinda stuff, especially here in America. Here in the US we care about dumb fucking shit straight up.
The first 4 minutes + are of 10th Ward, Lawrenceville. My family settled here in the late 1800's. The area is gentrifying now. Small row house go from $200,000 to $500,000 and condos from $300,000. If hood means neighborhood, this is a hood. 6 generations of my family has lived here. For the most of the 1900's, the area was ethnic Irish, Solvennes, and English. It started to become african american in the mid-90' (but never over 35%), and now is home to anyone that can afford it. There is a little bit of everything there, and for the most part everyone gets along.
This looks like mostly the Lawrenceville and lower Hill District of Pittsburgh. Not particularly bad areas. Should’ve gone to the North Side or Homewood
Yeah, the Hill District is by no means great but they've definitely cleared a lot of the really decayed pre-WWII housing in recent years. On the one hand the old buildings sort of gave the place personality, but at the same time it was a neighborhood in terminal decline since the '60s well past saving in any meaningful way. Hopefully they'll at least preserve the couple of Orthodox churches, synagogues, and landmarks of the Hill's history as a black neighborood. There are also some interesting houses around the "Sugar Hill" area above Herron Avenue where Pittsburgh's black middle class lived in the era of housing segregation.
Nice video but I noticed home prices in Philly , Pittsburgh, Buffalo , Cleveland , Rochester , Boston have increased dramatically , even Detroit home prices have increased
Pennsylvania is a living hell during snow storms. Back in 99 I ran a load from Michigan to New Jersey during a blizzard across PA I-76 Turnpike. Made me want to give up trucking.
Bruh you never been to the hood in Pittsburgh then. Go to Homewood at night, or Wilkinsburg, Northview Heights etc. Pittsburgh has alot of public housing areas, he didn't go through none of them. That's the hood.
We have world class health care and hospitals. Major universities and colleges. High tech jobs and industry. Awesone sports teams and a rich cultural distict. Our history is rich and storied. We are proud of both our industrious past and our bright future. There is no holding on in Pittsburgh. We are thriving!
I go to the Burgh at least once a month, you guys should be proud of your beautiful city. It didnt get completely destroyed by the crack epidemic, Mt.Washington is beautiful, Point state park, the neighborhoods still have mom and pop stores. Penn ave in Garfield is very artsy. Nice city.
THE601 Ya I've lived here my whole life and some parts are completely different from others. Homestead is as hood as it gets while West Homestead is full of old people and blue collar workers. Or you can go to the really nice parts in the South Hills like Bethel Park (Go Hawks!), Upper Saint Clair, and Peter's Township. Basically, the South Hills is where the people with money live. We also have a lot of bridges and tunnels. Personally, my favorite tunnel is the Squirrel Hill tunnel.
00:40 Slippery and a long way down! 4:26 Meat Saws and Grinders?😮 13:34 The paving material👍🏻 Watched this two times in a row. So much to see. Loved the old buildings. Nice ride along. Thank you.
Anywhere and everywhere my man, these ones i have never been on. All through out the city, its very hilly here in pgh. The steps are great but can be a bad thing too if ya know what i mean.
I do ! The steps were a way of extending and connecting streets where actually creating drivable streets would be impossible... Imagine extremely angled or vertical streets... South 18th. Street from Carson Street in Southside to Brownsville Road in Mt.Oliver is an awe inspiring road and one that commands one's full attention while driving it... And there are two of those staircases on it... I also lived in Brentwood, a suburb of Pittsburgh, and there were two such "staircase" streets because of the steepness of the hills there...
Love your videos. Could you do more videos explaining about yourself, how you avoid any problems while driving through the hood or giving other tips for everyday people who are not familiar with life in hoods.
I was talking to a friend of mine and we both agreed Charlie is black 100%. not that it matters for anything except that a white person just could not drive around all those ghettos and walk into those stores at night...
Pittsburgh is actually a really safe and nice city nowadays. The only bad area was the last part of the vid when you went last PPG paints arena, and that area isn’t even that bad anymore
Don't you mean Pittsburgh "Neighborhoods"....? You're driving through the whitest hipster part of Pittsburgh aka Lawrenceville. This is far from being classified as a "hood."
I grew up in The Run. Very isolated. Home of Big Jim's and the golden domed church viewed when you're heading out of town to the Squirrel Hill tunnels.
