[PRCo] Re: Cost of living

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Bob Rathke wrote:

> Folks in W. Pa. shouldn't complain about prices - the area has one of the
> lowest costs of living in the U.S.
>
> We moved to Chicago 20 years ago, but we have managed to adjust to the
> sticker shock.  Real estate in Pittsburgh still costs about 1/3 to 1/4 of
> what it costs here.  It's a 75-mile drive from the north suburbs to the
> south suburbs of Chicago - how many people in Pittsburgh have ever driven
> that far just to visit family or friends?  Sixty miles is like driving from
> Pittsburgh to Johnstown for an evening out, but we do it here without
> hesitation.

It's been a while but I've gone to Johnstown to shop. Sadly not a lot of
relics left to take pictures of. Wish I'd gotten pictures before the JTCo
bridge at Ferndale was truncated.