ginbear

ginbear t1_j2bvsw9 wrote

It’s just a low pressure place to live. The cost of living, the commutes, the people, it’s like someone just took a bit of pressure out of the tires. It’s a small big city. It has all, or at least most, of what people want in a big city, sports, museums, universities, proper urban areas, it has a lot of big city stuff while being small.

Cons are air quality, lots of cloudy rainy days, little if any population growth, low cultural diversity.

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ginbear t1_ivst5wa wrote

PA broke the two terms and switch pattern with the governor’s office by ousting Corbett by one term and has followed it up with 3 straight dem wins, which hadn’t happened since the 1840s.

Pa demographic changes are slow but interesting. Population wise SE PA has been growing slowly, Pittsburgh is flat, and rural, small town PA is shrinking. Politically, That’s offset by small town PAs long shift from union backing blue dogs to the hard right. That shift is not going to change most likely but it will max out at some point. And if SE pa continues to slowly grow...is it crazy to suggest the state might be slightly trending blue?

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