Anybody actually from here with both street smarts & intellect could tell you this list: Eastside: Homewood, most of Wilkinsburg (borough), the East Hills Apts, Larimer, most of Lincoln-Lemington-[but not Belmar], what’s left of Garfield and what’s left of East Liberty bordering Larimer. Most of what’s left of the Hill District, part of what’s left of Uptown (around 5th Ave), part of West Oakland (by the Hill) and even what’s left of South Oakland Bottoms (Central Pittsburgh). Northside: Northview Heights Estates, what’s left of Allegheny Dwellings (aka Belleau Drive), Spring Hill’s Three Rivers Manor (aka 2100 Rhine Street), Allegheny Commoms East Apts, most of Marshall-Shadeland inc. Woods Run, most parts of Perry Hilltop like Wilson Ave & Charles Street Valley, part of California-Kirkbride around Brighton Pl & Morrison St, what’s left of Manchester and “Hoodtown” (Central Northside). South: Beltzhoover, Knoxville, what’s left of Arlington Heights, most of Mt. Oliver (borough), most of Allentown, part of Arlington, parts of Carrick, southeast Mt. Washington (by Beltzoover/Allentown) and formerly St. Clair Village. West: the “Greenway Apts” in Crafton Heights, most of Sheraden and Elliott, what’s left of Fairywood (formerly had Broadhead Manor & Westgate Village), most parts of McKees Rocks (borough) and Stowe Township near McKees Rocks. Mon Valley: most of Hazelwood-Glen Hazel, most of Homestead, part of Munhall, Mon View Heights & Mifflin Estates in West Mifflin, southern half of Swissvale, Rankin, most of Braddock/North Braddock, East Pittsburgh, parts of North Versailles, most of Duquesne, most of McKeesport and most of Clairton. Places in the Eastern Suburbs like parts of Penn Hills, Wilmerding, most of Turtle Creek, Brinton Manor in Braddock Hills, part of Pitcairn and even parts of Monroeville are getting worse due to ppl moving there.
FINALLY! someone that knows why they're talking about! I was gonna comment myself (not all THAT, though) but glad to see that someone educated those that are watching! """BLACK-N-YELLOW!!! HERE WE GO!""""
Was it really cold out or something? It's like a damn ghost town, I didn't see one person for the first 4 minutes of the video. Seems like an okay place to me but I imagine it's different on a warm Friday night in July. Great video though, I never knew what Pittsburgh looked like, it's an interesting city.
If anyone goes to Pittsburgh and wants to take in the "postcard" view of the downtown area... You can go up to the Mt. Washington area and walk onto some of the observation platforms that are there. Also, riding the incline located across from the Station Square is a must and offers some excellent views ! You have to admire the engineering and ingenuity that went into designing and building it because it was, and still is, a way to get to and from work all of these past and current decades... The Belgian granite cobblestone roads were not only meant to be durable, but to provide traction for the horse drawn streetcars... And any salvaged cobblestones are highly prized !
Apparently there used to be a dozen but now we're down to 2. I lived in mt Washington my whole life snd I guess grew used to the view and incline and now I just get annoyed with tourists 🤷
N1GHTMARECRAFT idk man .. bmore at night is probably the worst.. well day too but Pittsburgh is really harmless compared to most city’s iv been in the “ ghetto” areas and it isn’t bad.. I’ll tell you a secret why it isn’t bad... it’s mostly cold.. who doesn’t like cold weather ? 🤫
One thing about pittsburgh its a really nice city in the day time but it changes at night. I live in a good area but theres always some shit going on at night.
He drove through the upper part of Garfield, and down Stanton Avenue through Lawrenceville to Butler Street. Then he drove through a little bit of Etna, up high Street, The most dangerous places in Pittsburgh for violence of the kind caused by young dudes with guns. Is, East liberty, parts of Garfield, Northview Heights, climax Street in beltzhover, Brighton Place on north side. Vinceton st,Kennedy ave.charles st.pennsylvania ave.bedford and Webster aves.federal st.boyle st.sheffield st.decatur st.allehheny commons.. Frankstown Ave.formosa way.tioga ave Hamilton ave larimer ave.mayflower ave.. just to name a few. I am a white guy and I have worked in these areas for utility company for 40 years. I have never had one unkind word said to me. In these ares..People that live in these areas are not out to get me or you. They are in business, they don’t like competitors coming into their territory and disrespecting them. They dish out their own justice they play rough and they play for keeps. Don’t mess with them and they won’t mess with you.
interesting, Charlie, that in the beginning your clip shows the manicured lawns, the American flags, and the pretty porches of suburbia. Then, your trip takes us past the PPG Arena, perhaps indicating the cross-town requirements to get to the more depressed areas - isolated and neglected and swept away as city parts that the visitor center does not want you to see. Was this your intent? Pretty savvy if so, Charlie.
This is known to be one of Americas most dramatically improved cities. Used to be so industrial and philthy that the streetlights were on during the day because the air was so dirty.
We have world class health care and hospitals. Major universities and colleges. High tech jobs and industry. Awesone sports teams and a rich cultural distict. Our history is rich and storied. We are proud of both our industrious past and our bright future. There is no holding on in Pittsburgh. We are thriving!
I feel bad for lifelong residents who age and aren't mobile anymore. How do they get around in wheelchairs and climbing steep steps? This is a nice place with large homes like Detroit but these aren't abandoned. Beautiful job Charlie! Many Thanks and Happy New Year 2020 :)
Those power chairs make it around just fine. Regularly have to swerve to avoid a guy who rides his in the street Regularly in the steepest neighborhood in the city
godzillasballs....When i lived in Brookline ( A suburb of Pittsburgh) My car was so fucked up from those hills and potholes, it fell apart when i moved back to NY.
I know these streets and highways. I've lived here all of my life. A traveling salesman on a local radio show one night once said that Pittsburgh women have the best looking legs. He attributed it to having to walk all of those hills.
