For me it was lead paint chips, they just tasted so sweet, I couldn't help myself! But yes, I also distinctly remember watching white tailed deer in the vernal pools of springtime, magical.

It was the same when I was there 15 years ago and they've only gotten worse and worse.

I was there in the era of it basically turning into a perpetual bar/restaurant/mall. I can't even imagine how ridiculous it is now.

Every City is just a bunch of smaller communities cobbled together to build a city.

Pittsburgh is just cooler. Plus we have Andy Warhol and more bridges per capita than any other city on Earth.

I like to read into state lotteries.

They tend to report only on what they give back than just figures.

So beyond paying a production fee and like 25 seconds of TV.

Where is the rest going?

Ohiopyle area, Dunnegal perhaps? Ligonier?

I'll second the Berks County recommendation. The Reading Hospital and adjacent health care networks are massive. The land is beautiful, with hills, valleys, forests, rivers, and lakes. I've lived in both rural Berks as well as Reading proper, and it's a really great area.

Many of them have sold out to "luxury" housing and basically turned into shopping malls as well.

Which can generally be all paid for by student loans.

Then you'll go to a classroom that's some bizarre yellow room three floors below ground with paint from 1970 taught by another student.

WVU is really only considered for most jobs here in PA or surrounding Appalachian states. A degree from PSU is highly regarded in almost all major metro areas. This isn’t a fair comparison.

Thanks for the info. Im from NY but my company’s HQ is in CA.

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Yes, it is separate from the flat state tax. PA also has local taxes that are paid directly to the local municipality. You can look up your rate and tax collection agency here: https://munstats.pa.gov/public/findlocaltax.aspx

As someone who is originally from CA as well, local taxes were very odd to get used to.

They don’t call it Pennsyltucky for nothin’. Choose carefully. 😉

Thanks again for the info!! Coolest birds I’ve ever seen besides Bald Eagles are large White Herons and also massive 6-foot wingspan Turkey Vultures down around in the Harrisburg area. I’ve also seen actual Turkey up close in and around Harrisburg too. But I have definitely never seen a Ruffed Grouse. Maybe I will see one someday!! I grew up near Lock Haven and I never once saw a Ruffed Grouse ever. They kinda do look like chickens!

It’s also called the “snot otter”

I think you had to much chalk

Danville, lewisburg, Selinsgrove, Lime Ridge (better school district than bloom and berwick), Elysburg all great places up this persons alley

Most of York county and rural lancaster county would probably meet your needs

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I don’t know for what? It obviously isn’t going for professors raises.

I would say the Pitbull/Mix, as it's basically the only thing you can adopt anymore from the SPCA.

Penn state and psu are the same thing

My wife’s company that is based in Ireland does it just fine, I don’t think there are any excuses not too especially with WFH culture shift.

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Very happy to!! See my other comment for some more fun stuff.

Certain parts, yes. But less so that they are only native to certain parts, and more so that only certain parts of the state are undeveloped enough for them to thrive. They not only need forests, but large swatches of forests. Unfortunately most of the state has very segmented patches of forest which doesn't cut it for them.

Best shot at seeing one is going to somewhere up near cherry springs/pa grand canyon/allegheny and finding an area within or adjoining a large section of undeveloped forest and then find a fallow field or an area that was recently logged.

Had one land on my treestand a couple years ago. Couldn't risk getting my phone out to take a photo, but it was literally 2' from my face. Pretty awesome.

More fun facts... They also make super awesome patterns in the snow. They basically dive bomb into soft snow and chill there for a long time and then when they take off, all you see is the pattern of their wings.

https://blog.nature.org/2014/01/16/the-grouse-in-winter/