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South-central Pennsylvania, near Lancaster. Pros: excellent quality-of-life / cost-of-living trade-off. NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, and Pittsburgh are al
by NateEag 3y ago
South-central Pennsylvania, near Lancaster.
Pros: excellent quality-of-life / cost-of-living trade-off. NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, and Pittsburgh are all reachable in a few hours if you want to do something urban, while local farmer's markets and agriculture abound (the Susquehanna Valley has some of the finest farmland in the world, in terms of yield / acre). Currently have a ~2400 sq foot house with a ~$330K mortgage, within biking distance of grocery stores, an Amish farm market, and a college campus.
Cons: If you dislike religious cultures you may find it hard to cultivate local friendships. Christianity of several stripes has very deep roots here that are hard to avoid. That said, it's not the Bible belt - the Mennonites, for instance, tend to be more focused on disaster relief than on Bible thumping.
- red-iron-pine 3y ago> Cons: If you dislike religious cultures you may find it hard to cultivate local friendships. Christianity of several stripes has very deep roots here that are hard to avoid. That said, it's not the Bible belt - the Mennonites, for instance, tend to be more focused on disaster relief than on Bible thumping. "there is Pittsburg and Philly... and Alabama in between" Definitely not Southern Baptist bible thumping but yeah, a deeply conservative, in like the 1750's sense, area (i.e Amish, et al). The non-Amish-y types are still pretty deep in the Jesus, too. This is where Rick Santorum comes from, after all.