Re: RE: Pennsylvania
Posted by: mrsmcole <mrsmcole@...>
You paint a lovely picture of your sweet town. It is just wonderful that the
Lord has seen fit to take you there and a wonderful treat to find you very
grateful!
God bless and thanks for sharing...
Love, Sharon
>
> I live in Pennsylvania.
>
> Of course, I do not live in an industrialized area.
>
> Here in north central PA, property is not expensive. Recently a 108
> acre farm, complete with 4 bedroom home, two barns, a couple "garages" and
> a milking parlor went for $108,000.00 That looks like a thousand an
> acre and everything else was FREE.
>
> We bought our own farm (45 acres) for $52,000.00. Home, barn, shed
> and two car garage, sugar shack....not bad, I would say.
>
> This is a farming community. There is a wonderful tax reduction
> program that is called "Clean and Green". Basically, you state that you
> won't build a factory or any business that is not farm related, and you
have a
> tax reduction.
>
> Yes, the jobs are scarce but not impossible to find. Both my husband
> and I are employed.
>
> There are a lot of Amish people who have moved out of the Lancaster area
> living here now. Here, where life is a bit more laid back and
> homesteading is a norm, they did not appear to be quite so rigid. They
> have not built a Church yet, so many can be found out on Sundays in our
> Mennonite congregation.
>
> Many of our roads are still dirt.
>
> People walk in the evenings. Some stop by the neighbors and exchange
> the latest news, plant clippings and any abundance of produce that they
may
> have. Of course, the neighbors live "a piece" down the road, so this is
> good exercise.
>
> The country store here burned down last month. Without that "meeting
> place" (It also was our hardware store, restaurant and Post Office), you
> find little bunches of people standing in driveways or on the sides of the
road
> talking more frequently.
>
> If a vehicle is going by, I wave. I don't have to know the
> occupant. It is our way of saying "Hi. You are a friend I haven't
> met yet". If the occupant does not wave back, I know they don't live
> here.
>
> The major population here is Christian.
>
> People still make deals by the shake of a hand.
>
> I left a large city in Florida to live here. I don't mind the winters
> as I am a cool weather fan (especially since the timing-controlled-heater
> started up). Humidity is a Florida factor. I do not find it to be
> humid here. Summers are not hot. Last year we had two days over 90
> degrees and this yea we had seven.
>
> I love it here and thank God every day for letting us get out of the rat
> race and into a beautiful place like Pennsylvania..
>
> Rose