marbleheader88 t1_j2oox73 wrote
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I thought the Poconos were mostly abandoned?
Allemaengel t1_j2owgnj wrote
No, I wish. There'd be some solitude at least, lol. I think Penn Hills outside East Stroudsburg was one of the last one mostly burned through repeated arsons.
More like redeveloped and updated. It's a 4-county $4 billion a year tourism industry so most of those old-school resorts either burned down or were bulldozed. What replaced them were huge indoor water parks like Kalahari, Great Wolf, Camelback etc. Then there's big casino resorts like Mount Airy. Not sure if it's still planned but we were going to get a Margaritaville resort too. The ski areas have transitioned to four season destinations with glamping, etc.
In any case, being right across the Delaware from NJ and 2 hours to NYC means that we've been swamped since COVID began by WFH move-ins and more vacationers staying close to home. 45% of the housing in my county is owned by out of staters.
It's all so crowded (like every 3rd car has out of state plates) annoying and tacky and EVERYONE ends up here due to I-80 like Bryan Kohberger the Idaho murderer caught in my hometown.
If I could afford it, I'd move to Vermont and keep a low profile fading away into the woods.
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