Those are the nice areas?! Home is where we grew up, but I gotta tell ya we live on 5 acres, 2 story, 3,200 sq ft, full length deck, 3 car garage, 30X40 metal storage building. I'm watching this video and thinking if I lived there, I'd be leaving fast.
@@SModeTheking actual downtown Pittsburgh is pretty boring, yeah. Everything closes at 5 and it's mostly corporate offices. But come on over to the southside, it's less than a mile away, that's where all the nightlife is.
I'm still here, I'll be leaving today. I have a little more footage I'll be posting. I will be back though because I also want to get some night footage,and there are several areas here including some you mentioned I found out about that i want to get. Pittsburgh slum areas are actually some of the worst looking I have seen. I was here once before because I have cousins in the Crafton area, but I didn't see that much of the city.
@@gunnardeross A friend & i rode bicycles through mckeesport. although it looked very ghetto no one shot at us, maybe all the O.G. gangbangers were still sleeping since it was about 9am. Lucky for us I imagine they operate in darkness mostly . Definitely wouldn't try it in the evening.
My dude really went to lawrenceville and etna (not even part of pgh) 2 of the most hipster, high rent, IPA drinking areas to show the "hoods of pittsburgh"
norlens noel, But, if you grew up here, you would have learned how to do that... All of the main streets are always well taken care of... And I grew up during the era of using coal cinders for traction...
Dale McNamee ..I’m in south Texas, we usually get ice once a year and he interstate will shut down. I think it’s the parking on a hill with ice in front of your house they worries me but if they take care of the roads that sure makes it easier. But to locals it’s probably nothing to them
norlens noel, Pittsburgh gets freezing rain and it can paralyze the city, whether you live in a hilly street or not... In the "old days" ( I'm 64 ), the city and surrounding area used coal cinders and salt to battle the ice... And we homeowners did the same... But, people mostly avoided going anywhere until the temperatures got above freezing...
I used to live in South Side in the late 80's. It was fine. Lots of bars. Solid neighbors. Fair bit of alcoholism, but otherwise pretty normal place. Now, there are some projects east of there that are pretty scary, as are the ones to the NW of the Pitt campus.
FeelingGroovy I live in nearby Youngstown. Pittsburgh is old and it is really hard to tell if you are in a hood or a suburban type environment, with in the lower crest as they call it, but the ghetto parts of Pittsburgh make Cleveland’s seem alright. The home wood neighborhood and north Braddock are horrible. As well as parts of the north and south side, it is the hilliest city in America. You do not want to get stuck in a snowstorm in the wrong neighborhood trying to drive up a road.
Actually, there are familes who have lived here for generations and the houses were passed down as well as the concepts of keeping up one's house and property... That being said, there are parts of Pittsburgh that rival the worst of Detroit or any other "hoods" that Charlie has driven through...
It is most definitely not the hilliest city in america. Ever heard of the much higher mountains (and cities in them) in places throughout New England or the Rocky Mountains?
Almost got my neighborhood but went to etna instead..sharpsburgh was to the right..nice little area..etna not a bad place either..makes me homesick but you can keep the snow!
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CharlieBo313.. Try going through trailer parks and show us how they're really living.
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CharlieBo313 welcome to Pittsburgh! Looks like you were in Lawrenceville and Etna. If you’re looking for some hoods, try Homewood, Wilkinsburg, McKeesport, McKees Rocks, Stanton Heights, Northside, Northview Heights, New Keningston, Beltzhoover, Allentown, Aliquippa, Braddock, and Lincoln Park.
8:38 PPG Paints Arena home of the Pittsburgh Penguins
Looks like you made it to the Hill District. That’s Pittsburgh’s historically black neighborhood.
Dude I live in Pittsburgh, not one of those is a hood.
🤔 He's LOST. GPS knows better than to drive through a HOOD Without a Invitation.
Go to wilkinsburg or brushton ave larimer, home wood Chauncey those the hoods mcnary, elm st
So I’m guessing these are just old houses and buildings but hey that’s like everywhere in pa almost
@@kingasap5557 bro at 5:30 not eveb Pittsburgh it’s a suburb called Etna pa it’s drug poppin but it’s in a subrub school district not a hood
What part of Pittsburgh are you from?
Doesn't look that bad to me. Looks like any typical neighborhood in a city.
PoorBoyMinorKey coz G's aint out on the streets
We got some bad hoods here in the burgh trust me. Just look up Homewood. Thanks for the vid Charlie.
Typical neighborhood I agree, but still too cold... Everybody hibernating.
Homewood's real bad ... u knw when to roll through those stop signs lol.. got crazy experiences from there
i know right
Love the channel, Charlie. As others have mentioned, there are grungier parts of Pittsburgh, especially areas outside the city proper like Braddock and McKeesport where they simply don't have the money to take down all the vacant houses and everything. In case anyone is interested, the the red brick buildings around 11:45 are Bedford Dwellings, which I believe is the oldest public housing project in America. Franklin Roosevelt made an appearance for the ribbon-cutting ceremony back in the late '30s.
Wow. Pittsburgh is very hilly.
