But if I had my druthers, I wouldn't mind living in that area. It's quite nice in some areas. Nice old architecture to the houses, or "haases".
When you say bottleneck, al I can think of is flying over the hill in Greentree on the Parkway and hitting the traffic at Ft. Pitt. It was there that I saw my Grandma swear for the first time. :o)
Actually, I've run through much worse areas than those that surround Sq. Hill. I'm too large, too male and have too few valuables to worry.