Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
Do you absolutely LOVE where you live and if so, why? OR are you anxious to "get outta Dodge" and if so, why?
Yes, love where I live now. Sad we sold the first house since this one isn't finished (after 20+ yrs) BUT do love the isolation. Have a 135 acre property in the middle of nowhere in western PA. Because of a state park (flood control project) from the Johnstown Flood -- you can't get anywhere around here without going a long way around which means our area will never be developed. It's peaceful, quiet, little development EXCEPT for the now developing Marcellus Gas in our area. Hopefully it will not invade 'our space', although I wouldn't mind the royalties from it -- BUT PA is trying to tax the extraction to the extent the landowner will land up with nothing with all the fees the gas companies & now the government want to take. Doesn't seem fair since some of us (like ourselves) own the mineral rights.