Anyone here from PA?

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So is anybody here from PA?

Pittsburgh, PA here

MD, close enough

thanks cool im near harrisburg PA
anyone else

Allentown reprazent!

Mountain Top here. It's about halfway between Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton. Population about 16,000 people and a whole mess of deer spread out among four townships and one borough. I try to spend some time in Gettysburg and Philadelphia once in a while.

I know where that is thats cool

As long as we are talking about PA, I have an observation. PA is one of the prettiest states: mountains, rivers, woods, and some really nice towns. So why is the Turnpike so darned ugly? The views are terrible and the road itself is not very good looking. The Northeast Extension gives a driver no idea of how beautiful the land is just a few minutes off the highway.

OK, I'll stop now.

The turnpike is not ugly...haven't you ever ridden on it between Pittsburgh and harrisburg? The northeast extension is just crap. Most of the beauty lies between the somereset exit and Carlisle.


Now don't get me wrong their other more interesting roads in PA like for example State Route 28. Between Pittsburgh and Kittaning it is major highway, but between Kittaning and Brookville (where it meets with interstate 80) The road is a really windly two lane road, that takes you through this little village towns like New Bethleham. Another good one is the highway that parelels the turnpike, US 30, where you get to ride through the scenary you see and believe me its a quite a ride! I've also been on a road where a covered bridge was still being used, I thought that was cool as hell. Another interesting route is i-579 shortest interstate, not more than 2 miles long, runs right through the middle of downtown Pittsburgh, goes over a bridge that crosses the alleghey river, and intersects with i-279. Have you ever been up in Tioga and Lycoming counties. Their is some desolent land up there, no more power lines or self towers, that is in northern PA. i can go on and on about all the routes in PA, after all maps are one of my interests

But anyways don't diss the turnpike, i love the turnpike.


Justin

Tioga is pretty nice. I have driven across Route 6; it is one of the loveliest roads there is.

Agree 100% that the NE Extension is not very good.

I'm in Easton.

I grew up in Villanova, used to live in Ambler/Chalfont, and we had a cottage on lake Wallenpaupack in the Poconos (http://scoogy.com/family_album/index_2.html)

Pretty roads? Route 80 through the Delaware Water Gap.
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I live just west of Philadelphia.

born and raised in scranton, go to school in Hershey

Where do you go to school in Hershey?