@Beverly Huttinger I totally disagree. Philly is a sloppy mess. Lived in both cities.
Rembrandt van Rijn why does evrey body say that
And the people here are nasty they always asking me for money like I'm just an ordinary nine year like the most money I got in life that my mom gave me was one dollar like can I spend my one dollar and leave me alone
One of the few major cities where you travel uphill both ways no matter where you're going. People think that's a joke, but trust me it isn't.
Kinda like Cincinnati its also hilly
These videos are a good way to see non touristy America. It crazy how different the regions are. The houses differ so much. Back in the day you would have to wait to maybe get a glimpse in a magazine or something. The Information Age working at its finest. Thanks for the vid!
PlinkoBlinko not.really because this person could be only showing you.one area that looks ran down or a bad area and what they feel is a hood that really ain't a hood just because you see homes that are old........it's best to visit for yourself and not take these videos literally and think you see something that you really dont... just because the title say pittsburgh hoods....this was a bad was to show pittsburgh and I'm sure he did the same for other videos cause he only showed one hood in.this video and he didn't even drive in it he drove by it....he just showed you a lot of old homes ....there are bad areas and tans down homes everywhere....if your going to act like your showing some real hood .....let them be real hood and go in them to real show it and define hood .....cause a hood is a dangerous place not just a area that a lot of ppl just hang out
True. I understand what you're saying in relation to the title but for me I'm interested in just seeing the city's areas that are not on the beaten path. It's more about riding through a city I never been before. I don't really care if he goes to a hood or not I just don't want to see a bunch of tourist attractions.🙂 He could make videos of himself driving through the back streets of Paris and I would still watch. I like to explore. Much respect though.
@@OdO_Gee same, ive just recently got on this kick of watching videos of people goimg to different places throughlut the world and i found some real shit and some awesome channels. You can find a video of someome driving thru parts of just about any city in the world and also some world travlers that actually go real places that arent just tourist shit and its awesome. The sad part is just the majority of ppl dont care about that kinda stuff, especially here in America. Here in the US we care about dumb fucking shit straight up.
The first 4 minutes + are of 10th Ward, Lawrenceville. My family settled here in the late 1800's. The area is gentrifying now. Small row house go from $200,000 to $500,000 and condos from $300,000. If hood means neighborhood, this is a hood. 6 generations of my family has lived here. For the most of the 1900's, the area was ethnic Irish, Solvennes, and English. It started to become african american in the mid-90' (but never over 35%), and now is home to anyone that can afford it. There is a little bit of everything there, and for the most part everyone gets along.
The first 4 minutes had a lot of Etna in it also.
This looks like mostly the Lawrenceville and lower Hill District of Pittsburgh. Not particularly bad areas. Should’ve gone to the North Side or Homewood
Yeah, the Hill District is by no means great but they've definitely cleared a lot of the really decayed pre-WWII housing in recent years. On the one hand the old buildings sort of gave the place personality, but at the same time it was a neighborhood in terminal decline since the '60s well past saving in any meaningful way. Hopefully they'll at least preserve the couple of Orthodox churches, synagogues, and landmarks of the Hill's history as a black neighborood. There are also some interesting houses around the "Sugar Hill" area above Herron Avenue where Pittsburgh's black middle class lived in the era of housing segregation.
Yes homewood pjs bad
Or Mckeesport
I hate poor people
@@randyhospodar8864 whyyyyyyyyy they are just like every one else just dont have money
Thanks for making this video. I'm from Pittsburgh and its bring me back. I been away from Pittsburgh a while.
Wilkinsburg at night , if you want to drive through a project in Pittsburgh
Tallahassee Copenhagen I like to call it "We'll kill yinz-burg"
homewood or the hill is the worst part of pittsburgh. Bedford is pretty bad.
Ive been waiting for this one!
Nice video but I noticed home prices in Philly , Pittsburgh, Buffalo , Cleveland , Rochester , Boston have increased dramatically , even Detroit home prices have increased
out of those cities, buffalo and Cleveland have the longest way to go. Pittsburgh is being seen as a hip new education,healthcare,and technology hub.
Home prices across the country are thru the roof my dude.
Hahah i live in Pittsburgh and none of that was the hood.Lawrenceville,southside and downtown isn't the hood lol. This is funny.
hmmmm, what exactly do you mean by "the hood?" How do you define it?
I know, right? Show them wilkinsburgh
@@c1rcl3s only people of high quality and integrity live in Wilkinsburg.
Southside:Beltzhoover, mount oliver, Carrick, and few other places and downtown on liberty is bad
@@joejoejoejoejoejoe8012 All of those predominantly black neighborhoods are always so nicely arranged and clean. No problems there whatsoever.
Pennsylvania is a living hell during snow storms. Back in 99 I ran a load from Michigan to New Jersey during a blizzard across PA I-76 Turnpike. Made me want to give up trucking.
I remember that like it was yesterday
This is so good. I wish you had put an overlay on the video, naming each neighborhood.
These have to be some of the nicest "hoods" you've ever featured on this channel.
TheHvk not the hoods bro lol I been over there a lot most of the mfs over there be acting like it’s the hood.
