I have lived in the rural parts of PA my whole life and I am 76. I love the countryside, the Amish farmland and the mountains. This state has it all. I have Pennsylvania in my blood.
Amen. I was born in the South East(Ridley Park), moved to North West(Lawrence Park), to Sommerset, to South West(Greensburg). Last year I moved to Alabama, and I'd move back in a heartbeat. Last year it snowed 3/4" of snow, and they closed down the Interstate!
Im young but want to leave and experience life im planning on moving to PA from FL to live with some friends that are there already watching your videos to help prepare me really helpful
Born and raised in PA but I have lived in Texas for the last 20 years and I hate it here..I'm ready to come home...I miss the seasons and the good food...I can deal with snow over 120 degree heat.. You can always put more clothes on but you can only take so much off. 🤣
Lived in Waco for two years. YUCK. Winter and 'rainy' season. Swimming pools? Jump in, cool off for 2 minutes and then the water is as hot as a PA hottub 😖
I've lived in Pennsylvania for the 30 years originally from Upstate New York and I'll take the cold any day. Sometimes even here in the summer when it hits 90 something degrees even that's too unbearable for me, but it's a humid 90 degrees. I was in Phoenix, AZ a few years ago and it was 120 degrees and even that felt slightly more tolerable to me. Looking at retiring in Maine as one of my options. It's December now as I type this and it's a nice comfortable 30 degrees outside and no real snow yet to speak of other than a quick dusting the other day. You couldn't pay me to move to Florida.
Winter weather varies dramatically depending on the region. Northern counties and Southwestern PA get snow in annual amount mentioned, however Southcentral and Eastern PA see snow sporadically and in much lesser amounts. Harrisburg area for example got less than six inches total in the winter of 2023. And Erie, right on the lake, can be like Buffalo at times.
My home state. I miss it everyday. Can not wait to move back. I worked at that beer distributor at 5:56 when I was in college. It used to be called claster beverage in mill hall pa. Lock haven university! Second best job i ever had. Second only to working at the Lion Brewery I wilkes barre pa. #PAProud #It’llAlwaysBeHome
I've seen a few of your videos already and they're super informative. Looking to escape Florida and PA has been on my radar for a bit. Thank you for the information, definitely have given me some things to think about.
Stay away from southeastern PA. Move west of Harrisburg. Most of the counties outside major cities are reasonably priced to live in, the traffic isn’t too bad and yeah, you can find work. The great thing about PA is if you love nature, a slower pace of life, not much traffic. It’s easy to get places and not hard to survive, you’ll love PA. Anywhere near Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, or Philly and it’s pointless. The country is where it’s at
Where I live Winter goes from November until May. Nothing but rain, cold, wind. Dreary. Doesn't matter when it's above 32 degrees but the wind is blowing the rain in your face.
about wildlife: Wasps are also common, especially in spring or summer, they stung me twice and my mother once and I absolutely hate them. THERE WAS A HIVE INSIDE OF THE CLOSET WHEN WE JUST MOVED IN. They are yellow jackets and they are usually found near flowerbeds, get ready for them. (The stings don’t hurt too much but the swelling does.)
If you’re from the south you already know what humidity is and PA isn’t as humid as Alabama is so that isn’t a deal breaker but then again I’m a small town guy, but living in major city that would be rough.
I lived in northern Fla for two years, I'll never bitch about PA humidity again. Tennessee humidity didn't bother me a bit, but once you get to Georgia & all points south it is next level.
Weather-wise we get both the best and the worst of all seasons. The biggest complaints are that spring and fall are both usually very short, summer is hot and sticky and winter lasts many months from November through April with some snow and cold but huge servings of dark, cold, rainy, dreary weather. That's the biggest drawback. Yes, we have amazing fall and spring days and a lot of cold but sunny and nice winter days but winter comes and never leaves.
@@Philadelphiasuburbs Disagree. I live in nearly the center of the commonwealth and our weather is very similar to up near the NYS border most of the time. Snow and rain patterns are always screwy because we're right on the Susquehanna and that seems to have effects.
I Moved to Pennsylvania, and I loved it! There's No Place like Pennsylvania and I Never Regret it! If you Like the History of Railroading, Such as the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, or Old Street Cars like the Lackawanna Trolley Museum, then Pennsylvania is Definitely for you!!!!! I love the Four Seasons, yeah Winters are a little rough, But Being overhauled, it's Definitely a Beautiful Place to live and Work! The Roads are Great for Motorcycle Enthusiasts Too! Motorcycle Riders Education is free for Pennsylvania Residents. A $400 Savings!!!🏍️💨📷🚂👍🤗
I moved here from San Diego, California in 2018. I lived in Northeastern PA,Tunkhannock/Meshoppen, Pennsylvania. The weather here is not too severe. We had our worst snow fall on October, 2020. After that the snow fall were 2 -3 inches during winter. As far as black ice and sleet, I have learned to drive on it , just slow down, pay attention to the roads and weather. Don't get distracted by listening to music or be on the phone calls. Try not to drive in bad weather unless you have too. My body has acclimated to the weather here. I used to get cold at 76 degrees, now, I get cold around 4-10 degrees. I live in the country side. It hard finding a job in my field. If you can find a good job, country living is great.
