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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, you certainly get a lot for your money.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1062-Newgate-Dr_Allentown_PA_18103_M30265-83188?ex=PA604196869[/quote]

OP here -- this is what appeals to me honestly.  The commute would be sub 30 minutes and we could live in a house like this.  DH we live in a dumpy house that cost close to a million dollars in order to have a decent commute, and the commute is still annoying and stressful some days.   Also I am not sold on raising kids in DH.  The teens in our neighborhood seem overly tutored and a ton of prep and pressure for college which is not the environment we grew up in.  We are both from midwest and lived in Chicago before DC.  I think I would be ok with small town life, but the suggestion to go visit for a week is a good one.  I don't know the area at all.[/quote]

I'm the PP who posted the link.  I've spent A LOT of time in quasi-rural parts of PA, as I have two kids who play travel hockey.  That said, that has probably negatively skewed my perspective of the area due to the people I've encountered that way and the places we seem to get stuck (including Allentown).  I'm not fond of PA in general as a result, and I would definitely urge you to spend some time checking it out.  But if you're from the Midwest, there are probably aspects that will appeal to you that I definitely disliked.  (Like being out in nowhere, or feeling that way). I'm from a large city outside the US, so small town or rural Americana are not for me.

That part of PA that you are looking in is better than central (Hershey, York, Altoona) which have no redeeming qualities I've ever found.  Run down, poor, high drug use, everything people like to think of WV.
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hershey is a lot different from york and altoona. in fact i think hershey is way better to live in than allentown. 
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I'm the PP who mentioned Hershey, York, etc.  I mentioned them because they are [i]awful [/i]places.  If you think they're better than Allentown and Bethlehem, I'm....puzzled.  At any rate, my point was that those are all Central PA and Allentown is not.[/quote]

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