Bruh you never been to the hood in Pittsburgh then. Go to Homewood at night, or Wilkinsburg, Northview Heights etc. Pittsburgh has alot of public housing areas, he didn't go through none of them. That's the hood.
It's a typical old PA industrial town like Bethlehem, Allentown, Scranton, you name it. No more industry, but somehow people manage to hang on.
We have world class health care and hospitals. Major universities and colleges. High tech jobs and industry. Awesone sports teams and a rich cultural distict. Our history is rich and storied. We are proud of both our industrious past and our bright future. There is no holding on in Pittsburgh. We are thriving!
Anybody else live in Pittsburgh
Unfortunately yes 🤦
I from there. No longer living there.
Born and raised there. Left in '73.
I go to the Burgh at least once a month, you guys should be proud of your beautiful city. It didnt get completely destroyed by the crack epidemic, Mt.Washington is beautiful, Point state park, the neighborhoods still have mom and pop stores. Penn ave in Garfield is very artsy. Nice city.
Mt Washington from the overlook is beautiful. Mt Washington the neighborhood struggles. But its an extremely proud city
I always wondered what Pittsburgh was like..
THE601 same lmao
Kinda like York and even parts of Philadelphia but apparently has a shit ton of hills lol
THE601 Ya I've lived here my whole life and some parts are completely different from others. Homestead is as hood as it gets while West Homestead is full of old people and blue collar workers. Or you can go to the really nice parts in the South Hills like Bethel Park (Go Hawks!), Upper Saint Clair, and Peter's Township. Basically, the South Hills is where the people with money live. We also have a lot of bridges and tunnels. Personally, my favorite tunnel is the Squirrel Hill tunnel.
THE601. Lived in philly live near york now
Love pittsburgh have not been there in a long used to go to kennywood
Thank you showing my hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa.
00:40 Slippery and a long way down!
4:26 Meat Saws and Grinders?😮
13:34 The paving material👍🏻
Watched this two times in a row.
So much to see. Loved the old buildings.
Nice ride along.
Thank you.
0:36 who knows about them city steps!
Philth- E where do they lead to?
Anywhere and everywhere my man, these ones i have never been on. All through out the city, its very hilly here in pgh. The steps are great but can be a bad thing too if ya know what i mean.
I do !
The steps were a way of extending and connecting streets where actually creating drivable streets would be impossible... Imagine extremely angled or vertical streets...
South 18th. Street from Carson Street in Southside to Brownsville Road in Mt.Oliver is an awe inspiring road and one that commands one's full attention while driving it... And there are two of those staircases on it...
I also lived in Brentwood, a suburb of Pittsburgh, and there were two such "staircase" streets because of the steepness of the hills there...
B girl he started in Lawrenceville
I used to climb the city steps on the Sah Side (Josephine up to Eleanor)everyday!
Love your videos. Could you do more videos explaining about yourself, how you avoid any problems while driving through the hood or giving other tips for everyday people who are not familiar with life in hoods.
Trajan he's got the vibe ...why explain ? Smh
TISH KerrVille You’re upset why?
I was talking to a friend of mine and we both agreed Charlie is black 100%. not that it matters for anything except that a white person just could not drive around all those ghettos and walk into those stores at night...
rox89dgo we ever gonna make racial profiling dissappear in this raunchy country ?
I didn't mean anything bad by saying it.
Pittsburgh is actually a really safe and nice city nowadays. The only bad area was the last part of the vid when you went last PPG paints arena, and that area isn’t even that bad anymore
Its safe until a felon with no job needs to make a withdrawl frm yo wallet
The hill district
Excelentes videos. Gracias Charlie
"Turn left on Prospect" Kansas City Missouri has a main street that runs through the hood called Prospect
I heard Prospect in Kansas City it's real bad.
Kansas City is horrible.
I watch your Detroit videos all the time. I travel to the D fairly often and love it. What's crazy tho is this video. You drove right past my house!!
Love your videos charlie
These videos never hit home till he comes to your city 💯😩👌🏿
Don't you mean Pittsburgh "Neighborhoods"....? You're driving through the whitest hipster part of Pittsburgh aka Lawrenceville. This is far from being classified as a "hood."
@@kyrab24 truth hurts, huh?
Kyra Beckett-Chavarria how is he being racist? How is a place hood that’s populated by white ppl 😂. Ask anyone hood is black not white lol
fromthepgh technically the term hoods can jus mean neighborhoods...there ya go
Aye thanks man appreciate it!
YYYYYUSSSS! I've been BLEEDING for this video! Thanks!
I've been to Pittsburgh! I was there in 1995.....loved the place. Great bars, nice people made me feel very welcome.
Love the video's you share...Can't wait for the warm weather, block parties and good ole BBQs.
Summer time!
I grew up in The Run. Very isolated. Home of Big Jim's and the golden domed church viewed when you're heading out of town to the Squirrel Hill tunnels.
Big Jims. Bar and sandwiches. Used to go there after rugby practice at the oval.
dude skipping all the hoods up lol. I'm from the Burgh and they ain't showing the hoodz Cuh
The second half is the Hill. If the Hill ain't hood, then nothing is. Go
to the Hill and act up. You'll get your wig split quick.
