PA Town With New England Feel?

[Icy Tea]

One thing Pa has over New England, sane real estate prices. I was looking at some Vermont towns and if they are close to a Ski resort, prices are insane. If a town is not near skiing or a tourist resort, then its much more reasonable.

[AdamBpa]

Originally Posted by Duderino

I think there are definite New England overtones to many Northern Pennsylvania towns, although I do concede there are some distinct differences that still make it "Pennsylvania." At least in terms of the built environment (towns with lots of older Victorians, clapboard homes, etc.), climate and non-overdeveloped, mountainous, wooded nature there are similarities. Even some of the older colonial-era towns outside of Philadelphia (Newtown, Yardley, West Chester, Doylestown, etc.) have a feeling that is reminiscent of New England, but I suppose that could be said for many towns all along the East Coast.

New Hope is the answer. That definitely has a New England feel.

[PeeAye Native]

Originally Posted by AdamBpa

New Hope is the answer. That definitely has a New England feel.

Except for the shoulder-to-shoulder crowds along the main street on weekends.

[Clark Park]

Originally Posted by ki0eh

B.G. (before gas) I would say that any of Milford, Honesdale, Montrose, Wyalusing, Towanda, Troy, Athens, and Wellsboro have some echoes of interior New England, with larger lot sizes and character-filled detached houses. The original settlers of many of these areas were younger sons of New England farmers, some of whom thought they were not settling in PA but in Connecticut.

Good post, but in my opinion - definitely settled by New Englanders - the most "New England" town in Pennsylvania is:

New Milford, Susquehanna County. Between Scranton and Binghamton, NY, but loser to Binghamton.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by PeeAye Native

Except for the shoulder-to-shoulder crowds along the main street on weekends.

Kinda like Stockbridge ...

[ki0eh]

Originally Posted by Clark Park

Good post, but in my opinion - definitely settled by New Englanders - the most "New England" town in Pennsylvania is:

New Milford, Susquehanna County. Between Scranton and Binghamton, NY, but loser to Binghamton.

New Milford is fairly small but definitely does have a New Englandish layout. The stone walls that characterize rural Susquehanna County add to that atmosphere. (Again, B.G.)

To me some of that feeling even bleeds into northern Lackawanna County, north of Clarks Summit, sometimes even accentuated/restored by suburban money in outer parts of the Abingtons.