Pennsylvania

Curmudgeoness

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10. Looking at a distance is better

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 07:43 PM

Jul 2013

than growing up here, leaving in the last 70's when factories were closing all over the place, and then coming back. Looking at it close up saddens me to no end.

I love the scenery here, I would never want to live in the arid SW without all the trees and green. But what is happening here, in every town, is scary. Be glad that you are not having to live with what we have become and fight to save what is left. It is a beautiful place.

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Looking back at PA from a distance [View all] dusty trails Jul 2013 OP

I think the same about Ohio. I left the state in 1977 and seeing where sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #1

It really is a shame about New Ken. blue neen Jul 2013 #2

I live near Jeannette and ebbie15644 Jul 2013 #3

I hear ya! blue neen Jul 2013 #5

A couple pieces ebbie15644 Jul 2013 #7

People always refer to the steel mills when talking of the industry in western PA, blue neen Jul 2013 #8

I know I loved to go to the factory store! We were very poor ebbie15644 Jul 2013 #9

Citizens General Hospital, a large employer, closed. dusty trails Jul 2013 #4

Small world, huh? blue neen Jul 2013 #6

Herman's Chocolates! dusty trails Jul 2013 #13

Herman's Chocolates Pattijune Sep 2013 #17

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2013 #18

Looking at a distance is better Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #10

Having four seasons is so nice! I would miss it. ebbie15644 Jul 2013 #11

Not me....I hate winter. Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #12

"...all the trees and green" dusty trails Jul 2013 #14

Yep, we have too much humidity. Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #15

The Lehigh Valley has changed for the worse Number9Dream Jul 2013 #16