Wilkinsburg was once an important town to the Westinghouse empire. The air brake facility was in nearby Swissvale snd the rest of it was just over the hill in East Pittsburgh. Westinghouse employee Dr. Frank Conrad virtually invented the radio industry, broadcasting from his garage in Wilkinsburg.
Today it is more like a very hilly Detroit. The very first serious gang problems in the Pittsburgh area 25 years ago were centered in Wilkinsburg and in McKees Rocks (hometown of Ohio Gov. Kasich)
Besides, any Pittsburgher can tell you that all the really good public urination is happening on the South Side.
Too many bars. Too few bathrooms.
There was a story in our local fishwrap a couple of years ago with a rather humorous article on how the local fuzz was having a field day issuing citations on the southside on a Saturday night, including one to three women squatting together.
Maybe the boy mayor told them to cool it because it was cutting in on his drink tax revenue. But it sounded more productive for raising revenue than parking in an alley with a radar gun at the bottom of a long hill.