Where to live: Pennsylvania

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Just beware that while there are veg friendly pockets in PA, it is

in general a hunters state. I grew up in the suburbs of Philly,

lived for a while in central PA, and now live in Pittsburgh, so I

have seen a wide range of the state. Everywhere that I have lived

here I have been surrounded by hunters. In central PA, they

actually closed the schools on the first day of hunting season!

But, I have to agree that it is a beautiful state. If you like to

camp/hike/canoe there are wonderful wooded places to go enjoy.

 

, " rtillmansmail "

<rtillmansmail wrote:

>

>

> We were in Philly about 5 years ago. I did notice how veg friendly

it

> is. And, although my husband was raised in Atlanta, he was born in

> Philly. He lived in Upper Darby (or is it Lower Darby?) for his

first

> 6 years. None of his family lives in PA now but I will mention it

to

> him. When we considered it years ago we were childless with

different

> priorities. It seems that maybe the crime rate was an issue at

that

> time. Do you have info on this?

>

> We love the parks and outdoor activities. How else would you

describe

> the area you live in - size, transportation, culture, etc.? Can

you

> get houses with real yards (not farm sized!) without paying a

> fortune? I'll look some of this up but first hand experience is

> always handy.

>

> Thanks for the reminder!

> Carrol

>

>

> > How about the Philadelphia, PA area or Bethlehem, PA. We live

> between the two and both

> > are veggie friendly. Plenty of health food stores. More and more

> veg restaurants opening

> > up. The area has alot of great school districts and many

colleges &

> universities to choose

> > from. There are also many veg groups active in the area. I read

an

> article recently (I forget

> > where) that Bethlehem is one of the best places to retire and

> Philly was named by National

> > Geographic traveler as the next young & hip city to move to. The

> area's economy is

> > booming too! Lots to do outdoors as well. Philly has the largest

> city park system in the

> > country and Pennsylvania has more state parks than any state, so

> you're never far from the

> > country if you like that.

> >

> > Too place my opinion in context, I grew up in NW Pennsylvania in

a

> small rural dairy

> > farming communtiy and am not too fond of urban and suburban

areas,

> but I live here now

> > (my wife is from Philly) and am pretty happy with where I am. If

I

> just could afford 100

> > acres to have my farm!

> >

>

[Guest guest]

, " smartgirl27us " <thesmartfamily3 wrote:

>

> Just beware that while there are veg friendly pockets in PA, it is

> in general a hunters state. I grew up in the suburbs of Philly,

> lived for a while in central PA, and now live in Pittsburgh, so I

> have seen a wide range of the state. Everywhere that I have lived

> here I have been surrounded by hunters. In central PA, they

> actually closed the schools on the first day of hunting season!

> But, I have to agree that it is a beautiful state. If you like to

> camp/hike/canoe there are wonderful wooded places to go enjoy.

 

This is true. Most school districts in PA outside of the philly area shut down

for the first

day of Buck and the first day of Doe season because too many kids miss class on

those

days. Since I used to hunt and fish when I grew up, the talk about it does not

bother me. I

guess I'm so used to it, it just sounds like regular background noise.

 

The number of hunters in PA is decreasing, but being that most of PA

geographically is

farms and woods, hunting will not disappear soon. Alot of my family still hunts

and as

long as I do not lecture them about vegetarianism and animal rights, they do

not talk to

my wife and me about their hunting stories. They might be conservative and hunt,

but

they are good, caring people and I get along well with them. PA hunters are

pretty

conservation minded, so they do help alot when it comes to protecting land

throughout

the state, though it be for different reasons than us liberals.

 

David