so, being new to this 'tribe'... just wanted to get an idea of where people are/were actually from without having to go and look at the 13 other profiles that make up this group.
i'm originally from ashland (yes, home to the mother's memorial and anthracite museum, 5 minutes from centralia, etc.)
now i work in new york, ny... and live just outside of the big city in new jersey suburbs (yuck.)
the way it smells in new jersey sometimes, i really do miss pennsylvania...
website of possible interest: www.coalregion.com/
i'm originally from ashland (yes, home to the mother's memorial and anthracite museum, 5 minutes from centralia, etc.)
now i work in new york, ny... and live just outside of the big city in new jersey suburbs (yuck.)
the way it smells in new jersey sometimes, i really do miss pennsylvania...
website of possible interest: www.coalregion.com/
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Mon, November 24, 2003 - 7:41 PMHey there! Born in South Joysey... moved to the Pocono Mountains - East Stroudsburg when I was 3. Grew up there and now I'm in the most beautiful city in the world - San Francisco. :)
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Sat, November 29, 2003 - 4:44 PMlived in scranton (nepa) for a decade, grade school through first couple yrs of college (attended nearby 2yr school), now have been in boston for over 12 years.
can't say i miss it much, but there are some rather nice bits across the state that i like to visit.
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Mon, January 5, 2004 - 6:12 PMMy wife and I have a small building and remodeling company out here in Mechanicsburg, (just outside Harrisburg)
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Mon, January 5, 2004 - 6:30 PMborn and raised in indiana, pa., currently live in pittsburgh. love pennsylvania...
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Tue, June 8, 2004 - 8:20 PMI went to Centralia about 10 years ago on a photographic mission. It was very creepy, smoking pipes everywhere, even in the graveyard! Talked to some of the residents who told me how so many people got screwed out of their houses. There was alot of townhouses, someone would sell for 1/5 what they paid, the state (or whoever, don't remember who was doing the screwing) would knock down the house, and condemn the adjoining houses, forcing the people to leave without paying them a cent.
There is a hill on teh edge of town where the trees are always charred. Apparently it glows at night, but it was October and I was on a motorcycle. I stayed as late as I dared, but I almost got frostbite on the ride home.
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Mon, January 5, 2004 - 10:28 PMI'm from Hollidaysburg. Now I live in State College. The only significant amount of time spent outside of Central PA was 9 months in Pittsburgh and 6 months in Denver. Guess I'm a dedicated Pennhead.
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Mon, January 5, 2004 - 11:35 PMI still live here. I've managed to escape a few times, but I always wind up being dragged back. A few times it was family, sometimes jobs or education--but I'm still here.
Where's here? Outside Scranton (better than being inside Scranton). Even though people bitch about the area (especially my students--the usual wail: "There's nothing to do here!") it's really not that bad. It can be hokey, but it's also homey. And, it's 2 hrs from Philly & NYC if I feel the need to be citified.
An interesting thing--even though we're 3 1/2 hrs from the beach (I wish NJ were thinner--cut down on my driving time), we've got seagulls. -
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Tue, January 6, 2004 - 9:58 PMyeah! the town 'legend' is that they piggy backed on garbage trucks from nj. -
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Wed, January 7, 2004 - 9:54 PMIt's not a legend. Since I live not far from one of the local landfills, I've seen them. It's a local joke that we have a new species--the "inland seagull." On weekends, when the dump is covered, they have to forage elsewhere. One Sunday morning I was in the parking lot of the supermarket and a woman was staring up at the sky, talking to herself: "I know I was out late last night, but I don't believe in hallucinations!" I looked up: "Yup, we're 200 miles inland, but they're seagulls."
They're smart birds & if they ever mate with the local crows, we are screwed.
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Mon, September 5, 2005 - 2:05 PMIsn't it amazing how those sea gulls wind up there in Happy Valley?! They're usually out there by the Nittany Mall - at least that's where I've always seen them...
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Tue, January 6, 2004 - 10:11 AMI grew up in Mt. Pocono. I used to ski to school and bathe in a heart shaped bathtub (just kidding).
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Tue, January 13, 2004 - 6:58 PMI'm from Mifflintown, in Juniata County. I think Juniata is the second hickest county in Pennsylvania, beaten out by Perry County. Mifflintown just got its second traffic light a couple years ago. I escaped in 1993, went to school in Boston, then moved to Los Angeles, and now I live in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. But most of my PA Dutch kin still live in Mifflintown--I believe they've been there since the founding of PA. My mom's Vietnamese--one of the few foreigners for miles around.
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Wed, January 14, 2004 - 4:22 AMHey, I resemble that remark about Pury Couny! We're not all sheep raping, sister fuckers you know... (LOL) -
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Wed, January 14, 2004 - 10:30 AMThat was meant as a compliment, you know--hick pride, dude!!! I am damn proud to admit that there are more deer heads displayed at our house than my school trophies--yuns know what I'm talkin' about!
