Comments on: Speed Limit 75

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 May 2002 23:34:03 +0000

Eastern PA is nice if you don't mind occasionally having to deal with the Plague of a Thousand Buggies. It's rather nice to live here otherwise — there's a good job base & the area is, overall, a nice place to raise kids.
Like one of the respondents above, I'm hesitant to say so — people will start flooding in, I think. Those commercials are being run here, too, BTW, but instead of “come invent the future,” the motto is “stay, invent the future.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 May 2002 15:16:07 +0000

Visit Amish country………yes, they really do use buggies and not cars and dress in plain black clothes. (even the babies!)
Antiques? We got 'em. And I don't mean the geriatric crowd either.
In Pa. you can live in the rural areas and be in a “big city” in less than 2 hrs. for a little pizazz in your life.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 May 2002 15:13:04 +0000

That particular ad is the best thing Pennsylvania has done in mega years. Speaking as a born and bred Sylvanian here in the N.E. part (called NEPA <– one of the worst things we've done here is call it THIS) of the Commonwealth.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 May 2002 16:17:43 +0000

gnome-girl, I used to live in Johnstown, so I know what you mean about that part of PA. It's lots different in eastern PA, more sophisticated, more energetic. The historical areas are beautiful, too. I'd say that the Philly area is more like a laid-back New York City, with more trees. You gotta drive east once to see it!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 May 2002 23:08:55 +0000

Ok suze I live in Pa about 40 minutes outside of Pittsburgh and I might be wrong but what does Philly look like? Does it look like anything the commercial makes it out to be? Cause frankly where I live and anywhere within a 3 hour radias of us stinks! Pa is one step from the black hole in my opionion and that commercial just doesn't make since. I would really love to see what Philly is like though maybe it's like the difference between LA and Sandiego :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 May 2002 14:35:59 +0000

I live in PA (Pittsburgh), and I'm embaressed by that commercial! Oh my Lord…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 May 2002 07:08:29 +0000

Liked your positive PA comments, Chris. (being that I live 25 miles west of Phila> What some are beginning to realize is that there's a 'high tech corridor' booming in this area. I hesitate to mention it because our little 'small town existence' is threatened, but it's true….PA is a great place to live.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 May 2002 22:12:56 +0000

I've been seeing the same commercial here in Kansas. Though I really don't care where I go after college, as long as it's out of here.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 May 2002 16:14:19 +0000

Stealth,
I'd be interested to see that article you mention. Is it online?
From what I've heard so far (at least in the San Francisco Chronicle), the tech industry is still relatively sucky out here, and not necessarily improving that much… but biotech is supposed to be the next big thing.
Let me know if you remember where it's at!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 May 2002 04:38:11 +0000

On Minnesota's FOX Sports channel, there's an advertisement to, guess what, vacation in Minnesota! But what really sets me off about it is that it says to leave your laptop at home.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 May 2002 04:04:25 +0000

California is an enemy to it's people.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 May 2002 01:53:23 +0000

Mid-sized towns are good enough for me. However, everybody that's wanting to get out of the big cities are moving to these same mid-sized towns and creating a consequence. With everybody moving there, the mid-sized towns are quickly becoming as large as the big cities. Austin, for example, use to have around 500,000 people within it metro area. Now Metro Austin, not Austin itself, has over 1,000,000. Seattle, the same thing has happened. So I guess the towns from 50,000 – 500,000 are the best bets for people wanting to escape big city problems.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 May 2002 01:06:13 +0000

Heck yeah Peter! Virginia rocks! We aren't a bunch of rednecks as most people think, there are a bunch of “sophisticated”(in the words of Jeff Foxworthy) people here too!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 May 2002 00:33:23 +0000

There is certainly something to be said for being in a more “livable” part of the country.
I just moved back to my hometown of Columbus, Ohio from Washington, DC. Before I moved to DC, I was so sick and tired of the general lack of excitment in Columbus, but after spending some time in DC I grew to appreciate the subtle benefits of a town like this. It certainly has the excitment of a big city (if you search) and the benefits of a small town wrapped into one. My checkbook isn't feeling the strain of that $1000-a-month “junior one-bedroom” anymore, that's for sure.
Not to knock Washington too much – it's an amazingly exciting place to be with a lot to spice up your life. I don't know – maybe I'm just getting older and want a quieter place. Maybe I'm beginning to realize that American towns are becoming more and more alike with Targets and Wal-Marts on every corner, so why put up with the expense and conjestion of a big city. Who knows.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 May 2002 23:16:45 +0000

There is a commerical on CNN that is Yesvirginia.com or org to promote their state.
Peter
Canada