If I had the means, I'd take NY over PA any day. College provided for kids? Most won't ever save that much on taxes.

If you are *really* concerned with schools, Northern Baltimore County is a superb public school area, it's an expensive, but wonderful area, and can likely fit your needs. I can't think of anywhere in rural PA that even comes close.

No one is surviving here either. Sure, you can move out to the boonies with terrible schools like you are asking about and get property and a house for dirt cheap, but unless you work remotely, good luck affording anything.

>lol why am i getting down voted for this and anytime i bring up catholic religion?

A few reasons. The catholic church is corrupt to its core. We know nothing from scripture is true, at best its legend is greatly exaggerated, just from archeological evidence. The abuse and issues that are rampant in the Catholic church.

That's probably not it though, this is very, very deep evangelical territory. Evangelicals don't consider Catholics Christians and often view them as poorly as other religions.

>youll see that we are from canada

To be frank, Many of us would are dying to have an easy path to Canada, or just out of the US. Every election cycle I need to make sure my family is prepped to flee PA to a blue state, and possibly the country if it goes really south.

My advice, go back to Canada, it's going to get worse before it gets better here.

>I can't help but wonder how people would feel about an organization like this enforcing weekly attendance to a Jewish synagogue or a Muslim mosque. Surely nobody would have anything to say about that, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism)

This sorta comes to mind, not the same, but still.

Really, this is why we have gov't. Not for military bases in every other nation, but to help people.

It looks like they could do a line going from Harrisburg to Buffalo, that would be amazing. Looks like it's Norfolk Southern.

I'm of the opinion the gov't needs to take over the entire nation's rail system and really push electric rail, but that aint going to happen.

This has really had me thinking lately.

We need caps on rent, but we also need to require utilities to be included, and not cost too much. This would incentivize landlords to not take the cheapest option.

My place has terrible insulation for example, but why would he fix it, it costs him nothing.

>They would need to reroute through Williamsport to connect State College and Harrisburg without laying new track.

Just saying, this would be amazing. The bus services in these areas suck. I went to college up there, and its so hard to get around without a car.

So did I. They hide it from us.

No, no they aren't. What you see is an act for us.

>the exact opposite of what the Amish do to their animals

And how they treat their women.

The Amish are not good people.

>PPL once took $20.000 instead of $200 ( and no we didn't have it, hence the shocker when trying to use our debit card ).

At that point, install solar and batteries and go off grid.

I'm honestly removing all payment info from ppl, and using my bank to pay them from here on out, to many issues.

Phil is the only thing keeping climate change from stealing our winters!

In the end, we need to focus on fully renewable. My only initial point is that wood is a suitable substitute for when Electric is out, or even as an occasional thing for pleasure.

Thanks! That's significantly off from my assumption.

Rotting in the ground releases the CO2.

That's what most people don't understand about wood. It's part of the carbon cycle. Unlike fossil fuels, you aren't adding to the carbon cycle.

The big issue with wood is it's not sustainable at scale, sure there is a climate impact, but not at the level of Fossil fuels.

I was reading a study however, saying that, if properly done, a single acre of land could provide enough wood to heat a home indefinitely, I don't recall the details past that though.

Please provide data for PA.

My point still largely stands, those of us who need to cut every cost we can, tend to be renters, and we have no path to home ownership.

Solar and batteries are also a great solution, but most of this is moot, as most people rent now.

I'm probably just a bit sentimental about wood. Plus, it's a backup for when power is out.

Somewhat ironically, you should plan on hundreds of applications to get a job anymore. These systems are so dated and out of touch it's not funny.

I feel that! I had issues with my CPAP in the summer when it was next to the air conditioner!

You could try turning down the humidifier, but it seems like you probably thought of that.

Keep in mind, thermostats aren't that accurate, odds are we keep the houses at about the same temp.

If you have land, sure, and if you value your time in a low enough amount.

Time is money. Calculate how much time it takes you to manage your wood stores, figure out the cost value, and compare it to gas or oil.

It's going to vary from person to person.

Oil/Gas is a poor choice now though.

Yeap! It's amazing, but we are going to see more and more extreme weather events with climate change, so having a backup is a great idea!

Plus, there is just something about having a stove heating the room.

Buying firewood for heating tends to be less cost-effective than installing a heat pump. If you have the land and the means to farm your own wood, do that. Else, use an alternative.

Of course, its not all about finances, but in these times, we should all be doing what we can.