Lake Harmony is such a self contained place in the Poconos. Restaurants/bars right there & you can get to Jim Thorpe for a little different scene. Also Hickory Run State Park is right there as well. All within a 1/2 hour of each other.

I'm in NEPA and have to file with Berkheimer. I have a 1% local tax which is deducted from my pay. The local tax is easy to file and if you have it deducted it is a wash. But yes state and local taxes as far as I know at least in the township I am in.

If you live close enough to the jurisdiction in NJ, you may want to go to court and try to get the fine reduced. Years ago, I used to drive for my job and used to wrack up points. A cop friend told me to go to court and ask to plea bargain. Usually I got 4-5 points reduced to 2. This was in NJ as well. Don't know if it is still the same, but that fine could be a whopper as is. Good luck.

Yea Funny. W-B native here but live near Brodheadsville/Stroudsburg/Tannersville. You have to go through nowhere to get somewhere around here, lol.

Agreed, kinda making fun of my home state. I'm up in the Poconos and you can go from cool little cities to rural in minutes. Different cultures for sure, but all good especially the scenery.

Thought you might have meant Intercourse, Bird In Hand and Blue Balls. Pennsyltucky is everywhere except PHL and P-Burg.

I live close by. Brodheadsville isn't bad, but i think neighboring Saylorsburg is even better as far as seclusion but you still have access to shopping and things in Brodheadsville. I've been here 25 years and my thoughts are this.

There is a mix of people here and many transplants from NY, NJ and Philadelphia and then you have the summer homes. That is a little more of the diverse crown. Now the locals are another thing. They are let's say, not exactly educated, and have a poor grasp on what is happening in the world and ignorant. Racism is a part of their life because of their ignorance and not being exposed to different cultures. I saw the racism first hand because i am caucasian and my then wife was Jamaican and was privy to it.

The scenery around the area is beautiful if you are into nature. Home prices are OK. The reason I mentioned Saylorsburg is that a good portion of it is nearer to Stroudsburg which is a different population all together.