Thank you Mike :). Je regarde sur la carte où se situe la Pennsylvanie, j'apprends votre géographie et j'aime ça ! Happy New Year 2024 Mike and all the followers :): Joie, santé....Voyages :)
Not a bad downtown; looks like quite a bit of the warehouse and shanty district was removed, and others repurposed. And nice to see a Warners Theatre, preserved much as it would have looked when built in the 1920's. That last turn is where US 19 begins at US 20. 19 will take you down to Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL.
You probably had unusually good weather for the time of year you were there. I worked with someone that moved up there (from Pittsburgh) and on his first Christmas they had a couple of feet of snow.
Cities in that area (rust belt) are old and every census have negative population growth. I drove through there a few years ago and it’s easy to tell the good years are long over.
Great tour. It really is kind of impressive in its own way. The classic old buildings amongst the modern infrastructure seems to work. The east side is largely overlooked though.
It looks the same as it did 40 years ago when I lived there. Completely depressing shit-hole with 1960s looking buildings & infrastructure. And zombies just mindlessy roaming the desolate streets.....😒
Not when I lived there in the 70s. Amazing place to grow up. Family, winter fun, exceptional schools that propelled me to scholarships and awards in college. Erie is still with me! I'm sorry your experience was so different.
Amazing ??? Erie is far from amazing. I went to Academy high school and Tech hs and they BOTH were complete dumps. Winters are cold and miserable. The economy is lousy, jobs are few and far between unless you want to work at McDonald's, and the infrastructure is old and crumbling !! even if you want to go to the peninsula the lake waters ice cold, polluted and brown. Erie is FAR from amazing....
