Agreed, different strokes for different folks. What are the Red Socks doing in Michigan?
In PA open carry is defacto legal because there is no law against it... except, it's a no-no in first class cities. That's Philly and Pittsburgh. But that doesn't cover in a car, which is clearly outlawed without a permit but for a few exceptions.
I have a CC permit but very rarely do, I know I haven't in the last 5 years. Partly because living at the junction of three states, it's easy to forget and wouldn't want to get caught out of state. The other reason is I don't feel it's necessary, in the environment I travel I rarely feel threatened.
Sure, you never know what evil lurks, but I don't have a meteor proof umbrella either.
So why did I just renew my permit? because if I want to take a gun somewhere, to a friends, or whatever, I don't have to worry about jumping through the hoops required by the state in the 126 pages of title 18.