I live just outside Jim Thorpe but work in Bucks County and grew up in the Lehigh Valley.

My list of nice towns or up-and-coming ones obviously includes Jim Thorpe but Lehighton/Palmerton getting better too in Carbon County.

Nazareth with many, Bethlehem,and Easton neighborhood s getting better in Northampton County.

Emmaus in Lehigh County.

Doylestown with Quakertown and Perkasie/Sellersville getting better in Bucks County.