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Thu, March 18, 2004 - 10:04 PMi'm from belle vernon, about 45 min south of pittsbugh. i've also lived in monroeville and regent squire in pittsburgh. i live in venice beach ca on the venice canals.
i'm very happy.
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Thu, February 3, 2005 - 6:53 PMI sure have been to Mifflintown! Between my sophomore and junior years at Penn Sate, I worked at Empire Kosher, the world's largest Kosher chicken plant.
There are more hick places in PA than Juniata County and Perry County. Northern Tier counties like Potter and Bradford are even more culturally and geographically isolated.
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Mon, September 5, 2005 - 2:07 PMBeen there... several times, actually. Not sure why... but I've been there... ;-)
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Sun, June 6, 2004 - 7:23 PMI'm originally form Berwick(NE PA)Nothing much there except for mullets and a Nuclear Power Plant. I currently live in New Orleans. I haven't spent more that a few months in my hometown in 11 years, but last time I was home I discovered that 1/2 the people I went to school with are on heroin now. Is this this becoming a trend in small towns? I mean I did my share of drugs growing up and I still partake occasionally, but it's like an epidemic from what I understand. -
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Tue, June 8, 2004 - 11:11 AMYeah. It seemed to just come out of nowhere. I know it hit the Altoona area pretty hard. A bunch of kids died. I'm not sure if it's still going strong there or not, but I assume it is.
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Sun, January 16, 2005 - 10:38 AMjay,
since my mom was in highschool and bought all her drugs in berwick, i've been raised to see berwick as "that kinda town". sorry, dude.
i'm from bloomsburg, currently back for awhile i guess (maybe i'll last the whole year?) lived in nyc for 10 yrs and went to nyu film school. my senior thesis was a documentary on centralia. went back to visit recently (october) and there are still some holdovers but it's getting deader by the minute. at least the mayor is still there. i guess that's what counts.
anyway, new and wanted to make an appearance. hey y'all!
-jen
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Thu, January 27, 2005 - 1:30 PMBorn and raised in Enola, PA. Now live on outskirts of Hershey. I could not imagine living anywhere else!
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Thu, January 27, 2005 - 5:00 PMRight now I'm living in State College. Planning on moving to Lancaster in May, I lived there about 10 years ago when in high school, really liked the area. I'm really tired of cold winters though and in the next couple of years I want to relocate down south. -
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 5:47 AMJust joined this morning when I did a tribe-search for Scranton... I lived here (well, I'm technically in Throop, now) for about 9 years. Raised in South Dakota with a lot of other places in the mix.
I'm happy with the size after stints in Mpls/St Paul & Budapest. It's convenient to NYC, Philly & other points. The weathers are mild compared to SoDak, and we don't get hurricaines, mostly.
And there is much weirdness to be found.
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 6:21 AMwe had a texas quick lunch in bloomsburg. they are gone now but damn that chili sauce...so where exactly is this place in scranton? -
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 6:40 AMConey Island Lunch is on Lackawanna Avenue, next to (well, two doors down) from the hole-cum-parking-garage-in-progress-skeleton that was the Hotel Casey. There is another "Coney Island Lunch" a half a block a way across the street & around the corner, with old wooden booths and a black-n-white tile floor. They are owned by brothers who fueded some time back. One got the father's restaurant; the other got the recipes.
Plus, the one with the original restaurant does oven-fries. limp & yucky!
Lots of other places serve Texas Weiners, but this is the best. By the time you get south to Wilkes-Barre, though, they tend just to call 'em chili dogs. bo-ring.
Up in Carbondale there is the Carwanna, which is the type of narrow dark joint with greasy-dust icicles hanging from a fan above the entrance. It dates to 1928 or so, and while their sauce is so-so, their home-cut fries are magnificent, & in generous portions. -
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 6:56 AMooh man the memories ...my parents are from Shamokin and my grandfather lives about 2 blocks from the Coney Island in shamokin. Ups ...and Downs..they still call em that?? and Kenobles...i need to go back there
and i guess i should divulge..i lived my first few years right near ABE airport.. then to Nazareth, Kutztown for college ..and i now reside in Camp Hill.. just outside Harrisburg -
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 7:53 AMthere's a thought--when the weather clears maybe we can do a field trip to knoebels. -
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 9:54 AMA field trip to Knoebels, that would be awesome. I haven't been there since I was a real little kid. I was born and raised in Fishing Creek Valley (out in da "cont-ry"), outside of Harrisburg-very pretty area. -
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 11:37 AMi am SOOO down for the field trip.. i lived in that little arcade in the center of the first..area..and the ball pit near the chainsaw woodworker when i was a kid
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 7:53 AMthanks, other. dig your avatar card thingie, by the way. -
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Thu, February 3, 2005 - 6:59 PMI grew up in Mifflin County, right in the middle of Pennsyltucky. I've also lived in Carlisle and State College. I liked State College because it is a cultural island in a sea of rednecks.
