I loved Smethport’s “Mansion District” because you could get a sweet house for practically nothing.

But yeah, if you don’t like hiking/geocaching/cows, it’s a rough haul. We moved when we had our son so we could be near stuff.

Definitely not. Maybe north east is better but I’m in the middle of some the largest cities in the country. Maybe you’re in Pittsburgh

Feds refused to enforce the terms of the PPP loans. Ended up being open-ended grants to companies and individuals that did not meet/fit the qualifications.

I wanted to buy those, makes me sad.

West is more expensive than east.

York Daily Record has an article about it.

Lots of hourly work: Retail, restaurants, warehouses or other blue collar type jobs. Not saying you can’t make a living out there, but your pay is going to be much higher should you bite the bullet and commute to places like LV or even Reading.

Is there a source for trump losing being a driving reason behind what happened? Horrible either way, but if that was a reason.....sheesh. How...."sad" isn't the right word, maybe someone could help me out.

I did drive by a house in York county yesterday that still has huge Mastriano signs up. May or may not have yelled "your fascist lost!" when I drove by (windows up, I'm not crazy enough to taunt someone who likely is more pro-gun than pro-woman).

How aren’t there jobs on the city? Pottsville is a functioning city, where are the jobs? Unless are you getting at there isn’t anything beyond corporate chain store sage work/fast food jobs?

Pottsville feels romantic to me. I love walking around at night and seeing the lights of houses across the way nestled in the hills and valleys.

I hate to agree with you. But you’re not wrong. It seems that we spend trillions on everything except what helps the average person.

Cheapest is probably the coal region or the very sparse areas in the northwest.

Lived in Smethport on and off for a bit when my parents lived there. It is cheap but away from basically everything except state parks.

Brother posted a pic on Facebook. He lives just outside Lancaster. The buggy had a dominos logo on it.

Probably too dark for anything BUT bats, then.

I rent in Philly for $900 a month and $200 for utilities. You can find pretty much something for $1000, quality will vary

In Washington you can gk as low as $750/mo at certain apartment complexes.

Forest and Tioga counties should be the cheapest based on household income.

West pa is pretty good. I chose a very nice 2 bedroom apartment in Erie for 1000 a month. There were plenty going for 800 a month

It’s not Carlisle. I love it here. It’s very quaint, but housing prices are out of control. We were lucky to buy right before the craziness started but even before then the housing market was tight.

There hasn't been a stimulus check since 2021... Those checks helped fucked up the economy, and you want more?

Idk if any of these people know any amish or if they just read the news.

Wait. Y’all got stimmys?

A little bit north into Beaver county as well it can be pretty cheap for some pretty decent places and still not too far from the city. How I've been surviving lol

If you're poor, you're already homeless and begging for work.

The sooner you accept that, the easier it is to move forward.

If you have a home and no money at the end of the month, you should be begging for work.

Complacency is the problem. It's easy to find a job and a place to live. A great majority of the population already does that. I've done it more times than I can count. Can you max your IRA, though? Can you really support your family? Do the kids get regular haircuts? Do you have time to cook every day? Do you contribute to a 529 plan for their future education?

I would rather an income, retirement contributions and a vehicle than be house poor. I've never, ever gone without a vehicle. It's an absolute necessity and can be lived in easily for significantly less than a house. I'll never be able to really afford children, so I won't have them. These are logical conclusions, unfortunately. I've accepted them, despite not being super appealing.

The easy life is hovering around a family in your hometown, barely making ends meet and bitching about politics and global economic problems. It's easy to look forward to the game on Sunday and the 7 familiar faces that are showing up to check out your new air fryer. That's definitely not super appealing to me.

It would be great to have come from a wealthy family. I didn't win the genetic lottery.

We only get so many rotations on this rock.

Time to make the best of it.

Yeah because it’ll start rusting the underbody and mar your clear-coat