I live in Philadelphia and love driving to rural areas in Pennsylvania like Pottsville. Just by the terrain and scenery you know you're in Gods country.
I'm from N.J. ,although i lived in Pennsylvania for 2-3 years working as contractor. It left a lasting impression on how much different the laws and people are. The melow pace and kinder attitude plus the historical sites, beautiful landscape, plus the awesome wild life . My goal is to retire up north Pennsylvania, up north N.Y. or main. Those 3 are very similar weather,people, and geography
I see your pic of a huge white building on S. Allen St. called Zeno’s Pub which is in State College. State College is a great place to visit and live-being a college town there’s upmarket stores and notable places to visit. My grandfather built a nice cabin in the 1960’s on Nittany Mountain. Had a number of great Christmases there in the 1970’s, was beautiful when it snowed and a layer of ice covered everything. I’m from western Pa born in Butler, grade school in East Brady, junior and senior high in Oil City in the late 60’s early 70’s. Living in eastern Pa now is not too bad but some places I wouldn’t want to touch because like everywhere else there’s crime. Yet I’d take western Pa or State College, Lancaster farm land over other places in Pa.
Pittsburgh has 3 major league sports teams, the Pirates, Steelers, and the Penguins with new facilities. Pittsburgh also has some minor league teams. Pittsburgh has a Carneige museum, a Zoo, National Aviary, Carneige Science Center, and various other museums in the area. At the turn of the last century, Pittsburgh was an industrial power house. Up until the 1960's, Pittsburgh had the Pittsburgh Stock Market. Up until Pittsburgh had the 3rd most corporate headquarters in the country. After the collapse of the Steel industrial, Pittsburgh has lost most of it industrial capacity, but gained clean air. These Corporate giants left behind many beautiful former headquarters buildings. The Frick building has a lobby full of marble walls. Although, Pittsburgh is part of the rust belt, it doesn't have the blight.
I agree about the weather. I love in SE PA where the weather isn't as bad as other regions of the state. And I was surprised when a guy from the west coast told me he was surprised how green it is here. Yes, deer can be a problem particularly during rutting season. It's not hard to get liquor. I only drink the occasional beer. Where I live people can be standoffish. Poconos are great for a low key rustic experience. I'll add there are no taxes on SS benefits nor pensions.
After visiting friends in Eastern PA for years, I have fallen in love with the Keystone state!! After retirement i want to move there. Being from SoCal, I've never driven in snow.. everything there is so cheap!
This video is pretty accurate. Real estate is EXTREMELY hyper-local. What's considered a dump in the State College could be a mansion in a rural area. The east coast stigma is very prevalent in Philly and the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre area, but not all over the state. Economically, the best areas are Pittsburgh, and basically Harrisburg to Philly is like one big city. The Lancaster area just keeps growing. Obviously, the suburbs of Philly, but avoid inner-city Philly! Property taxes tend to be high too, but PA public school teachers are paid very well so...... Winter is generally worse in the northern part of the state. Temperatures in the summer can reach as high as 100, or have a heat index above 100, and Temperatures in the winter can be zero or below and the windchill sometimes can be a several degrees below zero
I have visited PA often, and I think it’s a beautiful state with some of the most incredible nature anywhere. I also loved the small towns I stopped at, and the cities have incredible architecture. Anyone who lives there is very lucky.
The paved roads all pretty much get plowed and salted. Gravel roads in rural areas will most likely be marked with signs which say No Winter Maintenance. Lived here for 72 years and traveled the entire state by car for work. The rural areas generally do a better job than the cities.
They don't take care of the roads like they used to, but they will salt the hell out of them, the undercarriage of any Pennsylvanian car is moot evidence & a lovely shade of rust...
Yes, in most areas they do a decent job. The process of pre treating really helps a lot. They also close interstates in big storms which helps the plows get in and do their things and move on.
I love PA - and plan to move there as my forever home. I've owned vacation homes there and visit my friends there for extended periods often. One thing that is very different than at my NJ home: grocery prices are ridiculously high in PA. Whenever I planned to have an extended stay to visit an elderly relative in PA,. I'd buy all the food I needed for the week and put them in coolers for the trip...after filling up the gas tank.