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Thu, February 3, 2005 - 8:55 PMThat's a good description of State College Matt. -
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Fri, February 11, 2005 - 7:38 AMyep, been back in NEPA about 3 yrs after living in Jersey downa sohre in Ventnor, originally from Hazleton, live in Berwick (pronounced "berrick"), and am disappointed with the area. like in hazleton, it has become a cesspool for non English speaking drug dealers and the like, not a racist or bigot, but just am disappointed by the degradation of the area, no wonder there is a "brain drain" in NEPA. anyways, ' nuff said, i do like the woods, and the Winters here, ya I'm sick like that. i do enbjoy the local food, the dive bars, and drinking yuengling and jager at any chance I get. love going to the beer festival at Split Rock. and going to pocono qualifying and getting kilt at shenanigans afterward. can u relate..... plus being a Steeler fan up here is great , with all the iggle fanz who think they are the greatest team in the friggin world... cheers....
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Fri, February 11, 2005 - 4:45 PMI'm from Berwick-for the past 10 years. I grew up in Shickshinny. Now there's a small town home for ya! Not much in this one horse town. Drugs and drinking are everyones hobbies. -
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Thu, March 3, 2005 - 12:06 AMI'm from Langhorne outside of Philly, but I live in State College now.
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Thu, March 3, 2005 - 1:33 PMborn & raised in Western Pa...Greensburg & Pittsburgh.
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Thu, March 24, 2005 - 11:42 AMgoing back to the chili dogs, just tried out yocco's in allentown last weekend. pretty good stuff. anyone else been? -
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Thu, March 24, 2005 - 12:00 PMit's a bit of a strech...but if you ever get to Nazareth...(my home town) the have a Potts (hotdog shop) Best one...IMO. i have tried yoccos, however -
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Sat, March 26, 2005 - 7:18 AMThe best thing about Yocco's is their campy, anthropomorphic hot-dog logo. -
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Wed, April 20, 2005 - 6:18 PMPottsie's (Pott's) Hotdogs ROOL!!!
Yocco's (Iacocca's) were good, though, long ago, as I can remember.
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Mon, April 25, 2005 - 4:37 PMaxj: do you ever visit home?
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Fri, April 22, 2005 - 9:17 AMborn and raised in Hazleton, PA. lived in orlando with my sisters and mom for almost one year-loved it but lost my job and wrekced my car and had an ex-boyfriend that was such a jerk, i had to move back to be with him. fast forward 7 years and i am happily married to new man-stay at home mom of 2 kids. hazleton sucks but its just geography. (to quote "pretty woman")
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Mon, April 25, 2005 - 4:35 PMBorn and raised in Hershey. The only place that smells like shit and chocolate at the same time. I never wanted to be there till I went away to college and realized what a truly amazing place I come from.
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Sun, May 1, 2005 - 11:30 PMalison just turned me onto this tribe and it was so fun to read all the pa. places. i was born and raised in allison park, pa. outside pittsburgh during the 70's when the steelers ruled!!! We partied at slippery rock (slimey pebble), on weekends, in high school. went to penn state, main. mom was from philipsburg, dad was from pottstown. relatives from all over pa. man you go 10 miles outside state college and you're like in deliverance, bellfonte, and those little towns heading toward harrisburg. wow memories. thanks guys. my first husband was from mckeesport. used to party over in that area. funky river towns. rock and rye bars. and how about altoona, holidaysburg, tyrone, (paper mill smell). nice to meet you yenz!!! -
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Fri, May 27, 2005 - 8:42 AMHey, how yunz doin'? I was born and raised in BFRedneck..errr, I mean Etters, PA. I joined the Army after high School and gladly left PA. I went back for 3 years to go to Penn State in State College, PA. I live in Germany now as a defense contractor and love it here. I'm strangely proud of telling people I'm from a trailor park in PA. But I won't be living there again in my life. I only go back to visit family. Any fellow PA haters out there? -
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Tue, May 31, 2005 - 3:44 PMI was born and raised in Amish country before getting dragged up to Dillsburg where I learned the in's and out's of Pickle Chases, NYE Pickle Drops, pickle soup, and pickles on a stick covered in chocolate.
I then proceeded to Camp Hill, Steelton, Satori Farm in Lewisberry, and now the armpit of Carlisle itself, Mt. Holly Springs.
But by the end of the summer I'll be poppin' out to Boston for a sojourn.
And a trek to Knoebel's definitely sounds like a good time....though I recall they started to get a bunch of flashy newfangled rides that go upside down and all around once Hershey bought 'em.
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