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Old 02-14-2011, 08:49 AM
 
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How do these elderly people shovel the snow in the winter?
Anyone have any ideas as to why PA has one of the highest percentages of elderly people?
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Old 02-14-2011, 09:15 AM
 
Location: PA
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How do these elderly people shovel the snow in the winter?
Anyone have any ideas as to why PA has one of the highest percentages of elderly people?
They do it themselves, or family and/ or neighbors help.

Many of the younger peoples leave to areas that provide better opportunities. They sometimes tend to move back when middle-aged because it's a more peaceful and slower way of life. For the most part, however, many blue-collar jobs are gone or currently in the process of leaving. And they wont be back. Driving around the state, one sees hundreds and hundreds of factory shells. It's sad really.
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Old 02-14-2011, 10:11 AM
 
Location: PA/FL/UT
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Really? Even with elderly oasis like Florida and Arizona out there?
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Old 02-14-2011, 10:49 AM
 
Location: Selinsgrove, PA
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Pennsylvania has a lot of wonderful assisted living facilities and nursing homes with satellite single or double homes. I think a lot of the elderly live in those types of places, where they don't have yard work or maintenance to do. When they need to, they can move within the same facility to places with more care.
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Old 02-14-2011, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Philly
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people dont leave for florida the way they do in other states.
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Old 02-14-2011, 02:13 PM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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Already mentioned. The young people have left to where there are jobs (I did so nearly 30 years ago). Some retired move to PA because the state doesn't tax pensions like other states do (MD being one such).
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Old 02-14-2011, 03:50 PM
 
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Default Pennsylvania is Elder-Friendly

Yes, in addition to not taxing pensions, Pennsylvania helps seniors with prescriptions (PACE), rent/property tax rebates, and free mass transit during non-rush hours. The Pennsylvania lottery system is set up to help senior citizens. Pennsylvania loves seniors and seniors love Pennsylvania back.
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Old 02-14-2011, 06:39 PM
 
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God bless the elderly. They keep my local taxes down.
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Old 02-14-2011, 06:52 PM
 
Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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Pennsylvania deindustrialized during the 1970's and 1980's. Of all states with a large manufacturing process, Pennsylvania probably deindustrialized the most. Those who kept their jobs the longest during the deindustrialization generally had tenure, which means that they were older. Younger workers were the first to lose their jobs, which is why there was a mass exodus of younger workers during that time. Those who kept their jobs the longest are the state's elderly population now, and the younger generations are gradually repopulating the state as the elderly begin to die off. Pennsylvania's elderly population is only expected to grow by 50 percent over the next 20 years, which is the lowest rate of all 50 states. In 1990, Pennsylvania was the second-oldest state, and in 2000 it was the third-oldest. Projections made back in 2000 had Pennsylvania as the sixth-oldest state by 2010, and out of the top 10 oldest by 2020. The younger (working-age) population is not shrinking in Pennsylvania, contrary to popular myth.
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Old 02-14-2011, 06:53 PM
 
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God bless the elderly. They keep my local taxes down.
And they can tell cool stories!
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