Grew up there..yeah I'm waiting..lol
I was looking like "theres nothing hood about this that looks peaceful"
What some clubs/bars to hit up
Anybody actually from here with both street smarts & intellect could tell you this list:
Eastside: Homewood, most of Wilkinsburg (borough), the East Hills Apts, Larimer, most of Lincoln-Lemington-[but not Belmar], what’s left of Garfield and what’s left of East Liberty bordering Larimer.
Most of what’s left of the Hill District, part of what’s left of Uptown (around 5th Ave), part of West Oakland (by the Hill) and even what’s left of South Oakland Bottoms (Central Pittsburgh).
Northside: Northview Heights Estates, what’s left of Allegheny Dwellings (aka Belleau Drive), Spring Hill’s Three Rivers Manor (aka 2100 Rhine Street), Allegheny Commoms East Apts, most of Marshall-Shadeland inc. Woods Run, most parts of Perry Hilltop like Wilson Ave & Charles Street Valley, part of California-Kirkbride around Brighton Pl & Morrison St, what’s left of Manchester and “Hoodtown” (Central Northside).
South: Beltzhoover, Knoxville, what’s left of Arlington Heights, most of Mt. Oliver (borough), most of Allentown, part of Arlington, parts of Carrick, southeast Mt. Washington (by Beltzoover/Allentown) and formerly St. Clair Village.
West: the “Greenway Apts” in Crafton Heights, most of Sheraden and Elliott, what’s left of Fairywood (formerly had Broadhead Manor & Westgate Village), most parts of McKees Rocks (borough) and Stowe Township near McKees Rocks.
Mon Valley: most of Hazelwood-Glen Hazel, most of Homestead, part of Munhall, Mon View Heights & Mifflin Estates in West Mifflin, southern half of Swissvale, Rankin, most of Braddock/North Braddock, East Pittsburgh, parts of North Versailles, most of Duquesne, most of McKeesport and most of Clairton.
Places in the Eastern Suburbs like parts of Penn Hills, Wilmerding, most of Turtle Creek, Brinton Manor in Braddock Hills, part of Pitcairn and even parts of Monroeville are getting worse due to ppl moving there.
FINALLY! someone that knows why they're talking about! I was gonna comment myself (not all THAT, though) but glad to see that someone educated those that are watching! """BLACK-N-YELLOW!!! HERE WE GO!""""
I was shot at in Allegheny Commons Apts once lol
Was it really cold out or something? It's like a damn ghost town, I didn't see one person for the first 4 minutes of the video. Seems like an okay place to me but I imagine it's different on a warm Friday night in July. Great video though, I never knew what Pittsburgh looked like, it's an interesting city.
HEY CHARLIE , THERE is a house for sale on BUTLER ST. ANYWAY you can find out how much? thanks!
If anyone goes to Pittsburgh and wants to take in the "postcard" view of the downtown area... You can go up to the Mt. Washington area and walk onto some of the observation platforms that are there.
Also, riding the incline located across from the Station Square is a must and offers some excellent views !
You have to admire the engineering and ingenuity that went into designing and building it because it was, and still is, a way to get to and from work all of these past and current decades...
The Belgian granite cobblestone roads were not only meant to be durable, but to provide traction for the horse drawn streetcars...
And any salvaged cobblestones are highly prized !
Dale McNamee 0
There used to be atleast 4 inclines that I'm aware of
Apparently there used to be a dozen but now we're down to 2. I lived in mt Washington my whole life snd I guess grew used to the view and incline and now I just get annoyed with tourists 🤷
This ain’t no hood this is etna 😂😂😂😂
This is the first time I seen this they drove by my house I'm from etna pa.wow
Etna. Not even in the city. My mom grew up there. All white and ethnic white at that.
Should have drove through McKeesport area which is 15mins from Pittsburgh, ranked 4th most dangerous in the country after 2019 probably be ranked 1
N1GHTMARECRAFT idk man .. bmore at night is probably the worst.. well day too but Pittsburgh is really harmless compared to most city’s iv been in the “ ghetto” areas and it isn’t bad.. I’ll tell you a secret why it isn’t bad... it’s mostly cold.. who doesn’t like cold weather ? 🤫
Right
Thanks man!
One thing about pittsburgh its a really nice city in the day time but it changes at night. I live in a good area but theres always some shit going on at night.
Looks mostly like an industrial working-class city, though some areas at the end looked a little rough.
This is a joke video.
Go to Duquesne
Go to Braddock
Go to Clairton
Go to Mckeesport
Go to Monesson
Then you will see a war zone
Why don't you narrate as you drive? At least give some idea what actual "hoods" you're driving through?
Some of those buildings are old. Pittsburgh was founded in 1758. Not the worst you've shown.
Pittsburgh is hilly everywhere. I hate when there's snow and ice on the roads.
