it's okay, it's just the internet. words shouldn't trigger you into a meaningless rant. it's okay buddy, relax.

I live here and hiking the D&L trail from Glen Onoko to Rockport in Lehigh Gorge Park; the Switchback Trail from JT to Mauch Chunk Lake; the Shades of Death trail at Hickory Run Park are all nice.

The weekend train ride out of JT into the Gorge

Walking downtown JT and Stroudsburg. Some of the local wineries and brewpubs are nice.

Penn's Peak and the Sherman Theater often have events scheduled.

See if there is a show at penns peak. Great venue. Do u golf plenty of coures

Depending on where you go, it may be close to Mt Airy Casino.

Check Lake Harmony area for activities.

Visit Jim Thorpe. Check out Big Boulder Tavern. Maybe some hiking? Im also going in end of March, plan on just chilling and enjoying the quiet.

If I could ask because this has been tremendously informative already, where do you find land parcels online? I know Zillow etc you can look for lots but I’m brainstorming a couple acres for camping and hunting with my kids

I live a mile from Beltzville and always thought that was strictly a Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend thing, lol.

Meth. So much meth.

It ate my uncle's foot

South-central PA landowner - I’d call it mountain area for PA standards. Bought the parcel 8 years ago. I’d recommend introducing yourself to the neighbors before buying and meeting them will give you a sense of what to expect. Our neighbors were elderly and friendly and honest. Couple of them said they have grandkids that like to bike and snowmobile but that they respect hunting seasons (which was our biggest concern). Everything has been groovy for us but still some random stuff that I don’t think anyone can account for lol.

We have trail cameras set up in numerous places and just sharing this because it’s a fun story, but once we got a pic of a woman pushing a baby in a stroller on one of our trails. Our land is quite secluded and steep on multiple sides so we were quite perplexed, but later figured out she thought our driveway was an access road and she took her stroller all 3.8 miles around our very steep and rocky property but everyone was alright haha

You could look for the Beltzville Lake Monster at Beltzville National Park

if it's the lowest in your range and you inputted 1.5 of your last months kwh used, then I'd take it is there's no cancelation fee , then you can keep hopping if you want

best i found is 11.31 pkwh over 6 months, anything at 12 months is more. that seems pretty good to me

papowerswitch.com, there really isn't a reason to go anywhere else

hm, is there a better site you would suggest

Get some tweed

I grew up at the south edge of the Coal Region and my family came from northern Skook and remember Route 61 on the hill still open and pre-demolition populated Centralia.

Bad roads, bad schools, crappy housing, poor economy, poorly-documented old tunnels getting fire in them and a state/federal government that sees the area as basically invisible. A shrinking and aging super-conservative population suspicious of outsiders sure doesn't help either.

No one really knows where these fires are moving and among the powers that be there's no sense of urgency to do anything substantial because there's no money or incentive now to do more in an area without much value to most people in this state.

So it burns on as the area continues to hollow out economically and depopulates further.

I sense sarcasm and I’m here for it haha

We like No. 1 China on 5 points Rd.

Touché

Han Dynasty

I agree with the other comment and owning 5 - 10 acres in pa is not all that big a deal. A good realtor should be able to help you check on the requirements to build on the land.

Look into mineral rights. Many/most properties in pa do not come with mineral rights. Put very simplistically some company can show and mine/drill/strip your property for coal, limestone, oil, sand etc. Used to happen more often when coal mining was big. But good to know what you own if you in an area where this may happen. More here https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/MSI/Pages/default.aspx

Also big part of pa has old mines under them and/or old oil gas wells or lines crossing them. Very much depends where in PA you are looking. See the official pa subsidence site for more info on mines and insurance https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/MSI/Pages/default.aspx

I live on 10 acres of mountain land, but so does everyone around me, so we don’t have any problems and have exceptional privacy.

Living in rural PA for 30 years, if your land is adjacent to undeveloped woods, state game lands, state park, it is very unlikely you will have trespassing problems like you see on TikTok but is is possible.

Be prepared for dealing w/ well water, a septic system, clearing snow from a lengthy lane/driveway, clearing fallen trees from a length driveway/lane and the occasion rabid animal.

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