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Originally Posted by photoLith
A yinzer to me is a piece of trash who only wears steelers jerseys and pajama pants to go out in public. They don't respect the city or it's history, and think it's still 1987 or something. Classic yinzer communities are millvale, etna, sharpsburg, parts of the southside slopes, etc. Millvale and sharpsburgh are the worst offenders in my mind. A yinzer can share many traits to Arkansas trailer trash and may or may not have a confederate flag plastered over the back window of their trucks. They also have lots of trashy tattoos and most likely have had one kid by the age of 17. They also wish they lived in Florida or South Carolina, instead of pittsburgh. When you say you went to the north side they think you're lucky to have not gotten shot. They also still think you're risking your life for walking around east liberty. They don't know much about the region or their own city beyond their own neighborhood. If they have ever taken a vacation it is either to Panama City, Florida; or gambling in Jersey. Most also think making over 13 dollars an hour is doing well.
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How long have you been in "Pittsburgh" again? First of all, Millvale, Etna and Sharpsburg are not Pittsburgh, and are very severly depressed, underprivelegd and undereducated communities so it is not too shocking to see ignorance and similar effects of poverty there. I was born and raised in Pittsburgh and have never been to any of those places, (not by specific choice, just never had any reason to). So making statements that seem to lump most white, native Pittsburghers into a group based on your experiences in poverty stricken ex-steel towns on the periphery of the city is a bit of a stretch. If you are disgusted by living amongst the lower class white people then maybe you should actually move into the city and into a neighborhood that lives up to your standards. Also, there is not a city on earth that is free from the "type" of people that you are describing, especially in the United States. "Local" new yorkers/new jerseyians are often just as abbrasive, ignorant, rude, territorial and bigoted as any yinzer, but they have actually been exposed to much more by living in NYC, which makes it even worse IMO. Sports are just as rabid in cities like Philly,DC and Chicago (sometimes violently), and Kenny Chesney had not one but TWO shows back to back this year at Foxborough! Imagine the audacity that pop country music has a larger audience in New England!!!
You obviously don't understand the history of pittsburgh very well with you're whole "northside/East Liberty" comments. For most of these peoples lives, both of those neighborhoods had been deteriorating and severly blighted. Pittsburgh has difficult terrain with a subpar transportation network, which severly limited(s) the connectiveness of the city and its people. While neighborhoods are changing significantly around Pittsburgh, its still very very new and will take time for the new "realities" to become apparent to those that have not been exposed to it and have grown up with a certain concept of Pittsburghs make-up. Your "out of town" perceptions cannot be equally compared to those who grew up in Pittsburgh because you bring no prior history, knowledge or bias with you. The past few posts that you have made have been insanely close minded, incorrect, uninformed and offensive (and thats not just being politically correct). I know this conversation is getting old and annoying, but felt the need to respond.
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