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The Great State of Pennsylvania.
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I am more East from there, but Johnstown is famous for the flood:
http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist19.html
it has been dry for over 100 years, but one never knows...
that area of Pensy is quite rural and seems like it would be a nice place to live if you like that, but if you are someone who like activities you may be in for a dryspell (no pun intended) they do have festivals and fairs, but on a day to day basis it can not compete with the South Eastern area or the Pittsburgh area.
http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist19.html
it has been dry for over 100 years, but one never knows...
that area of Pensy is quite rural and seems like it would be a nice place to live if you like that, but if you are someone who like activities you may be in for a dryspell (no pun intended) they do have festivals and fairs, but on a day to day basis it can not compete with the South Eastern area or the Pittsburgh area.
- Wikipedia.org
That doesn't sound promising; however, the article does state that Johnstown is showing signs that it's economy is improving.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown,_Pennsylvania
I've been to Johnstown three or four times, as my adoptive mum had relatives in that area.
It's in a coal mining area and there isn't a whole lot. It's about 2 hours to Somerset and the PA Turnpike on U.S. 219 and Somerset isn't exactly big. Once there, you can get to Wheeling, WV, Pittsburgh, PA, or Hagerstown, MD fairly easily though it seems a long way to go shopping, if you need more than basics. Windber had a BMW dealership but I wouldn't count on it being there anymore.
There are small mountains and I'm sure it's scenic with snow on the ground. If you like remote areas, you'll probably enjoy it.
It's in a coal mining area and there isn't a whole lot. It's about 2 hours to Somerset and the PA Turnpike on U.S. 219 and Somerset isn't exactly big. Once there, you can get to Wheeling, WV, Pittsburgh, PA, or Hagerstown, MD fairly easily though it seems a long way to go shopping, if you need more than basics. Windber had a BMW dealership but I wouldn't count on it being there anymore.
There are small mountains and I'm sure it's scenic with snow on the ground. If you like remote areas, you'll probably enjoy it.
Having driven around central PA quite a bit, I'm pretty sure it's more like 45 minutes to Somerset and 2 hours to Pittsburgh. I've really only driven through it, but it seems like Johnstown is a lot like the rest of the small towns in central PA. Not too much there, but it's one of the bigger towns in the area.
I had a good friend that lived in PA, I can say that most everywhere in PA is nice. I love a good landscape and you definitely get that!
I hope you don't like good beer or wine. The state stores in PA have the worst selections - but don't worry, it's expensive too! You have to buy beer by the case, unless you carry it out of the bar - at bar prices.
Otherwise PA is actually a pretty good place to live. I don't know about Johnstown. Isn't that where they filmed 'Slapshot?'
Otherwise PA is actually a pretty good place to live. I don't know about Johnstown. Isn't that where they filmed 'Slapshot?'
But Johnstown is close enough to Latrobe that you could probably run your own pipeline from Rolling Rock's brewery to your house.
And yes, Slap Shot was filmed in Johnstown.
they are closing the brewery, Anheuser-Busch bought them
Ah yes...I'd forgotten about that. Looks like some Milwaukee folks have purchased the brewery though, so maybe there will be some good suds flowing out of there again sometime soon.
I've made a couple of trips to play the Pitt-Johnstown club hockey team. While I may be a little biased, we always viewed the area as let's say, one of our least favorite places to go to. As others have stated their isn't much there. And while I'm sure there are nice areas too, most of the surroundings seemed less than stellar. But hey, it's probably cheap to live there. It was where we picked up some brochures on the http://theformalsportsman.com/
Well, first of all, it's not a state. It's a commonwealth.
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of this thread, too...
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good luck with that. sorry but Johnstown is not very fun. Pitt Johnstown is good for getting wasted at...I guess.
other than that....no clue what you would do there....aim for State College, or Philly, or even the burgh.
they are closing the brewery, Anheuser-Busch bought them
But I bet you'll never be far from a Yuengling.
Which makes me absurdly jealous, even if the beer snobs don't like the best lager ever.
*wanders off in search of Mich Lite, fondly remembering Yuengling filled days in Scranton*
I drove a keg down to my sisters wedding in Tennessee. It was the first thing gone.
And Rolling Rock isn't really beer.
Johnstown is in a pretty area, great hunting, fishing. 1.5 hours to Pittsburgh.
One more funny thing.
The group "The Bloodhound Gang" wrote a song that as a promotional gimick they were trying to get made into the official state song of Pennsylvania.
its at
http://www.bloodhoundgang.com/mp3/full/pennsylvania.mp3
careful, some of the lyrics are raunchy.
The group "The Bloodhound Gang" wrote a song that as a promotional gimick they were trying to get made into the official state song of Pennsylvania.
its at
http://www.bloodhoundgang.com/mp3/full/pennsylvania.mp3
careful, some of the lyrics are raunchy.
It would seem that Scranton is almost as much fun as Johnstown.
For a commonwealth with so many Germans, how is it that there are so many bad brands of beer?
It would seem that Scranton is almost as much fun as Johnstown.
Except that Scranton is slowly sinking back into the earth, so you can always imagine you're on the leading edge of some sort of anti-rapture.
With Yuengling.
It would seem that Scranton is almost as much fun as Johnstown.
For a commonwealth with so many Germans, how is it that there are so many bad brands of beer?
Bad brands of beer everywhere. Yuengling on the other hand is good beer. Bad beer persists because its cheap. Yuengling oddly enough is moderately priced good beer.
At the Ren-Faire a couple of weeks ago I heard someone say "Porter or Stout, anything else is for women."
Yuengling Porter is excellent.
Except that Scranton is slowly sinking back into the earth, so you can always imagine you're on the leading edge of some sort of anti-rapture.
With Yuengling.
Let me warn everyone. Scranton isn't nearly as glamourous as "The Office" makes it out to be.
Speaking of sinking into the Earth there is Centralia...
And let's not forget the world's largest pothole just "up the Eynon."
Anyway, back to making this into a Yuenling tribute thread!
Anyway, back to making this into a Yuenling tribute thread!