aryan nations in north PA

[Icy Tea]

I think that areas where there is diversity, a mixture of races and cultures even if one predominates, you get less discrimination. Its when there's 90 to 95% one race or ethnicity that you find problems against the minority. And even then its a VERY SMALL minority within that majority that seek out conflict. Just keeping things in perspective.

[LivingMoon]

Areas that are sparsely populated tend to be less diverse, and have fewer employment opportunities.

Hate groups, cults, kooks of all kinds, tend to gravitate to these areas because land is cheap, the cost of living is low, there is little to no police presence. If a bunch of bigoted kooks builds a compound in a county with a small population, that says nothing about the residents themselves. Someone sold them the land, and that is not illegal. I doubt the buyer would say 'we are going to build a racialist compound and have a cross lighting every week' at the closing.

These groups rely on donations to buy property and spread their propaganda, so the poverty of the local economy does not deter them.

[North Beach Person]

In reality fringe groups are present everywhere, no matter the state. I've been gone from that part of PA for almost 30 years and there were some present then.

[Internet Superman]

In Potter county, you wouldn't even have to put up a fence to keep someone out.

There are very few colored people up there if any at all due to the fact that there is nothing for them up there. No rap music stations on the radio, no malls to go shopping in, no place to cruise with your low rider cars or spinners on the wheels.

The preferred mode of transportation is a Chevy, Ford or Dodge 4 wheel drive truck with about 6 inches of lift with 38 inch tires and dual exhaust. Or one of those little Toyota or Honda cars that gets 50 miles to the gallon.

Most of the women up there has summer teeth, some are over here and some are over there and they are just happy to see paved roads.

As far as land being cheap, it all depends on what you consider being cheap.

The family that owned PA Pressed Metals had us build them a new cabin with a trout hatchery in the basement and 3 ponds around the cabin and a 6,000 gallon tank buried underground to maintain the flow of water into the basement. They had like 200 - 300 acres and I would guess that it sold for $500 a acre 20 years ago.

Probably $3000 a acre today

The cabin cost $175,000 just for the shell of the house we put up.

[talk2u]

Originally Posted by Internet Superman

In Potter county, you wouldn't even have to put up a fence to keep someone out.

There are very few colored people up there if any at all due to the fact that there is nothing for them up there. No rap music stations on the radio, no malls to go shopping in, no place to cruise with your low rider cars or spinners on the wheels.

Enough said...