He drove through the upper part of Garfield, and down Stanton Avenue through Lawrenceville to Butler Street. Then he drove through a little bit of Etna, up high Street,
The most dangerous places in Pittsburgh for violence of the kind caused by young dudes with guns. Is, East liberty, parts of Garfield, Northview Heights, climax Street in beltzhover, Brighton Place on north side. Vinceton st,Kennedy ave.charles st.pennsylvania ave.bedford and Webster aves.federal st.boyle st.sheffield st.decatur st.allehheny commons.. Frankstown Ave.formosa way.tioga ave Hamilton ave larimer ave.mayflower ave.. just to name a few.
I am a white guy and I have worked in these areas for utility company for 40 years. I have never had one unkind word said to me. In these ares..People that live in these areas are not out to get me or you. They are in business, they don’t like competitors coming into their territory and disrespecting them. They dish out their own justice they play rough and they play for keeps. Don’t mess with them and they won’t mess with you.
I have drove thru these areas for years and never had any issues. Even stopped a places having yard sales.
is that Lawrenceville?
interesting, Charlie, that in the beginning your clip shows the manicured lawns, the American flags, and the pretty porches of suburbia. Then, your trip takes us past the PPG Arena, perhaps indicating the cross-town requirements to get to the more depressed areas - isolated and neglected and swept away as city parts that the visitor center does not want you to see. Was this your intent? Pretty savvy if so, Charlie.
manicure lawns in the beginning of video was a area called Stanton hts.. in the city...5 mins from downtown Pgh...you could walk ...
This guy would probly refer to any neighbourhood as a hood
This is known to be one of Americas most dramatically improved cities. Used to be so industrial and philthy that the streetlights were on during the day because the air was so dirty.
Man this shit aint nothin compared to the hoods here in philly
We have world class health care and hospitals. Major universities and colleges. High tech jobs and industry. Awesone sports teams and a rich cultural distict. Our history is rich and storied. We are proud of both our industrious past and our bright future. There is no holding on in Pittsburgh. We are thriving!
I feel bad for lifelong residents who age and aren't mobile anymore. How do they get around in wheelchairs and climbing steep steps? This is a nice place with large homes like Detroit but these aren't abandoned. Beautiful job Charlie! Many Thanks and Happy New Year 2020 :)
Those power chairs make it around just fine. Regularly have to swerve to avoid a guy who rides his in the street Regularly in the steepest neighborhood in the city
love how he starts out in Lawrenceville. This guy doesnt know anything. lol
yeah, but his big ass thinks he knows everything. dude might as well have gone into polish hill & squirrel hill
Transmission businesses must be booming in Pittsburg.
godzillasballs....When i lived in Brookline ( A suburb of Pittsburgh) My car was so fucked up from those hills and potholes, it fell apart when i moved back to NY.
Shavonne Stacia brookline is inside pittsburgh not a suburb.
A J .....I just called it a suburb 'cause it was in the more better residential parts.....
Shavonne Stacia its city. City maintained, zone 4 pittsburgh police, pittsburgh fire station 26.... Its the city 4 sure.
A J .....From Ny. That's not "city" where I'm from....so that is why i called it residential and a suburb....Its suburban to me....
kudos to u sir...even with GPS it can still be confusing finding your way through Pittsburgh...love your videos..
I remember the complaints of outsiders fifty years ago about trying to drive in the burg
I was looking forward to moving to Pittsburgh once but I didn't get the job.
The hood there looks more healthy than some hoods I've seen! It's not totally depressing like some cities!
arcticablue.....Oh it is.
That's because this isn't the hood lol
arcticablue oh ma’am, that’s bc this are not, he no dumb like to go there and just casually record
it's a great city.
I love ur name
I know these streets and highways. I've lived here all of my life. A traveling salesman on a local radio show one night once said that Pittsburgh women have the best looking legs. He attributed it to having to walk all of those hills.
That is an old Pittsburgh remark that is decades,old
Cool landscape. Would like to visit this city.
Lol. This isn't the hood. I've lived in Pittsburgh all of my life. This video is all fairly nice areas.
Those are the nice areas?!
Home is where we grew up, but I gotta tell ya we live on 5 acres, 2 story, 3,200 sq ft, full length deck, 3 car garage, 30X40 metal storage building.
I'm watching this video and thinking if I lived there, I'd be leaving fast.
@@thenderson5509 Sounds like the suburbs. This still is the city, just not the hood
@@SModeTheking actual downtown Pittsburgh is pretty boring, yeah. Everything closes at 5 and it's mostly corporate offices. But come on over to the southside, it's less than a mile away, that's where all the nightlife is.
@@SModeTheking I'm not really sure, but there's a lot of public parks. Southside and Lawrenceville is where the action is.
Cool, glad you made it here Charlie
I'm still here, I'll be leaving today. I have a little more footage I'll be posting. I will be back though because I also want to get some night footage,and there are several areas here including some you mentioned I found out about that i want to get. Pittsburgh slum areas are actually some of the worst looking I have seen. I was here once before because I have cousins in the Crafton area, but I didn't see that much of the city.
CharlieBo313 cool, can't wait to see what you get, & definitely hit the mon valley, it's even worse
CharlieBo313 PM me when you want to come back. I live in Pittsburgh and have a lot of friends on the Hill.
