Save yourself a lot of time and just move to Lancaster.

Different system. The PASSHE schools are not the same grouping as the state-relateds.

Actually, PSU is the only land grant. Together with the other three it is part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, which was created sometime in the late 1960s. It’s a public-private hybrid system.

Lancaster.

It’s not totally common, but yeah, it’s not a surprise when you see one. And usually four together: Confederate, Trump, “Don’t Tread on Me,” and US.

Do you want the zip code where we live now or the zip code where we grew up and learned to talk?

I had the same experience in Harrisburg in the early 1990s. Some things never change.

I’ve been living in Lancaster since the mid 1990s and love it.

This is spot on. Completely agree.

I moved to Hbg in the early 1990s. Living there is like living in Walmart. It has the basics you need but who wants to live in Walmart?

Moved to Lancaster in the mid 1990s and love it

I think the areas you’d avoid are areas you wouldn’t be in anyway, if that makes sense. There’d be no reason to be there.

Some of the bad areas are revitalizing. Used to be you wouldn’t want to spend too much time in East Liberty, or Homewood, or Rankin, to name a few but I think some have turned around. If I’m not mistaken, Google has a big presence in East Liberty now.

Oakland, the neighborhood around the museums (and Pitt and CMU) is safe these days. Downtown is safe. Point State Park is safe, Mt Washington is safe. Squirrel Hill, The Strip District, Station Square, all good.

You’d have to go out of your way to end up in an unsafe place because the cultural attractions are in pretty decent neighborhoods.

And Pittsburgh has an “h” on the end.

I was born and raised there. There's a tremendous amount of history to take in, world class art and natural history museums (The Carnegie Museums for example), a cornucopia of places to eat, etc.

Kennywood Park, an old fashioned amusement park with authentic old-time wooden roller coasters, is there.

With kids, I'd spend a day exploring the Carnegie museums and a day at Kennywood. There are lots of places to visit but I think you'll have more fun if you keep it simple.

The University of Pittsburgh is across the street from the Carnegie. Its Cathedral of Learning is worth seeing. The main hall is massive--my kids likened it to a place Harry Potter would study. It also has a number of Nationality Rooms, which are classrooms designed to look like classrooms in a number of different countries from around the world. It's free.

Point State Park is right at....The Point, the confluence of the rivers. It has the Fort Pitt museum, which presents the area's role in the French & Indian War, and is a nice park area to relax in.

Pittsburgh is one big quilt of neighborhoods, each with its own identity.

You'll find Pittsburghers are generally friendly and love more than anything to show off their city to visitors. They (we?) have a tendency to treat everyone like they've known you for years. It's casual. Familiar. It's sort of true that Pittsburgh people talk funny. YouTube videos abound. Pittsburgh Dad is pretty much every adult I knew growing up.

I've lived in Lancaster, PA for over 25 years. If you ever want to visit Lancaster, I've got more than enough recommendations.

What part of Pennsylvania are you planning to visit? The Philadelphia area is a lot different from the north central part of the state, and Pittsburgh is different from those two.

History? Amusement parks? Nature?

PA isn't a big state, geographically, but it does take several hours of driving to get from one area to another.

I’ve lived in Lancaster for over 25 years and never heard of it until about a year ago.

Good point

He doesn’t control whether McClinton will be Majority Leader. House Democrats will either vote for her or someone else.

I was three years old then, but it must have still been big news a couple years later because I can remember serious voices talking about it on the kitchen radio.

I feel the same about the Eagles.

Philly people think of Pittsburghers as unsophisticated mid-westerners. Pittsburghers think of Philadelphians as, “Huh? Who?”

https://youtu.be/k4jn1L-riak

In terms of State vs Commonwealth, they’re interchangeable. Officially we use Commonwealth it there’s no legal difference. People sometimes claim there is but there isn’t.

Vote Conestoga!

I would've thought maybe they were PA Constables, but if it's a fully marked (Livery?) police cruiser, I have no idea.

That's the best I've ever seen. Bravo!

Great restaurants—people actually travel here from NYC, Philly, DC, etc for the restaurants.

Education—Very good public school districts, plus Franklin & Marshall College, Elizabethtown College, Millersville U.

Healthcare—UPenn, PSU, and UPMC are building hospitals and clinics all over the place and in fierce competition

Arts & Entertainment—vibrant and growing, galleries, concert venues,

And restaurants, medical care, education, shopping. …..

I’ll save you some time: Move to Lancaster

Not sure what that one is.

People refuse to listen to me when I tell them about the albatwitch.

But bring up the brown recluse, and oh my goodness, they all believe in that fairy tale.