So! I have been thinking.... Has Penn Hills really changed so much?? When did this change happen and why? These questions have been on my mind a lot lately, and I kept going back to messages I've read awhile ago, one by someone going by PennHillsNative80. http://www.city-data.com/forum/pittsburgh/194898-penn-hills-2.html

Some on a Monroeville Message forum about UPMC moving into Monroeville, that went into Monroeville decline.
http://www.yourmonroeville.com/forum-topic/upmc-buys-palace-inn

Then there's some I've read on a Oakmont forum.
http://www.yourtwinboros.com/blog-entry/edgewater-development

What I'm starting to think now, maybe just, maybe we need to look in the mirror......and start with a change there before we can tackle the problems in our communities. Let see........... People in Penn Hills, Church Hills, Wilkinsburg......run from people who live in Homewood, East Liberty. Monroeville blames people form Penn Hills, Chruch Hllls, Wilkinsburg for their decline. Murrysville, Plum, Harrison City, don't want people from Monroeville, Penn Hills, Church Hills. Oakmont doesn't want people from Verona,....Verona doesn't want people from the City. Penn Hills doesn't want people form the City or Verona.....Oh Goodness!! I'm getting a head ache!! I now have a new respect for FEAR!! Fear is the cause of a recession, recessions can turn into a depression, and Fear can destroy a community? Or maybe I need to look deeper into that word "elitist"?


My night time thinking,...........what will I think about tomorrow? Gotta love the human mind

That is some disturbing reading.
Trouble, hate, and fear is everywhere. We have whole communities that need to look in the mirror!

My feelings exactly RR. Glad I don't run into message like that everyday.......LOL But it's amazing how when you do they sick like darn super glue in your mind.

I was thinking again........LOL Last night I was looking on realtor.com....I love real estate my dream home would be a 1950's Frank Lloyd Wright House, I actually saw a Wright inspired home in Churchill once ....how I would have loved to be able to buy that baby!!

Anyway, have you ever noticed the homes in Penn Hills?? There are some very nice houses out there.......so I was wondering, where can you find homes like these, at these prices somewhere else in this area? (East Suburbs). That lead me to Plum, there are some in Monroeville.....but new homes in Monroeville are not in the same price range.

So of course I was thinking about the age of the homes in Penn Hills........now I was told once by an elderly neighbor that the first homes in Penn Hills were built during the war, she was explaining why some are built the way they are... because of lack of certain materials because of the war.......homes were being built for when the men came home, and a lot of the 1st home owners were veterans.
So these homes were not meant to be the same type of homes as we see in Squirrel Hill, Highland Park (I can't think of other areas at the moment) Where you see 100 year old homes with amazing architecture, wood work, huge rooms, and people willing to pay for the quality.
But we have a lot of pluses in Penn Hills, one is the size, because of the size we have an older section and a newer section of Penn Hills, the homes in the newest section are a plus for us, because you can't find these type of home anywhere else in this area for the price.......and that includes Plum and Monroeville. We need to rebuild the oldest parts of Penn Hills, with new homes in $100.000 plus price range.........not the $300.000 price range you see a lot of new homes in Monroeville. Now I have a question... Why do communities wait so long before rebuilding in older areas of the community??