[PRCo] Re: Another "Shoulda Coulda - could it be?

[John Swindler]

Lebanon County is the relatively inexpensive location in this area.  And I imagine somewhere like Schuylkill County is also reasonable.  In the Pittsburgh area, I'd stay away from Allegheny County.  Perhaps the goal is to be close - but not too close.  Petrol will fluctuate, but long term trend is up.  Compared with taxes, it is still minor.
 
John
 
 
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Another "Shoulda Coulda - could it be?> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:28:03 -0400> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Lancaster is like Jacksonville ... grew from 230,000 in the county in > 1950 to 510,000 today. Not a good idea.> > Now I have a high school friend who lives in Selma, Alabama ... small > suburban brick house ... ad valorem taxes are under $250 a year (less > than 10 percent of what they are on my shack).> > On Jun 12, 2008, at 7:50 PM, Jerry MATT Matsick wrote:> > > Dennis> > Greater Pittsburgh is aok, apparently the Burgh is becoming a > > convention city, friends from California> > and friends from DC area were there recently and can't stop > > bragging about the place, the restaurants, the> > people and how nice downtown and the suburbs are? Maybe things > > aren't so bad, take Jacksonville,> > came here in the mid 1960s, 238,000 was the population, now add > > another Million to that and you> > know what you have, an ever building of schools, roads and > > increasing taxes and that is not great, but> > on a fixed income living in a growing city isn't great either, I > > would settle for a little place outside> > of Lancaster, close enough to the big cities but still , close > > enough for me to visit York Pa and> > the TCA Train meets, visit the "Burgh" and my brother in Philly.> > --> > From the RIVER CITY by the Sea!> > Jerry "Matt" Matsick> > J A C K S O N V I L L E, Florida !> >> > -------------- Original message from "Dennis F. Cramer" > > <dfc1 at windstream.net>: --------------> >> >> >> I would hardly call western Pennsylvania "vibrant". A lot of this > >> area has> >> never recovered from the late 70's and a lot of this area is > >> exactly the> >> kind of area that Obama described. There are pockets of growth, > >> but very> >> little tax base and jobs outside of health care and education. (I > >> guess> >> most of you didn't get the news story from Clearfield where the > >> guy wants to> >> assassinate either Obama or Clinton, because "if they get in they > >> will take> >> away all of our guns and then there will be a real civil war".)> >>> >> The best part of living here is that is relatively cheap compared > >> to the> >> rest of the country.> >>> >> The tunnels are being built to line the pockets of a friend of > >> government.> >> What & who are they going to serve? The casino and yet to be built> >> entertainment complex. Now only one problem----Where do you park > >> before you> >> ride the LRV under the river?> >>> >> Do not mind me being a little bitter--I just see a lot of western > >> PA up for> >> sale and no one is buying.> >>> >>> >>> >> Dennis F. Cramer> >> Trombone> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > 
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