You should drive in MCKEESPORT
James Mollo if he drove through McKeesport he would’ve got shot...
Yup, McKeesport!
@@gunnardeross A friend & i rode bicycles through mckeesport. although it looked very ghetto no one shot at us, maybe all the O.G. gangbangers were still sleeping since it was about 9am. Lucky for us I imagine they operate in darkness mostly . Definitely wouldn't try it in the evening.
mckeesport is the 21st dangerous city in america in 2018
@@posthooking-_-2829 now it's ranked the 4th
love the video of Pittsburgh, different scenery.
My dude really went to lawrenceville and etna (not even part of pgh) 2 of the most hipster, high rent, IPA drinking areas to show the "hoods of pittsburgh"
All these hills with snow and ice would freak me out driving on when the weather gets really rough
norlens noel,
But, if you grew up here, you would have learned how to do that...
All of the main streets are always well taken care of... And I grew up during the era of using coal cinders for traction...
Dale McNamee ..I’m in south Texas, we usually get ice once a year and he interstate will shut down. I think it’s the parking on a hill with ice in front of your house they worries me but if they take care of the roads that sure makes it easier. But to locals it’s probably nothing to them
norlens noel,
Pittsburgh gets freezing rain and it can paralyze the city, whether you live in a hilly street or not...
In the "old days" ( I'm 64 ), the city and surrounding area used coal cinders and salt to battle the ice... And we homeowners did the same... But, people mostly avoided going anywhere until the temperatures got above freezing...
I delivered gopuff in this area for 6 months a little before this video was made. Never had any problems
had a very bad life experience stuck here for a week...not a lot going on
K. Ridge 1 you right
This is not the hood of Pittsburgh try McKeesport, homewood, and Wilkinsburg. Lol you are in the nicer parts
And homestead
That's Lawrenceville. Butler St. at 57th. It's hipster central.
Alexa Viglio technically the term hoods mean plainly just neighborhoods...there ya go..
Honestly these people dont know what the hood is
@@mindreader4033 this Is where I fucking live
Is this the same city w/ 2 professionals team
Pittsburgh Pirates, Steelers ?
Beginning of the video is Lawrenceville then he's moving up towards stanton heights then back into Lawrenceville
This video starts out in lawrenceville which is like $1,200/month for a one bedroom apartment apartment these days. Not the hood bruh
I've been to Chicago and you don't want that i know.summer time haven't got here yet.
9:10 to 14:37 The Hill district the good hood!!
This place has a totally different vibe than Philly. Houses stairs go up to 3 stories madd hills
gives me Euclid OH/ East Cleveland vibes
My dad and grandma live up there and their neighbors got killed in a drive by
Those hilly Pittsburgh streets sure are hell on your transmission, aren't they?
I used to live in South Side in the late 80's. It was fine. Lots of bars. Solid neighbors. Fair bit of alcoholism, but otherwise pretty normal place. Now, there are some projects east of there that are pretty scary, as are the ones to the NW of the Pitt campus.
I take it you never venture up the hill 😅😅
Family dollar and the ghetto go together like peas and carrots
You definitely ain’t go to no hoods tho 😂
Pittsburgh hoods are parts of Braddock or McKeesport to tell the truth
Looks nice and clean.Everybody have nice cars parked in front of their homes.
FeelingGroovy I live in nearby Youngstown. Pittsburgh is old and it is really hard to tell if you are in a hood or a suburban type environment, with in the lower crest as they call it, but the ghetto parts of Pittsburgh make Cleveland’s seem alright. The home wood neighborhood and north Braddock are horrible. As well as parts of the north and south side, it is the hilliest city in America. You do not want to get stuck in a snowstorm in the wrong neighborhood trying to drive up a road.
Actually, there are familes who have lived here for generations and the houses were passed down as well as the concepts of keeping up one's house and property...
That being said, there are parts of Pittsburgh that rival the worst of Detroit or any other "hoods" that Charlie has driven through...
FeelingGroovy true. He wasnt at all in Pitt's ghettos. I can say that for sure. He wasnt even close.
i love it when people compete when it comes to shitholes. "no my shithole is shittier than yours you see niggas dropping like its hot here"
It is most definitely not the hilliest city in america.
Ever heard of the much higher mountains (and cities in them) in places throughout New England or the Rocky Mountains?
My hood starts at 7:46 min not the hood anymore but still got a few projects still
Please come back in the summer there's a lot of places you missed.
Almost got my neighborhood but went to etna instead..sharpsburgh was to the right..nice little area..etna not a bad place either..makes me homesick but you can keep the snow!
They love rowhouses in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the home 🏡 of Grammy Award winner 🏆 George Benson.
Я знаю я здесь живу и в Америке очень много таких мест. Я дальнобой много езжу. и. вижу. эту страну изнутри
guy must be from wexford to think this is the hood
thanks
What is it with people parking the wrong way on the two way streets? In NYC that’s an automatic ticket
The hoods are in either Braddock and kinda McKeesport in certain areas.
Needs a narration. Where are we?
where dont you ever go charlie??? You EVERYwhere...