@@Philadelphiasuburbs My current vacation house (soon to be on the market) is in the northern Poconos. My friend, whom I visit regularly is in western PA. Beautiful state!
@@blujeans9462 It depends on what you are eating and where you live. Poconos is vacation spot so food would be expensive. Lancaster is farm area where food is alot cheaper than most states.
Food isn't bad. There are a lot of farmers markets and local farmers who have stands for fresh goods. I live outside Harrisburg in the country. Harrisburg population is around 50,000 and you can drive the highway through it in five minutes. Housing is reasonable compared to the rest of the country.
Hated living in the Dover/York area!😡 45 minutes to travel 9 miles. Rude and unfriendly. Tax on real food! Taxes on taxes! And I from western NY! Way more to live in Pa!
I live in Finland and I would like too move somewhere where the climate similar too the one in Finland, soo I’m either thinking about Pa, Wv, In, IA or potentially Alabama.
Scratch Alabama off, unless you can breath the soup they call air there. Iowa & Indiana a flat & boring. You might want to look into New Hampshire or Vermont as well.
Born and raised in PA winters, are too long for me. The allergies are pretty intense. The spring and the fall are beautiful and I like summer. We had a very big influx of people moving from New York, and New Jersey to the Eastern PA area so we have a lot of farmland being sold and houses being built. the roads are not being expanded enough for all the extra traffic. Unfortunately, some people did not conform to the area and brought their attitude with them they drive recklessly and are rude.
I want to move back to PA (born and raised outside Phila) and eat all the hoagies. Just as you can't get good pizza here in CA, you can't get a good sub.
I’ll be moving there in a few years with my family. It’s a big move coming from Germany. However, I’ll be using my VA home loan when it comes to buying a nice house.
It’s relative. Washington DC is much hotter and it gets hotter as you move south. Winters are mild compared to New England. You are spot on about the gas tax, though.
Pa. born and raised 70 yrs. old LOVE IT North Central part of the state where there many more trees than people it's great cant stand cities thank god I am a country boy
@@seancrowley1065 Allentown has a herd that commutes from around American parkway to other parks in the city sometimes through the center of the city ,I think i've also seen picture of them in Harrisburg and Scranton. They tend to do it in the middle of the night but sometimes are seen during the day
Silly questions Does it take a long time for an ambulance to come in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania poconos? Do state police take a long time to respond to accidents in the mountains?
@@angela-ti1npThe Poconos is basically west jersey now, completely run over by front platers(NYers mostly). That being said, the PSP barracks is at least 15-20 miles north of Stroudsburg, & their AO is immense. Response suffer as a result, as well as lack of medical facilities.
@@chizoramaDepends on where in the Poconos you are. I lived in JT and we had a hospital in Lehighton and one in Coaldale. EMS, Fire, and PD times were exceptional.
@@Philadelphiasuburbs There's a place just north of me in Hazleton, Hazel Park, we take a hind quarter up there and they cure and double smoke it. We get it back in a net, it's deer ham, out of this world.
I live in pa. My town is great. Memorial down the street from where I live, a park not so far. Police, EMS, and FD near the park. 3 schools around town. My town is Jim Thorpe. I didn’t always live in Jim Thorpe. My town is full of different things. I’ll try to stay there but if I have to leave town I’ll try to find a town nearby it or I can visit it.
JT is NOT like it used to be. If the memorial is down from you then you're not actually a JT resident. I lived on West 9th street in the Boro and it's changed, not for the better either.
Loved your video....I too am a Pennsylvanian, I prefer the outskirts of the cities....I understand your mainly a realtor for selling of homes but does your real estate deal with Apartment findings aslo. Just curious....
@@eddiegrinkewitz318Pennsylvania is literally across the Delaware River from New Jersey. Unless, of course, you're referring to Erie or somewhere else in the western part of Pennsylvania. Then it is about a 7-hour drive. 😂
As a lifelong resident of Western Pennsylvania I completely agree with everything you’ve said here. However, on the wildlife topic, deer are becoming more and more common in suburban areas and even in the city parks around Pittsburgh. With less natural forage available in suburban areas, the deer will willingly consume your flowers and shrubs. Also, missing from your wildlife warnings are the abundant wild turkeys. These are large birds that can cause tremendous damage to your automobile in a collision. With all that said, I would not consider living anywhere else.
Correct, we have liquor stores aka state stores… the only place to buy hard liquor in the state. Most other states sell it in gas stations, grocery stores, etc.
Well don’t come to Florida! I had no allergies living in Pa but I got all kinds of allergies because everything grows all years and it can be bad. You see the accumulation of pollen build up in your car windows
