> Now the best thing you can say for Carrick is that at least it’s not Mount Oliver. <
LOL! I completely understand what you’re saying there. And here’s something a Pittsburgh oldster told me:
If you want to know what Carrick will be like 10 years from now, look at Mount Oliver today. And if you want to know what Brentwood will be like 10 years from now, look at Carrick today.
Capisce?
Absolutely true. The rot just keeps moving along
Brownsville Road.
Mount Oliver is being taken over by immigrants from Nepal.
They are actually an improvement over the prior residents.
At least they all seem to work for a living.
“And if you want to know what Brentwood will be like 10 years from now, look at Carrick today.”
Given Brentwood’s history, I can’t say that is going to hold true overall. People are quite in love with that place for some reason and will defend it to the death. While it has declined, the decline has leveled out.
Also, there’s a good chance you’ll see Brentwood become part of Baldwin/Whitehall sooner rather than later.
I grew up in Brentwood ... I hate what it’s become (never really liked it outside of friends and family prior to that), but there are plenty of signs of life left in that place.
Carrick has gotten ridiculously worse over the past 20 years while Brentwood only got “somewhat” worse. While your friend is certainly right to some degree, I wouldn’t say it’s a 10 year trend ... more like 20 or so if the current path to destruction continues :-).