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Number9Dream

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48. No - The Lehigh Valley of PA has changed for the worse

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 02:19 PM

Feb 2015

Developers have bullied zoning boards into allowing them to cover the once nice Lehigh Valley with warehouses and housing developments. What were once farms are now covered with macadam. Traffic is horrendous. PennDOT is the worst run organization on the planet. Property taxes are astronomical. I'm presently living outside of Nazareth, with some remaining woods behind my house (for now).

Winters mean freezing rain, ice, and much snow to battle with. Summers are hot and humid with lots of mosquitoes and stinkbugs. We don't get much Spring or Fall anymore.

The Lehigh Valley was gerrymandered, with Dem leaning Easton cut out of the 15th district for the first time ever. The Allentown Morning Call and WFMZ-TV are very Republican leaning.

If I live long enough to retire in a few years, we're thinking about moving to the Southeast or Southwest, but I'm definitely out of PA... Maybe living in an RV or cabin cruiser and moving with the seasons.

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Hell no! LiberalEsto Jul 2013 #1

Probably not. SheilaT Jul 2013 #2

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No, I want to retire in Europe. sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #3

My wife and I are buying an apartment in a town in Italy Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #10

Do you speak Italian? Italy is a truly beautiful country. I hope to winter sinkingfeeling Sep 2013 #11

We both speak decent Italian, and we can read it even better Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #12

I used to live in Italy, but I lived south of the red sauce line! MADem Nov 2013 #19

Absolutely! ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #4

I'm retired and I don't want to be here, but I can't leave my only child and my only Nay Aug 2013 #5

You have a valid point. SheilaT Aug 2013 #6

Oh, believe me, I've gone back and forth on it. The chance of my child moving anywhere Nay Aug 2013 #7

Let me share this. SheilaT Aug 2013 #8

Thanks, Sheila. Santa Fe is a kick, isn't it? I understand your decision totally -- believe Nay Aug 2013 #9

Oh yes! SheilaT Sep 2013 #13

Santa Fe has a very jazzy opera--they do some very sophisticated presentations! nt MADem Nov 2013 #20

I hear you... I feel the same way. eom kjackson227 Aug 2014 #38

I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin and I like it here! mysuzuki2 Sep 2013 #14

I gave a lot of thought to Milwaukee before I moved to Santa Fe. SheilaT Nov 2013 #17

Yes, I do want to stay where I am when I retire. But then, I'm in coastal Southern California. . . Journeyman Nov 2013 #15

Where are you? El Supremo Nov 2013 #16

Yes I do. Politics isn't everything.... OKNancy Nov 2013 #18

I want to move somewhere warm, at least for the winters. whathehell Nov 2013 #21

Go where it works for you. SheilaT Nov 2013 #22

Most definitely..My husband and I are thinking of buying a camping trailer and traveling to whathehell Nov 2013 #23

People who live here think we have SheilaT Nov 2013 #24

Upstate NY cntrygrl Jan 2014 #25

Absolutely not. I am sick of Ohio. Sick of the gloom, sick of the buybull thumpers. we can do it Jan 2014 #26

I would move in a heartbeat mimi85 May 2014 #27

40 years in Northeastern OC and will stay here antiquie Jul 2014 #37

Difficult question to answer. DFW May 2014 #28

nope heaven05 May 2014 #29

I'm looking at East Kentucky, where the rental prices are a third of where I live now (NJ) ellenrr Jul 2014 #30

I see that it has a Democratic Governor right now SheilaT Jul 2014 #31

Detroit was the 1st place I thot of to relocate ellenrr Jul 2014 #32

Unfortunately, who votes often does SheilaT Jul 2014 #33

I'm glad you're happy in New Mexico. I wouldn't want to live there, ellenrr Jul 2014 #34

I probably won't stay here forever. SheilaT Jul 2014 #35

Moved out of L.A., Ca., now retired in Albuquerque for summer and Naples Fl for winter… stevonmfl Jul 2014 #36

I lived in Golden and then Boulder SheilaT Aug 2014 #39

Been in Florida most of my life secondvariety Aug 2014 #40

No.. PasadenaTrudy Oct 2014 #41

Personally, I do not plan to stay in the US RoccoR5955 Nov 2014 #42

Thanks for the info all AnnetteK Jan 2015 #43

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Yes, as long as I can do winters in a WARM place.. whathehell Jan 2015 #45

No a thousand times NO !!!!!!! olddots Feb 2015 #46

Oh Hell No! Java Feb 2015 #47

No - The Lehigh Valley of PA has changed for the worse Number9Dream Feb 2015 #48

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I'm in Houston and I have asthma TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #50

I'll stay in Northern California as long as the Giants keep winning ... Auggie Aug 2015 #51

I'm looking for the Rangers and Cole Hamels to take this series tonight. El Supremo Aug 2015 #52

Looks like they will. Our guys are melting. Auggie Aug 2015 #53

No. El Supremo Aug 2015 #54

Awesome game Auggie Aug 2015 #55

I will be leaving the US RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #57

yes especially since my state is becoming purple Mary Mac Mar 2016 #58

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I retired and found a community in my own neighborhood jumptheshadow Oct 2016 #60

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