I said it was a shithole, I never said it was thug ghetto. Read, comprehend, then reply.
Also, Mountaineer isn't a shithole like wheeling is. It's just rural. There's nothing there but the casino.
Yeah, mountaineer is a little better area if you can tolerate the lack of, well, anything.
Weirton is a shithole too. I used to live there, my mom still does. It's like wheeling, not overly crime ridden but just a very depressed economy.
EDIT: If you go there, stay up on three springs drive. You can drive to mountaineer too, only like 20 mins north of weirton. Hell, Wheeling is only like 30 or so minutes south and you can get the whole wheeling feeling (and maybe herp) while you are there.
Ask the dumb ass redneck above about the area, he's still there.