Johnstown will be a hub for hipsters and better bars and clubs in 10 yrs (Philadelphia: homes, school)

[meltinjohn]

Maybe lesser than that.
At the rate other places are getting full, I believe Johnstown will have its turn to get back on top. Call me f^^king nutso but the top hot spots this yr and next and the ones 3 yrs from now will get full with people flocking to them that it just has no choice for other people looking for new cities to call their homes and the economy will come back to Johnstown. I believe baby! I can see a rebirth and new jobs coming, a few coffee shops anyhow and more artsy people. Johnstown has the perfect makings to be like a small Portland. It may never be the best for jobs but it can improve and get younger crowds in to help fix up the damn place some and make more brewpubs and everything besides Johnstown Brewing Co. This could be a beertown if only more ppl were brought here. Sometime in the next 10 yrs tho, I think it will change for the good. A place can only be in a horrible recession for so so long.

[Awesomo.2000]

Johnstown is in a beautiful setting. It has character and a large walkable downtown that many young hipsters want.

It would really help if Pitt Johnstown was a larger school and if it was located in the center of town.

[CosmicWizard]

meltinjohn wrote:

A place can only be in a horrible recession for so so long.

Or Longer!

[FightinPhils]

I would love more brewpubs around, but unfortunately a lot of these PA cities are more Miller/Bud/Coors pee-beer people than anything else. Scranton, unfortunately, has too many people that drink for quantity rather than quality, which is why its only brewpub went out of business. The local-yokel drunks complained that the place didn't have Coors Light or other yellow pee-beers. Myself, I'd rather one good beer than a case of crappy beer.

[mcorrales]

I, too, believe that this area of PA is ripe for an upswing. I live between Johnstown and Altoona in a small town and with the energy situation, I see the mines re-opening, wind farms being established and more jobs coming here. I just moved here from SoCal and last night on the news, they were talking about re-opening several mines in the DuBois area, and of course, the left wing tree huggers are trying to block it. I guess they think being at the mercy of our enemies the oil producers is better.

[CosmicWizard]

I enjoy drinking beer from the local Colorado brewerys where I live. About a year ago, I was really thirsty, so I bought a quart of Miller in a pinch. After a couple of swallows, the memory of how crappy big brewery beer ( if you want to call it beer ) tastes, came rushing back. Even though I was really thirsty, I poured 90% of it down the drain. I havent't had any of big brewery p*ss since then. Like FightinPhils says, I'd rather one good beer than a case of crappy beer.

May the left wing tree huggers successfully block the re-opening of the mines! Mining more coal is not going to make us any less dependent on foreign oil, though it is likely to foul the streams and pollute the groundwater. Having pure water to drink is far more important than the continuation of our oil ( wether it comes form the USA or elsewhere ) dependent economy, and energy consuming habits. Instead of bashing the tree-huggers, let us all look for ways to cut down on our personal energy consumption.

[solibs]

Originally Posted by NewAgeRedneck

After a couple of swallows, the memory of how crappy big brewery beer ( if you want to call it beer ) tastes, came rushing back. Even though I was really thirsty, I poured 90% of it down the drain. I havent't had any of big brewery p*ss since then. Like FightinPhils says, I'd rather one good beer than a case of crappy beer.

Philadelphia is definitely a beer town and the area has some awesome breweries - Yards, SlyFox, Victory, Philly Brewing Co., Flying Fish, Dogfish Head, etc. - but unfortunately their beers haven't made it to all points east yet.

I was at the shore last week and we stopped at a pub before we left for food. We ordered the obligatory beer but the tap selection was limited so I went with a Pilsner Urquel. After a few sips i was thinking "this takes exactly like every other import beer out there - is it Peroni? is it Tsing Tao? or is it what I ordered?"

Gimme a Kenzinger or a Farmhouse Summer Ale anyday.

[Awesomo.2000]

Originally Posted by NewAgeRedneck

I enjoy drinking beer from the local Colorado brewerys where I live. About a year ago, I was really thirsty, so I bought a quart of Miller in a pinch. After a couple of swallows, the memory of how crappy big brewery beer ( if you want to call it beer ) tastes, came rushing back. Even though I was really thirsty, I poured 90% of it down the drain. I havent't had any of big brewery p*ss since then. Like FightinPhils says, I'd rather one good beer than a case of crappy beer.

May the left wing tree huggers successfully block the re-opening of the mines! Mining more coal is not going to make us any less dependent on foreign oil, though it is likely to foul the streams and pollute the groundwater. Having pure water to drink is far more important than the continuation of our oil ( wether it comes form the USA or elsewhere ) dependent economy, and energy consuming habits. Instead of bashing the tree-huggers, let us all look for ways to cut down on our personal energy consumption.

Very good comment on your last statement. Coal and oil are used for two complete different things. Unless cars are planning to add steam locamotives........

The best way to cut use on coal (which is environmentally bad to mine, and burn) is to use alternative fuels and keep supporting green building. It is possible to design buildings with very minimum energy use for heating and cooling.

And anyways, do we really want the jobs we bring to PA being minning. Don't get me wrong, this is the hardest, and most respectable job one can have. However, shouldn't we concentrate on bring good white collar jobs here we would want our children to grow up and have, and still stay in PA. I have two brothers that moved away, and they would be here if they could have got a job in their field after college. I don't think many want their kids to grow up and work on of the most dangerous jobs there is.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by FightinPhils

I would love more brewpubs around, but unfortunately a lot of these PA cities are more Miller/Bud/Coors pee-beer people than anything else.

LOL, Johnstown's a Rolling Rock town. Pony bottles, if you got 'em. We used to call it "miner's pee."

[dugdogmaster]

Originally Posted by NewAgeRedneck

May the left wing tree huggers successfully block the re-opening of the mines! Mining more coal is not going to make us any less dependent on foreign oil, though it is likely to foul the streams and pollute the groundwater. Having pure water to drink is far more important than the continuation of our oil ( wether it comes form the USA or elsewhere ) dependent economy, and energy consuming habits. Instead of bashing the tree-huggers, let us all look for ways to cut down on our personal energy consumption.

Mining coal and burning it for energy has nothing to do with dependency on foreign oil Coal fired power plants are much much cleaner these days.

Edit: I for one am all for alternative and green energy sources, i.e. wind and solar, which are becoming huge in PA. But, we can not fully leave our fossil fuel industries in the dust, our economy would crumble.