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View Poll Results: Would you flee if you were unencumbered?
Yes, get me the hell out of this hell hole 41 58.57%
No, I relish mediocrity 29 41.43%
Voters: 70. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-23-2013, 07:33 AM
 
Location: Philly
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Yeah I go through Haddonfield all the time and it's actually one of the nicer ( not ghetto) areas of south Jerzee

I lived in NEPA in 1993 and didn't notice as much as I did living in the Allentown area,plus stories I've heard about other parts of the state such as Erie etc...
nepa drags the state down because it has the states highest unemployment rate and its been that way for some time. it is a steady source of residents for the philly area though.
haddonfield/collingswood are nice suburbs.
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Old 04-23-2013, 07:44 AM
 
Location: PA/NJ
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nepa drags the state down because it has the states highest unemployment rate and its been that way for some time. it is a steady source of residents for the philly area though.
haddonfield/collingswood are nice suburbs.
In my 10 years in Philly I don't think I've met anyone from NEPA other than people who have houses in the Poconos...but then I don't often hang with people here anyway

Haddonfield is ok...Collingswood is a little too close to Camden for my liking but there are some decent parts;
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Old 04-23-2013, 07:53 AM
 
Location: Philly
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In my 10 years in Philly I don't think I've met anyone from NEPA other than people who have houses in the Poconos...but then I don't often hang with people here anyway

Haddonfield is ok...Collingswood is a little too close to Camden for my liking but there are some decent parts;
they're both nice.
I've met quite a few people from NEPA, they're all over the place. upstate NY as well.census numbers back that up as well. it was in that map with migration by county

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Old 04-23-2013, 08:38 AM
 
Location: PA/NJ
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I've met quite a few people from NEPA, they're all over the place. upstate NY as well.
Our former landlord's wife was from upstate NY,as well as someone I once worked with in Marlton...

I'm seeing alot of NY license plates around here now...not sure if they're from there or NYC.
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Old 04-23-2013, 08:52 AM
 
Location: Philly
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Our former landlord's wife was from upstate NY,as well as someone I once worked with in Marlton...

I'm seeing alot of NY license plates around here now...not sure if they're from there or NYC.
they come from both places
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Old 04-23-2013, 09:57 AM
 
Location: Olympic Pennisula, WA
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^PA doesn't actually have all that many hate groups relative to its population. Neighboring New Jersey and Ohio have higher hate group presences:

Hate Map | Southern Poverty Law Center
Since the OP was asking about PA and not the neighboring states, I didn't see any reason to post info on them. If they had been asking about another state, I would have given them that information. If living in PA makes you happy, more power to you. I've lived in PA most of my life, except for 6 years elsewhere and can't wait until my son is old enough (he doesn't want to move) that I can pick up and move elsewhere, far away. To each their own.
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Old 04-23-2013, 10:38 AM
 
Location: North by Northwest
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Since the OP was asking about PA and not the neighboring states, I didn't see any reason to post info on them. If they had been asking about another state, I would have given them that information. If living in PA makes you happy, more power to you. I've lived in PA most of my life, except for 6 years elsewhere and can't wait until my son is old enough (he doesn't want to move) that I can pick up and move elsewhere, far away. To each their own.
Actually, since you saw fit to support the claim that PA is filled to the brim with hate groups, it makes complete sense to rebut that oft-told misnomer with comprehensive statistics from a non-biased third party.
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Old 04-23-2013, 01:53 PM
 
Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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Actually, since you saw fit to support the claim that PA is filled to the brim with hate groups, it makes complete sense to rebut that oft-told misnomer with comprehensive statistics from a non-biased third party.
Some people just just can't handle the truth. Nailing them to the cross has become second nature for me. I've sized them all up too.

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You've just discovered one of Pennsylvania's worst habits: many people tend to exaggerate the bad. They do this in three ways:

1. Claiming that certain bad things are exclusive to Pennsylvania when they're not. Examples of this include bad drivers, bad service, political corruption, and instances of racism and prejudice.

2. Exaggerating the degree to which something is bad. Examples of this include crime, weather, property taxes and supermarket quality.

3. Believing that something that was bad x number of years ago can't possibly be good now. Examples of this include Pennsylvania's net domestic migration rate, the condition of the highways, and Pittsburgh's economy.
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Old 04-23-2013, 02:10 PM
 
Location: Olympic Pennisula, WA
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Actually, since you saw fit to support the claim that PA is filled to the brim with hate groups, it makes complete sense to rebut that oft-told misnomer with comprehensive statistics from a non-biased third party.
I got my stats from the same site as you did. You seem to only want to argue with people who don't share your opinion. I have better things to do.
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Old 04-23-2013, 02:13 PM
 
Location: North by Northwest
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I got my stats from the same site as you did. You seem to only want to argue with people who don't share your opinion. I have better things to do.
It's not opinion; it's fact. Compared to other U.S. states, Pennsylvania does not have a large number of hate groups relative to its population. You presented the data on its own, without context, making it seem like Pennsylvania is littered with hate groups. I countered your misleading intentions.
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