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Old 12-21-2017, 01:52 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania Is Now Fifth-Largest State In Nation « CBS Philly

Big news. Pennsylvania is now the 5th largest state in the nation. We have been going at it neck and neck with Illinois for quite a few years now. Illinois actually has been loosing population for over the past decade, while we have slowly been growing. Most of that growth is 100% in the Eastern portion of the state. Lehigh Valley and SEPA. Definitely helps put the state back in a prominent position. Even though the sunbelt states are growing faster it will be 20 - 30 years until they could reach our population.

Alot of our new net migration in has been from NY and NJ.
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Old 12-21-2017, 04:59 AM
 
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Pennsylvania Is Now Fifth-Largest State In Nation « CBS Philly

Big news. Pennsylvania is now the 5th largest state in the nation. We have been going at it neck and neck with Illinois for quite a few years now. Illinois actually has been loosing population for over the past decade, while we have slowly been growing. Most of that growth is 100% in the Eastern portion of the state. Lehigh Valley and SEPA. Definitely helps put the state back in a prominent position. Even though the sunbelt states are growing faster it will be 20 - 30 years until they could reach our population.

Alot of our new net migration in has been from NY and NJ.
So seeing so many NY license plates in and around Philly may be part of this migration.
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Old 12-21-2017, 05:24 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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So seeing so many NY license plates in and around Philly may be part of this migration.
100%. PA has a net positive migration from both NY and NJ. NJ also has the largest out migration of any state in Northeast. I see the momentum to continue to build as the renaissance of Philadelphia continues to escalate. Its a good time to be from Pennsylvania
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Old 12-21-2017, 05:26 AM
 
Location: Washington County, PA
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So seeing so many NY license plates in and around Philly may be part of this migration.
There is also a ton of NY and NJ plates in Pittsburgh/Western PA as well. I'm sure Philadelphia has always had a bunch of NJ though. It's all been in the last 3-5 years too.
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Old 12-21-2017, 05:36 AM
 
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There is also a ton of NY and NJ plates in Pittsburgh/Western PA as well. I'm sure Philadelphia has always had a bunch of NJ though. It's all been in the last 3-5 years too.

Would love to see High Speed Rail service connecting Philadelphia - Harrisburg - Pittsburgh. That synergy and connection would propel economic growth and be a boon for the state. Especially the western half of the state. The more access Pittsburgh has to the East Coast metropolis I think the faster its growth will take off.
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Old 12-21-2017, 07:34 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Alot of our new net migration in has been from NY and NJ.
Great. They flee their oppressive, high tax states, only to bring their Progressive, high tax, nanny state vision with them. Look for PA to become overwhelmingly Blue in the next few years, not that it isn't already.
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Old 12-21-2017, 07:37 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Great. They flee their oppressive, high tax states, only to bring their Progressive, high tax, nanny state vision with them. Look for PA to become overwhelmingly Blue in the next few years, not that it isn't already.
Who are you kidding? PA and especially Philly are some of the highest taxed places in the country.
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Old 12-21-2017, 07:40 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Who are you kidding? PA and especially Philly are some of the highest taxed places in the country.
Compare them to NYC, and its suburbs in NY, and NJ. You are smoking crack if you think they are lower. I live in an affluent suburb in Chester County, and even my cousins in S. Jersey pay twice the property taxes I do on a comparable property, and I consider mine high.
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Old 12-21-2017, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Great. They flee their oppressive, high tax states, only to bring their Progressive, high tax, nanny state vision with them. Look for PA to become overwhelmingly Blue in the next few years, not that it isn't already.

FYI from another thread. Gov. Corbett, not Gov. Wolf signed the gas tax bill back in 2013. I find it funny that you blame problems on the wrong side of the aisle. If you look at the economically booming parts of the state, it is all the blue counties!

Corbett signs $2.3 billion Pa. transportation bill | PennLive.com
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Old 12-21-2017, 07:43 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Compare them to NYC, and its suburbs in NY, and NJ. You are smoking crack if you think they are lower. I live in an affluent suburb in Chester County, and even my cousins in S. Jersey pay twice the property taxes I do on a comparable property, and I consider mine high.
Yeah property taxes (and retirement income) is what makes PA attractive on taxes. But income and sales tax are some of the highest.
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