Living in Pennsylvania

elSicomoro · 03-05-2007, 01:33 PM

As a whole, I enjoyed living in PA. I've never been to State College, but I hear it's a great college town...as such, it will probably be more liberal than most of the state. And it's in the mountains, so the weather will probably be cooler and less humid than what you're used to in Champaign.

Pennsylvania apparently has the highest percentage of old folks in the country, and the population is fairly stagnant. The economy wasn't all that great when I lived there, but it seemed to be getting better. But that was in Philly...maybe it's better out in Centre County.

The quirkiest thing about the state (and it may not matter to you and your hubby), IMO, are the liquor laws...very different from IL. You can't buy alcohol in grocery stores. You can only buy 6- and 12-packs from bars, delis or specially licensed shops. You can only buy cases of beer from a beer distributor. And you can only buy liquor from state-owned liquor stores. And the prices of beer and liquor in PA are fairly high compared to other states I've been to.

But as a whole, PA is a nice place. Beautiful scenery, low taxes, Lake Erie, Philly, Pittsburgh, the Poconos, only a few hours from the Atlantic, close proximity to the rest of the East Coast, great food, nice people...nice place!

03-05-2007, 01:33 PM	#4
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	As a whole, I enjoyed living in PA. I've never been to State College, but I hear it's a great college town...as such, it will probably be more liberal than most of the state. And it's in the mountains, so the weather will probably be cooler and less humid than what you're used to in Champaign. Pennsylvania apparently has the highest percentage of old folks in the country, and the population is fairly stagnant. The economy wasn't all that great when I lived there, but it seemed to be getting better. But that was in Philly...maybe it's better out in Centre County. The quirkiest thing about the state (and it may not matter to you and your hubby), IMO, are the liquor laws...very different from IL. You can't buy alcohol in grocery stores. You can only buy 6- and 12-packs from bars, delis or specially licensed shops. You can only buy cases of beer from a beer distributor. And you can only buy liquor from state-owned liquor stores. And the prices of beer and liquor in PA are fairly high compared to other states I've been to. But as a whole, PA is a nice place. Beautiful scenery, low taxes, Lake Erie, Philly, Pittsburgh, the Poconos, only a few hours from the Atlantic, close proximity to the rest of the East Coast, great food, nice people...nice place!

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