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[deleted] t1_j8q75p3 wrote

Reply to comment by gregv64 in Moving to mountain region of PA-Tell me how it is? by gregv64

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gregv64 OP t1_j8q8k03 wrote

Care to explain further? What do you mean by not very family? What do you mean by not nice?

Indeed we will be taking our rv to potential areas for a week trip early summer to scout locations.

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[deleted] t1_j8qtzav wrote

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j8rzd9c wrote

Going to second this, my dad's family relocated from New Jersey to Bradford County in the 1970s and I grew up visiting that area frequently. The people are, uh, clannish to say the least.

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gregv64 OP t1_j8s1ooh wrote

See this is the insight I am looking for. Opinions of people from these areas. This is constructive feedback in my opinion.

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Endlesshills03 t1_j8urlcf wrote

Had family move to Bradford in the 70s and the stories I hear from back then compared to today are insane. One family member had someone pull a gun on them telling them they were trespassing on their own property. 'I've never seen you before, so you either leave or get shot' kind of stuff. They didn't even get arrested when the cops showed up, it was 'oh thats <soandso> and he's a bit protective of his hunting spots. I'll tell him to cool it'. It's a lot better now, but compared to most areas still stuck in the past.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j8uwk42 wrote

My dad's family used to tell people "You best not stay here, your car battery won't last the winter" and it took me a very long time to understand that was a threat, not friendly advice.

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Endlesshills03 t1_j8uraae wrote

Bradford county is definitely not the place you want to bring a family imo.

Someone else said very clannish and that is absolutely the truth. if you aren't part of the in group, whichever ingroup you are dealing with, you aren't anyone important. People will definitely be nice to you, and people will even help you out, but if you go against anything a certain group believes it's all down hill very quickly.

And if you aren't conservatives you might as well forget it. And I mean believing in jewish space lasers kind of conservative.

You are also far away from pretty much everything.

My recommendation if you are set on north east PA is to keep close to Scranton area. You at least have things to expose your kids to that isn't 2+ hours away, and the 'you are an outsider' issue isn't as big.

Oh and the drug issue in Bradford is extremely bad. I've already had to deal with the cops 3 times this year because of drug addicts.

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